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Eisenkot slams 'psychological terror' campaign
PM’s aide Urich used ChatGPT to create pro-Qatar messaging campaign — report
Jonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, January 14, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/ Flash90)
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Channel 12 says police documents show key adviser and suspect in Qatargate affair asked AI chatbot to help create global image campaign for Gulf state in 2024
Lazar Berman
Analysis
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Reports of unheeded Oct. 7 warnings may be tenuous, but still are dangerous for Netanyahu
Lazar Berman
Yashar party leader and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot campaigns ahead of Israel’s upcoming general election, in Kiryat Malachi, August 17, 2026. (Amir Cohen/Reuters)
Interview
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Bereaved by war, determined to heal, protect and revive Israel: Gadi Eisenkot’s prime ministerial mission
By Tal Schneider and David Horovitz
Prime Minister’s Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman arrives for the funeral of Asher Hayon, a former chief of staff and adviser to Benjamin Netanyahu, at a cemetery in Modi’in, February 17, 2026. (Jonathan Sahul/Flash90)
Transcript reportedly captures PM’s top aide asking stenographer to falsify Oct. 7 records
By ToI Staff
Former Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit arrives at the Jerusalem District Court to testify in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, October 12, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 8:41 pm
Netanyahu’s lawyer keeps up pressure on Mandelblit, as tensions simmer in court
Attorney Hadad claims the prosecution pressured the former attorney general into opening investigation into PM, and misled him about evidence
By Jeremy Sharon
People of Israel party chairman Ofer Winter speaks at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 5:54 pm
‘Shooting us in the back’: Winter says Netanyahu to blame if his party fails to enter Knesset
Ex-general, who says he plans to back Netanyahu but has repeatedly tussled with him, lashes out after PM called him ‘fake right’; opposition’s Eisenkot, Golan also attack premier
By Stav Levaton and Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's chief of staff, Tzachi Braverman, attends a Memorial Day ceremony commemorating fallen Israeli soldiers and victims of terror at Kiryat Shaul Military Cemetery, in Tel Aviv, April 21, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 9:22 am
Police said to suspect PM’s top aide took 30 classified records to shape Oct. 7 narrative
Police reportedly believe Tzachi Braverman improperly removed records on security discussions about Gaza held before Oct. 7 by both Netanyahu and Bennett-Lapid governments
By Nava Freiberg
Former prime minister and B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett speaks at a press conference in Tel Aviv, October 11, 2026. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 2:51 am
Bennett suggests Netanyahu could sit in future government, backtracks, says he wasn’t serious
In fresh round of bloc infighting, Eisenkot, Golan, Liberman categorically reject possibility of sitting in coalition with Likud leader, while Gantz is lone voice of support
By Shira Silkoff and Ariela Karmel
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, arrives for a hearing in his corruption trial at the Jerusalem District Court on October 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
October 11, 2026, 11:07 pm
Netanyahu demands criminal probe of soldiers who testified in ‘NAZA’ film on Gaza killings
PM calls on AG and heads of IDF, Shin Bet to identify soldiers who appeared anonymously in ‘NAZA’ and prosecute them for spreading ‘false’ libel, exposing secrets
By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff
Jonatan Urich is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 11, 2026, 9:32 pm
Purported WhatsApp correspondence of Netanyahu’s key aide Jonatan Urich leaks online
Leak comes in wake of report top adviser used AI to build a media-tracking tool and left a security breach in the code he put online
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a state memorial ceremony for civilians murdered in the October 7 massacre, marking three years since the Hamas attack, at Mount Herzl in Jerusalem, October 5, 2026. (Olivier Fitoussi/POOL)
October 11, 2026, 8:55 pm
Netanyahu condemns ‘horrific’ attack on Riyadh airport that killed 12, injured hundreds
