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Founding editor David Horovitz joins host Amanda Borschel-Dan for today's Daily Briefing podcast. (ToI/AFP)
October 20, 2026, 2:34 pm
Daily Briefing Oct. 20 – A Qatar mole in the PM’s office?
Editor David Horovitz unravels the latest in the Qatargate saga, asks whether the US president’s endorsement is such a boon, and delves into electioneering a week from the vote
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
Jonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, January 14, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/ Flash90)
October 19, 2026, 11:22 pm
Report: PM’s aide Urich admitted he kept working for Qatar after Oct. 7, saw no moral problem
Citing police transcripts, Channel 12 reports Urich said he was paid hundreds of thousands of shekels by Doha; Bennett, slamming ‘traitors’ in the PMO, demands that Netanyahu ‘tell public the truth about your Qatar ties’
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and his chief of staff at the time, Yoav Horowitz, arrive for a weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, December 16, 2018. (Abir Sultan/Pool via AP)
October 16, 2026, 12:06 pm
Likud says Netanyahu will sue ex-aide who said ‘it must be assumed he’s a Qatari agent’
Party says PM will sue Yoav Horowitz, an Eisenkot ally, for half a million shekels for comments on report of Urich’s alleged meetings with senior Qatari official
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Jonatan Urich is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
October 14, 2026, 11:37 pm
Netanyahu aide Urich met senior Qatari official in Europe twice in 2024 — report
Bennett and Golan allege treason; Urich said to tell police he doesn’t remember content of meetings, which were not official government business, or where they took place; PM said to claim he was told nothing about it
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) interviewed on the pro-government Channel 14, October 13, 2026. (Screenshot); Left, from top: Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot at a youth conference in Jerusalem, October 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Former PM and B'Yachad party chairman Naftali Bennett in Herzliya, September 23, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Yisrael Beytenu chair Avigdor Liberman (Gili Yaari/Flash90))
October 14, 2026, 5:03 pm
Unless the opposition steps up its game, Netanyahu, the PM of Oct. 7, could yet survive this election
It’s a combination of his own shameless efforts to rewrite history, his opponents’ inability to adequately hold him to account for that blackest of days and much more besides, and, perhaps, Israel’s changing demographics
By David Horovitz
Jonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing at the Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court, January 14, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/ Flash90)
October 12, 2026, 11:36 pm
PM’s aide Urich used ChatGPT to create pro-Qatar messaging campaign — report
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
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, his wife Sara Netanyahu attend a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the Atarot Heritage Center in northern Jerusalem, July 5, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 26, 2026, 7:08 pm
Report: PM’s aide Urich built AI tool to monitor media, causing security breach
Haaretz says program sent summaries of reports on Netanyahus to WhatsApp groups; it was left in public view online, exposing top officials’ phone numbers and other vulnerabilities
By Ethan Rubinson and ToI Staff
Senior aides to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (from left): Topaz Luk, Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich. (Flash90)
September 1, 2026, 10:10 am
‘Let them burn’: PM’s aides said to slam IDF on Oct. 7 for being slow to release photos
Reports of text messages between Netanyahu advisers Topaz Luk, Eli Feldstein and Jonatan Urich concerning leader’s image amid Hamas massacre provoke rage from bereaved families
By ToI Staff
Left to right: Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein at a court hearing in the Tel Aviv District Court on July 14, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former aide Yisrael Einhorn. (KAN screenshot).
August 11, 2026, 11:07 pm
Report: AG expected to charge Netanyahu aides with security offenses in Qatargate affair
Senior Mossad official also expected to face charges, pending hearing; intel agency chief Gofman may be barred from signing off on decision due to conflict of interest
By Stav Levaton
Left to right: Jonatan Urich and Eli Feldstein at a court hearing in the Tel Aviv District Court on July 14, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90); Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former aide Yisrael Einhorn. (KAN screenshot).
August 9, 2026, 2:12 pm
Netanyahu’s aides accused of leaking classified intel to Qatar for anti-Egypt push
Opposition cries ‘treason’ over Israel Hayom report that alleges Urich, Einhorn, Feldstein told Doha of possible Egyptian treaty violations, which Qataris fed back to Israeli media
By Lazar Berman and Sam Sokol
Jonatan Urich is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 25, 2026, 7:19 pm
Court rules Netanyahu aide can return to work despite indictment over leaked documents
Judge says ‘danger’ of obstruction of justice has faded in two years since incident, says there is no pressing reason to bar Jonatan Urich from contact with prime minister
By Jeremy Sharon
Jonatan Urich is seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 11, 2026, 1:43 pm
Netanyahu aide Urich charged with leaking classified info with intent to harm state security
PM’s adviser indictred for passing Hamas memo to Bild in 2024 amid domestic anger at Netanyahu after hostages’ murder; he is also charged with destroying evidence
By Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu walks outside his office at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 3, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 7, 2026, 7:40 am
Netanyahu recalculates his election strategy amid shattered regional dreams
The prime minister hoped to head to the polls as the victor of the Middle East, but a rebuke from Trump and ultra-Orthodox crises have imposed a new political reality
By Shalom Yerushalmi
Jonatan Urich arrives at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, March 30, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 28, 2026, 4:48 pm
Senior Netanyahu aide Urich to be charged with security offenses over Bild leak
Adviser set to be indicted over allegations he leaked sensitive information to German newspaper in order to sway Israeli public opinion against a hostage deal with Hamas
By Jeremy Sharon
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