In most ways the afflicted region epitomises the collapse of authority: extremists control roads and markets; the government is powerless outside the capital; outsiders provide what little assistance exists.
What we saw from the start of this year is Mr Netanyahu's right-wing religious coalition that contains far-right ultra-nationalists is to try to diminish and limit the power of the court.
A museum in the Netherlands says an ultra-nationalism militia group in Ukraine has asked it for $5 million to return a collection of Golden Age paintings stolen a decade ago.
The investigation is ongoing, but we know that the killer was an angry and disturbed individual who took in extremist information and propaganda over the internet, and became radicalized.
So, when he returned as Prime Minister in 2022, it was by relying heavily on two constituencies even further to the right than he is, the ultra-orthodox religious parties and the far-right ultra-nationalists.