💥 On the day 2 IDF soldiers are buried, Netanyahu's ultra-orthodox coalition partners– those demanding full tax exemptions, full draft exemptions– revel at an electoral rally singing "In the rule of heretics we do not believe, and to their offices we won't report."

Benjamin Netanyahu has done much for Israel over a long career and deserves to be remembered as one of its most consequential leaders. I particularly admire his leadership against Iran’s regime and his economic reforms that helped unleash Israel’s technology boom. But his failure to grasp the potentially devastating threat of U.S. financial and economic warfare against Israel—and his faith in a “resistance economy” as the answer—are deeply troubling. I say this as someone who helped design the Iran sanctions playbook over more than two decades and remains passionately committed to defending democracies like Israel, Taiwan. Ukraine and others. I know firsthand the power of these weapons. If the current coalition returns to power with the same policies, and Democrats take the White House in 2029, this financial warfare campaign against Israel is inevitable.

Some common sense. 📰🚨 Bank of Israel responds to Netanyahu’s remarks on Saturday: “Cryptocurrencies cannot serve as a way to circumvent sanctions. The right course of action for Israel’s economy is to preserve our economic relationships with our major trading partners and focus on preventing sanctions and their negative impact on the economy.”