Entity

Israel

A Middle Eastern state whose wars, alliances, and politics shape regional security and global diplomacy.

As of 26 Oct 2026Last evidence 26 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Israel orders West Bank crossings to close on election day following Hebron shooting

    Reported event · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • US Democratic congressional candidate Lander detained by Israeli authorities in West Bank

    Reported event · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

  • Israel presses ahead with West Bank operation as election approaches

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • No love for Trump or Netanyahu in Israeli town battered by Hezbollah

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 23 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

All 13 events and claims involving Israel

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 361 mentions on 26 Oct 2026, against 223 on 5 Oct 2026 (+62%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 26 Oct 2026 (10 changes recorded since 15 Oct 2026).
  • Claims No claim first reported since 25 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Benjamin Netanyahu be the next Prime Minister of Israel?” moved from 28% to 26% Yes since 11 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

7,999 documents · 428 publishers · 17% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 26 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.169: about 83% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 1 receipt withheld: no source link (the same rule the topic record applies)

In this snapshot’s daily coverage:

Reported alongside Israel

Names most often reported alongside it; bigger circles and heavier lines mean more shared documents. A dashed circle has no page of its own yet.

IranGazaTrumpMiddle EastUnited StatesSaudi ArabiaNetanyahuHormuzPalestine

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 361 mentions on 26 Oct 2026 with 223 on 5 Oct 2026 (+62%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +104% from 11 Sept 2026 to 26 Oct 2026, between 118 and 361 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Israel, day by day.

Market price, cited

26% Yes

priced 26 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 28% → 26% Yes (-2pts, from 11 Sept 2026 to 26 Oct 2026)

on “Will Benjamin Netanyahu be the next Prime Minister of Israel?”

The day’s closing price on this market, and how it moved. The number is the market’s own. Ask about Israel

“Will Benjamin Netanyahu be the next Prime Minister of Israel?”: the market's own price; the venue link is not stored with it

Coverage volume and market price are separate measures.

For developers

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The figures on this page, as data. The tool returns the full entity record.

Events involving Israel

Most-reported first, then newest. Registered events come from the event record; reported events are groups of claims about one occurrence. Claims are grouped when they were first reported within 2 days of each other and either name at least 2 of the same people, places or things besides this one, or share at least 25% of their wording. Each claim keeps its own record.

  • Israel orders West Bank crossings to close on election day following Hebron shooting

    Reported event · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • Israel orders West Bank crossings to close on election day following Hebron shooting · corroborated · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 6 separate publishers
    • Netanyahu orders West Bank closure as attack wounds Israelis before election · corroborated · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 4 separate publishers

  • US Democratic congressional candidate Lander detained by Israeli authorities in West Bank

    Reported event · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 6 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • US Democratic congressional candidate Lander detained by Israeli authorities in West Bank · corroborated · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 6 separate publishers
    • Israeli military detain US and UK volunteers in West Bank including Democratic NY politician Brad Lander · reported by two · first reported 21 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers

  • Israel presses ahead with West Bank operation as election approaches

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • No love for Trump or Netanyahu in Israeli town battered by Hezbollah

    Reported claim · first reported 24 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 23 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Bank of Israel Rejects Netanyahu’s Crypto Sanctions Plan as Economists Raise Alarm

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 10 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Netanyahu orders ‘very extensive’ operation in West Bank after two Israeli soldiers killed

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Israel Explores Blockchain to Counter Sanctions as Netanyahu Warns of US Aid Cuts

    Reported claim · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Election: colima & israel

    Registered event · reported 24 May 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • More than 1,530 Palestinians have died in Gaza due to Israeli attacks despite the ceasefire.

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 11 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Iran war latest: Hegseth 'meets Netanyahu' in unannounced Israel visit amid Iran war concerns

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Israeli strike violating Gaza cease-fire kills Palestinian couple

    Reported claim · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Gaza ceasefire

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 21 Sept 2026 · no longer active · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

Walk the record from Israel

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Israel

Entity.

Evidence
7,999 documents · 428 separate publishers · a mention shows the name is in use, not that any claim about it is true
Standing
A name from our starting list; its record is kept up to date automatically from coverage
Time
first seen 30 Mar 2026, last seen 26 Oct 2026
Measured
17% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
26 Oct 2026
25 links from here

Who it moves with: the 10 names are in the map above.

What is claimed about it (12)

  • Corroborated: Reported by three or more sources that did not copy each other.
  • Reported by two: Reported by two sources that did not copy each other.

Situations it is named in (3)

For machines: this record as JSON

Watch this

What the coverage says

Recent reporting that names Israel, newest first. Open any row to follow it to the original article.

Evidence tiers: primary source = an official public record · attributed = a named outlet, receipt linked · lead = observed, not yet receipted.

Other markets materially about Israel

Markets whose question is about Israel or names it as a party. Each row says how the market relates to Israel and why. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue.

No other open market in the record is materially about Israel: none names it as the subject of its question or as a party in it.

3 more open markets joined to Israel but not about it
  • 12.3% Yes

    “Will Reservists – New Economic Party win 3.25-3.75% of the vote in the 2026 Knesset elections?”

    Polymarket · priced 26 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · close date not stated in the question

  • 71% Yes

    “Will Likud win the second-most seats in the 2026 Israeli legislative election?”

    Polymarket · priced 26 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · close date not stated in the question

  • 86.5% Yes

    “Will Together win the third-most seats in the 2026 Israeli legislative election?”

    Polymarket · priced 26 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · close date not stated in the question

What it connects to

Related records.

Recorded history

  • 26 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 24 Oct 2026

  • 26 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 24 Oct 2026

  • 24 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: watch to flagged

    Previous state held since 22 Oct 2026

  • 24 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: insufficient_history to rising

    Previous state held since 22 Oct 2026

  • 22 Oct 2026

    wire tier changed: flagged to watch

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 22 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to insufficient_history

    Previous state held since 20 Oct 2026

  • 20 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 18 Oct 2026

  • 18 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 16 Oct 2026

10 changes recorded since 15 Oct 2026; the newest 8 shown, newest first.

Ask about IsraelWatch Israel

Story momentum counts mentions in tracked coverage. Prices are the market’s own, cited with the venue. Informational only, not advice. As of 26 Oct 2026.