Entity

Israel

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

As of 28 Oct 2026Last evidence 28 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: 5 separate publishers

  • Israel election: Exit polls show no clear winner as Netanyahu’s fate hangs in balance

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

  • U.N.-commissioned experts say Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israel from committing genocide

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 25 separate publishers

  • Intel agreed to buy Israeli quantum software startup Classiq in quantum computing push

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

  • Disenchanted Netanyahu supporters are prize of Israel election campaign

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

All 14 events and claims involving Israel

What changed

  • Attention Rising: 326 mentions on 28 Oct 2026, against 246 on 7 Oct 2026 (+33%).
  • State Last recorded change: wire tier went from flagged to watch on 26 Oct 2026 (9 changes recorded since 16 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 27 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Benjamin Netanyahu be the next Prime Minister of Israel?” moved from 28% to 52% Yes since 13 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

8,516 documents · 438 publishers · 18% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 28 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.179: about 82% of mentions carry no typed assertion

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 ArabiaNetanyahuHormuzYemen
  • Iran · 3,820 shared documents
  • Gaza · 3,764 shared documents
  • Trump · 2,544 shared documents
  • Middle East · 2,266 shared documents
  • United States · 2,175 shared documents
  • UN · 1,774 shared documents · no page of its own yet
  • Saudi Arabia · 1,751 shared documents
  • Netanyahu · 1,700 shared documents
  • Hormuz · 1,551 shared documents
  • Yemen · 1,325 shared documents

Story momentum

Rising

The word compares 326 mentions on 28 Oct 2026 with 246 on 7 Oct 2026 (+33%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +141% from 13 Sept 2026 to 28 Oct 2026, between 118 and 361 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Israel, day by day.

Market price, cited

52% Yes

priced 28 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 28% → 52% Yes (+24pts, from 13 Sept 2026 to 28 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

This page is also an object: GET https://sigb.ai/api/v1/node/e/36dd7c86d539d036f3f1f439 returns the same record as sb.node.v1. Or call the get_entity MCP tool at https://sigb.ai/api/mcp with name israel.

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        "label": "The other 2,467 mentions",
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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: 5 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 · 5 separate publishers
    • Netanyahu orders West Bank closure as attack wounds Israelis before election · corroborated · first reported 23 Oct 2026 · 4 separate publishers

  • Israel election: Exit polls show no clear winner as Netanyahu’s fate hangs in balance

    Reported claim · first reported 27 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • U.N.-commissioned experts say Gaza ceasefire has not stopped Israel from committing genocide

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 25 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Intel agreed to buy Israeli quantum software startup Classiq in quantum computing push

    Reported claim · first reported 26 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Disenchanted Netanyahu supporters are prize of Israel election campaign

    Reported claim · first reported 25 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 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: 11 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Israeli military ops push Palestinian exodus in Hebron to near 5,000

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

  • Israeli fire kills at least three in Gaza amid fragile ceasefire, health officials say

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 5 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • US and Israel are warned against launching fresh strikes on Iran

    Reported claim · first reported 22 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Election: colima & israel

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

    Open event

  • 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
8,516 documents · 438 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 28 Oct 2026
Measured
18% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
28 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

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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.

2 more open markets joined to Israel but not about it
  • 32.5% Yes

    “Israeli airspace closed by December 31, 2026?”

    Polymarket · priced 28 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · closes 31 Dec 2026

  • 53% Yes

    “Will no next Israeli Minister of Finance be appointed by February 28, 2027?”

    Polymarket · priced 28 Oct 2026

    Relation: mentioned only in passing · the name does not appear as a word in the question; the record joined it another way · closes 28 Feb 2027

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

9 changes recorded since 16 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 28 Oct 2026.