Lawsuit threat forces Prime Minister's advisor to delete video against Eisenkot

The 'Yashar!' party, led by Gadi Eisenkot, forced Yonatan Urich, a close advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu, to delete an AI-generated video on Wednesday. The clip depicted Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu joking in Hebrew at Eisenkot's expense. Urich posted the tweet earlier in the day and immediately received a formal warning letter from Eisenkot's lawyers. Urich subsequently deleted the tweet.

Sources in Eisenkot's circle noted that while the tweet was posted by Urich, the voice and the underlying message were those of Benjamin Netanyahu and the Likud party.

'Prime Ministers of Israel throughout the generations have traveled overseas as representatives of the people of Israel and the State of Israel,' wrote the party's lawyer, Uri Haberman, in the letter sent to Urich. 'In this spirit, we all expected and hoped for a sympathetic and warm reception by the US President and wished for the success of the visit. We regret that instead of focusing on achieving important political milestones, you chose (once again) to use the event for purposes of poison and venom.'

Last week, the Prime Minister published another video on his official Twitter account that caused a significant public outcry. In that video, a young man wearing a white shirt with the inscription 'Unity of Israel' is seen running toward Gadi Eisenkot, who ignores him to embrace Mansour Abbas.

For many, the figure resembled Eisenkot's son, Gal, who was killed at the beginning of the 'Iron Swords' war in the Gaza Strip. In a Walla reader survey on the matter, 75% of participants stated that the Likud video against Eisenkot 'really crossed the line,' while 21% felt critics were 'just looking for an excuse,' and 4% expressed no opinion.