{
  "id": 4831299,
  "title": "Israel PM's wife shares conspiracy theory to boost husband's election chances",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/israel-pms-wife-shares-conspiracy-theory-to-boost-husbands-election",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T08:45:03.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "New Straits Times",
    "slug": "new-straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.nst.com.my/world/world/2026/09/1523555/israel-pms-wife-shares-conspiracy-theory-boost-husbands-election"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Tel Aviv - Israel's Prime Minister's wife, Sara Netanyahu, has suggested that an opposition figure knew about the Hamas attack on October 7, 2023, before it occurred. This statement, broadcast on Monday evening, has sparked outrage among Israel's opposition parties and highlighted the country's deep political division ahead of the upcoming elections on October 27. In the televised interview, Sara Netanyahu accused Yair Golan, the former deputy military chief of staff and head of Israel's center-left Democratic Party, of being \"already dressed and ready\" at dawn on October 7 while others were unaware, including the Prime Minister himself. The comments, which aired on Channel 14, a government-affiliated network, were met with swift condemnation from the opposition. Golan's party strongly condemned the \"vile and deceitful\" remarks, deeming the spread of conspiracies and the smearing of Golan's heroism on October 7 as crossing a \"red line that borders on insanity.\" Former army chief Gadi Eisenkot, a frontrunner to challenge Netanyahu, described the accusations as a \"mad conspiracy of betrayal\" meant to stoke hatred and perpetuate Netanyahu's rule. These allegations echo the belief held by 40% of Israelis and 63% of voters supporting the current right-wing coalition that internal treason played a role in the deadly attack, which resulted in the deaths of 1,221 people and took 251 hostages, with 44 already dead. Hamas's assault on Israel led to Israel's response with a massive offensive in Gaza, resulting in at least 73,454 casualties according to Palestinian health ministry figures recognized by the United Nations.",
  "summary": "TEL AVIV: Sara Netanyahu, the wife of the Israeli prime minister, has claimed an opposition figure was aware of the plan for Hamas’s Oct 7, 2023 attack before it happened.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "New Straits Times",
        "title": "Israel PM's wife shares conspiracy theory about opposition figure",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/israel-pms-wife-shares-conspiracy-theory-about-opposition-figure",
        "published": "2026-09-01T08:49:44.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "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."
}