All is quiet on the elections front: Where have all the screaming headlines gone? - opinion

Yisrael Medad argues that during the final weeks of the 2026 election campaign, the Israeli media is deliberately ignoring or downplaying several stories that could benefit Prime Minister Netanyahu. He cites the stalled Netanyahu trials, the halted investigation into former military advocate-general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, and the quieting of the Qatargate affair. Medad suggests the media's silence serves a political agenda.

In an opinion piece published on October 12, 2026, Yisrael Medad argues that during the final two weeks of the campaign for the 26th Knesset, the Israeli media is deliberately ignoring or downplaying several stories that could benefit Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Medad cites three examples: the renewed sessions of the Netanyahu trials, where a witness undermined Case 2000 and the judges repeated their assessment of difficulties in proving bribery; the stalled investigation into former military advocate-general Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, who is suspected of illegally disclosing a security-camera video; and the quieting of the Qatargate affair, where high-profile Netanyahu aides were presented as arch criminals but the former Mossad chief said no damage to national security was identified. Medad suggests the media's silence serves a political agenda, and that when the media lets a hot story peter out, it may be a sign that something was wrong in the first place.