Website threatens expose Netanyahu adviser messages
5 sources · 1 week agoUnderreported
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What happened
- A pirate website posted private WhatsApp messages allegedly belonging to Netanyahu adviser Jonatan Urich, threatening to release more.
Israel Hayom
- Screenshots circulated on social media showing purported exchanges between Urich and journalists including Amit Segal and Yakov Brodego about message coordination and media strategy.
Maariv
- Urich responded with threats of lawsuits against those sharing the messages and posted a video mocking opposition leader Gadi Eisenkot.
- Segal defended the relationship with Urich as standard practice between journalists and sources, while Eisenkot mocked Urich's security failures as disqualifying for Netanyahu.
The Times of Israel
Why it matters
The leak exposed communication between a senior government adviser and media figures, raising questions about press-government relationships and security lapses involving sensitive data.The Times of Israel
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More coverage
- 'Broke into Eisenkot': Urich responded to exposure of messages with humor - then threatened
- Amit Segal and Yakov Brodego in focus: alleged correspondences of Yonatan Urich exposed
- Allegedly private WhatsApp messages of Jonatan Urich circulating online
Arutz ShevaRight · Israeli press1 week agoTranslated from Hebrew
- Netanyahu aide's alleged WhatsApp messages leaked online
HaaretzLeft · Israeli press1 week ago
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