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Netanyahu Posts AI Nuclear Blast Image Ahead of Election

By Drooid · Oct 25, 2026, 8:01 PM UTC · How we work

Left

Mainstreamed Extremism

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image of a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv on Instagram on Oct 25 2026.
Left-leaning observers said the image illustrated Netanyahu’s escalating war rhetoric ahead of the election.
Thousands rallied in Square, chanting for Gadi Eisenkot and demanding an inquiry into Oct 7 failures.
Analysts said inclusion of Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich mainstreamed extremism and risked Iran escalation.

Right

Polls Boost Far-Right

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image of a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv on Instagram on Oct 25, 2026.
Polls forecast Itamar Ben-Gvir’s far-right Otzma Yehudit will win seven to ten seats, with Gadi Eisenkot’s centrist Yashar party narrowly leading Likud.
The nuclear-explosion post was presented as a hard-line security message in Netanyahu’s pre-election campaign.
Netanyahu’s platform emphasizes confronting Iran, expanding the Abraham Accords and advancing judicial reform.

Center

Trump Endorses Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated nuclear explosion image over Tel Aviv on Instagram on Oct 25, 2026.
The Central Elections Committee permitted a meeting between Netanyahu, Police Commissioner Daniel Levy and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir despite the attorney general’s objection.
U.S. President Donald Trump gave Netanyahu a “total endorsement” on Truth Social on Oct 25, 2026.
Billionaire Bill Ackman urged excluding Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich from any new Israeli government.

Blindspot

A legal dispute centered on a pre-election meeting of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Police Commissioner Daniel Levy and National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir, which the Central Elections Committee approved despite the attorney general’s objection.
Within this story's sources, this angle appears mainly in Center-leaning coverage and receives less attention in Left- and Right-leaning coverage.

History

Historical Context

In May 1996 Israel held its first separate prime-ministerial ballot amid a wave of Hamas suicide bombings that killed 59 people and eroded Shimon Peres’s lead. King Hussein of Jordan, who later voiced support for Netanyahu, and U.S. President Bill Clinton backed Peres, but Netanyahu’s Likud won by just 29,457 votes, prompting a coalition including the National Religious Party and ultra-Orthodox Shas.

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Mainstreamed Extremism

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu posted an AI-generated image of a nuclear explosion over Tel Aviv on Instagram on Oct 25 2026.
Left-leaning observers said the image illustrated Netanyahu’s escalating war rhetoric ahead of the election.
Thousands rallied in Square, chanting for Gadi Eisenkot and demanding an inquiry into Oct 7 failures.
Analysts said inclusion of Itamar Ben-Gvir and Bezalel Smotrich mainstreamed extremism and risked Iran escalation.

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