PM’s statement coincides with fresh Houthi attack on the same airport terminal, which causes more injuries; Houthis say Riyadh launched strikes in Sanaa
By Agencies
Former Israeli attorney general Avichai Mandelblit arrives to testify in the corruption trial of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, October 11, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)
October 11, 2026, 8:39 pm
Ex-AG admits he didn’t approve all police action in criminal probe of Netanyahu or review full indictment
During testimony in court, Mandelblit insists he formally greenlit the investigation of the PM as required, but says some police actions made him ‘furious.’ Likud ministers call for trial to be canceled
By Jeremy Sharon
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel appears on the Daily Briefing podcast with host Jessica Steinberg (Flash 90)
October 11, 2026, 2:00 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 11 – A message to Eisenkot? Joint List vows to do ‘anything’ to oust Netanyahu
Political correspondent Ariela Karmel discusses possible signaling from the Arab party to the opposition front-runner, and the positioning of Ofer Winter’s People of Israel party
By Jessica Steinberg and Ariela Karmel
Yousef Jabareen, chairman of the Joint List, attends the party’s campaign launch event ahead of the upcoming Israeli general elections, in Tel Aviv, October 5, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
October 11, 2026, 1:07 am
Joint Arab List says it’s willing to provide safety net for any anti-Netanyahu coalition
But party to condition support on pathway to Palestinian state; Winter, Netanyahu trade barbs after ex-general says ‘I don’t work for anyone’; Gantz vows to stay in race despite poor polling
By ToI Staff and Zev Stub
Pro-Israel activists hold a banner with the photos of six hostages executed by Hamas in Gaza, while calling for the release of the remaining Israelis abducted by the Palestinian terror group on October 7, in Central Park, in New York City, on September 8, 2024. (Hostages Families Forum/ Amnon Shemi, Liri Agami)
October 11, 2026, 1:01 am
Biden-era official says Netanyahu delayed Gaza deal in 2024 by adding conditions
Expanding on Israeli allegations, former Harris adviser Phil Gordon says PM’s demands made deal ‘impossible’ for an extra 6 months, during which several Israeli hostages died
By ToI Staff
Yair Golan, chairman of The Democrats party, attends the Shabtai Shavit World Summit on Counter-Terrorism at Reichman University in Herzliya, October 6, 2026. (Tal Gal/Flash90)
October 10, 2026, 2:13 pm
Golan says Khamenei’s assassination was an error: ‘We’re left with more extreme leaders’
Democrats leader says Israel ‘was at the peak of its achievements against the Iranians’ after 2025 war; blames Netanyahu, saying he ‘sold illusions to the US about toppling the regime’
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to reporters before a meeting with 2015 Venezuelan National Assembly President Dinorah Figuera in the Treaty Room at the State Department, October 9, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
October 9, 2026, 8:28 pm
US imposes sanctions on ICC, hours after Nobel award to former judge
New measures could punish companies providing services to institution; Rubio: ‘We will ban transactions with this rogue court, cutting off their resources’; Netanyahu lauds action
By Reuters, AFP and ToI Staff
Ultra-Orthodox men block Bar-Ilan Street and clash with police during a protest against the jailing of yeshiva students who failed to comply with an army recruitment order, in Jerusalem, October 8, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
October 9, 2026, 5:25 pm
Report: Netanyahu asked Haredi parties to cancel Thursday’s anti-draft protests, fearing optics
TV report says ultra-Orthodox politicians clarified to PM that demonstrations, which saw three arrested amid clashes with polices, were called by extremist Jerusalem Faction
By ToI Staff
Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot visits the Nova music festival memorial site near Kibbutz Re’im in southern Israel, on the third anniversary of the October 7 massacre, October 7, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 9, 2026, 3:20 pm
‘Treason’: Opposition demands criminal probe of PM, after ex-military aide’s Oct.7 revelations
Leaders of anti-Netanyahu bloc call on attorney general to investigate allegations Prime Minister’s Office tampered with records from Oct. 7 to cover up failures, lied to comptroller
By Leon Kraiem
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