Netanyahu adviser asked ChatGPT to help improve Qatar’s image among Israelis, Jews worldwide

Netanyahu consultant asked ChatGPT to assist enhance Qatar’s image amongst Israelis, Jews around the world

According to an N12 report, Yonatan Urich asked for 3 different messaging structures targeting Israeli people, Jewish neighborhoods worldwide, and prominent figures in the United States.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s consultant Yonatan Urich is seen before an interview in Tel Aviv, October 3, 2022
(image credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI/FLASH90
ByAVI SOLOMON
OCTOBER 13, 2026 12:12

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s consultant and close confidant, Yonatan Urich, asked ChatGPT to produce a tactical strategy to enhance Qatar’s image in Israel and around the

world, Channel 12 reported on Monday night.

Mentioning excerpts from Urich’s interrogation in the’Qatargate’affair, N12 reported that private investigators faced the prime minister’s advisor with correspondence acquired by authorities as part of continuous examinations into numerous prominent cases including Urich.

The ‘Qatargate’ examination centers on claims that Urich and other figures near Netanyahu got illegal payments from Qatari-linked sources to promote pro-Qatari messaging in Israel. Suspected offenses in the event consist of bribery, contact with a foreign representative, and cash laundering.

Urich asked AI for pro-Qatar messaging targeting Israelis, Jewish neighborhoods

According to excerpts provided throughout the interrogation, Urich asked the expert system chatbot for extra concepts to enhance the image of Qatar’s Prime Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani and Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani.

He likewise asked for 3 different messaging structures targeting Israeli residents, Jewish neighborhoods worldwide, and prominent figures in the United States.

The ChatGPT logo design is shown on a mobile phone with GPT-6.1 Astra text noticeable on a screen in the background (illustrative)(credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)

Even after being revealed the correspondence, Urich continued to reject acting to advance Qatar’s interests, according to the report.

“I don’t remember what I asked the chat,” he was priced estimate as informing private investigators. “I ask it about many subjects.”

Urich even more worried that he had actually not acted upon Qatar’s behalf in Israel, whether in negotiations with the media, the general public, or the prime minister.

Eisenkot: A’affordable’PM would have gotten rid of Urich from workplace

In reaction to the report, Yashar chairman Gadi Eisenkot assaulted Netanyahu for stopping working to eliminate Urich from his inner circle in spite of the continuous ‘Qatargate’ examination.

Eisenkot explained the affair as an “influence operation and psychological warfare against Israeli citizens,” including that a “reasonable” prime minister would have instantly eliminated Urich from his position.

B’Yachad chairman and previous prime minister Naftali Bennett likewise slammed Netanyahu, calling ‘Qatargate’ the most “serious treason scandal in the country’s history.”

Bennett stated that anybody who worked to whitewash Qatar from the Prime Minister’s Office throughout wartime was acting in the interests of “the hand that funded the Nukhba terrorists.” He even more implicated Netanyahu of keeping Urich in his position “to cover up the betrayal.”

Yonatan Urich gets here for a court hearing as part of the ‘Qatargate’ affair in Lod, August 19, 2025 (credit: Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Urich: I did’absolutely nothing’with ChatGPT questions relating to Qatar

In a reaction to N12, Urich stated the information released had “already been in the possession of many journalists for a long time, and they spoke to me about it.”

“However, none of them saw fit to address my queries to the chat because I did nothing with them, as was also proven in the interrogation,” the prime minister’s advisor included.

Sarah Ben-Nun added to this report.

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