Netanyahu posts AI image of nuked Tel Aviv on eve of vote
Opposition leaders accused him of using apocalyptic imagery to frighten voters as polls showed his bloc trailing by as many as 6 seats.
- On Sunday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image of a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv, warning of a "second Holocaust" by Iran two days before Israel's election.
- Netanyahu shared a statement by author Yuval Bloomberg arguing political controversies are "one giant smokescreen" meant to distract from the existential threat of an Iranian nuclear attack.
- General Eyal Zamir stated he saw no operational need to strike Iran before the vote, while the defense minister confirmed Israel was not launching a campaign against Iran.
- Denouncing the imagery, Yashar party chairman Gadi Eisenkot accused Netanyahu of using "scare tactics," while Democrats party chairman Yair Golan condemned the post as panic-inducing.
- With polls showing Likud trailing Eisenkot's Yashar party, the election serves as a referendum on the government's handling of security failures surrounding the October 7, 2023, attack.
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Netanyahu publishes image of Tel Aviv annihilated in Iranian nuke attack during election process
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday published an AI-generated image showing Tel Aviv vaporized by a nuclear explosion, pairing the graphic with a stark warning that the country faces the possibility of a second Holocaust if Iran obtains atomic weapons and voters elect a leader unable to confront the threat. The post, released just […]
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published in X an artificial intelligence (AI) -generated image of a nuclear explosion over a city similar to Tel Aviv. This is how he illustrated his message with new claims that...
According to polls, Netanyahu's camp cannot expect a majority in the parliamentary election. In the election campaign, the Israeli head of government now relies on a frightening picture.
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