{"id":693563,"date":"2026-10-27T02:35:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=693563"},"modified":"2026-10-27T02:35:00","modified_gmt":"2026-10-27T02:35:00","slug":"on-election-eve-israeli-opposition-says-netanyahu-must-face-treason-probe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=693563","title":{"rendered":"On Election Eve, Israeli Opposition Says Netanyahu Must Face Treason Probe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">On Election Eve, Israeli Opposition Says Netanyahu Must Face Treason Probe<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>On the eve of Israel&#8217;s high pressure legislative elections, the explosive and provocative charge of &#8220;treason&#8221; is being thrown around.<\/p>\n<p>Former Israeli Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman on Monday called for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu be criminally investigated for the charge of treason, <strong>accusing him of fomenting a foreign war for the sole purpose of extending his and Likud&#8217;s party&#8217;s rule<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure role=\"group\" class=\"caption caption-img\">\n<a data-image-external-href data-image-href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/lbrmn.jpg\" data-link-option=\"0\" href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/lbrmn.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"432d1331-b977-4746-8352-b21520e34375\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/lbrmn.jpg\" width=\"500\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/a><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/lbrmn.jpg\"><em>via Flash90\/TOI<\/em><\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&#8220;This morning, I appealed to the Attorney General demanding the opening of a criminal investigation against Benjamin Netanyahu <strong>for the charge of treason<\/strong>,&#8221; Liberman wrote on X.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In the past month, Israel&#8217;s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, has been <strong>pressuring the heads of the security establishment to take steps that could create a miscalculation vis-\u00e0-vis Iran<\/strong>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In essence, he&#8217;s accusing Netanyahu was trying to drag Israel into a war just\u00a0before the upcoming elections &#8211; not on legitimate national security grounds, but for personal political gain.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The attempt to drag the State of Israel into war on the eve of elections, together with the <strong>willingness to sacrifice IDF soldiers solely due to fear of losing the elections<\/strong>, constitutes treason against the state, its security, and the IDF soldiers,&#8221; the post concluded.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Guardian<\/em> reviews of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/oct\/26\/netanyahu-reportedly-pressured-israel-military-attack-iran-runup-to-election\">controversy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Israel\u2019s Channel 12 news reported that the prime minister and the armed forces chief of staff, Lt Gen Eyal Zamir, <strong>clashed in recent days over a directive to the military which could \u201cpotentially spark an immediate conflagration with Iran at a very sensitive juncture\u201d<\/strong>, by provoking a miscalculation by Iran.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/image%20%2824%29_11.png\" data-image-external-href data-image-href=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/inline-images\/image%20%2824%29_11.png\" data-link-option=\"0\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/image%20%2824%29_11.png\" data-entity-uuid=\"f9a3ad3b-ce7e-4f9e-980b-6b0614d57687\" data-entity-type=\"file\" alt width=\"500\" height=\"881\" loading=\"lazy\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu has vehemently denied the charge.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has meanwhile written no less than two glowing endorsements of Netanyahu on his Truth Social platform. The posts tout that Netanyahu is a <strong>&#8220;Great Warrior Prime Minister&#8221;<\/strong> and that he can help the US <strong>&#8220;finish the job&#8221; against Iran<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Polls have shown that entering Tuesday&#8217;s elections\u00a0Netanyahu remains neck and neck with former Israel Defense Forces Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">?? Gadi Eisenkot calls Netanyahu DELUSIONAL over Iran nuclear claims He claims the PM knew all along that the regime didn&#8217;t have nuclear weapons despite using the threat to justify military escalation. With Israel heading into its first nationwide election since October 7, polling show Eisenkot&#8217;s party leading Likud 23 seats to 19 ? Writer: Bri <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rJDq1ySORS\">https:\/\/t.co\/rJDq1ySORS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarioNawfal\/status\/2114772798103003258?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 26, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This will be a hugely significant test of public sentiment on Netanyahu&#8217;s leadership, given it will be the<strong> first national vote since Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas attacks <\/strong>and ensuing major war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" lang class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\"><time datetime=\"2026-10-26T22:35:00-04:00\" title=\"Monday, October 26, 2026 - 22:35\" class=\"datetime\">Mon, 10\/26\/2026 &#8211; 22:35<\/time><br \/>\n<\/span><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/sites\/default\/files\/inline-images\/lbrmn.jpg\" title=\"On Election Eve, Israeli Opposition Says Netanyahu Must Face Treason Probe\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Election Eve, Israeli Opposition Says Netanyahu Must Face Treason Probe On the eve of Israel&#8217;s high pressure legislative elections, the explosive and provocative charge of &#8220;treason&#8221; is being thrown around. 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