{
  "id": 15548858,
  "title": "Confidant of Israel's President Herzog who threatened him over Netanyahu pardon dies at 76",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/confidant-of-israels-president-herzog-who-threatened-him-over",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T02:41:05.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Haaretz",
    "slug": "haaretz",
    "url": "https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-politics/2026-10-19/ty-article/.premium/confidant-of-israeli-president-who-threatened-him-over-netanyahu-pardon-dies/000001a1-50be-dcda-abbf-74ff29cf0000"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "He was close to former Prime Minister Ehud Barak and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. A Haaretz report revealed that he threatened Herzog that he would publish embarrassing personal information if he pardoned Netanyahu",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Guardian Australia",
        "title": "‘Limited evidence’ of protester violence at Sydney demonstration against Israeli president Isaac Herzog visit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/limited-evidence-of-protester-violence-at-sydney-demonstration",
        "published": "2026-10-19T01:39:12.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}