Entity

Israel

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

As of 21 Oct 2026Last evidence 21 Oct 2026

What is happening now

  • Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank and beat French mayor, say witnesses

    Reported event · first reported 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Oct 2026 · 6 claims · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

  • Israeli attacks kill 5 Palestinians, including 2 children, in Gaza despite ceasefire

    Reported event · first reported 19 Oct 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

  • Election: colima & israel

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

    Open event

  • How could Israel help Saudi Arabia defend against the Houthis - and at what cost? - analysis

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

  • Trump Endorses Netanyahu Days Before Israeli Election as Iran War Tests Friendship

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

All 9 events and claims involving Israel

What changed

  • Attention Fading: 207 mentions on 21 Oct 2026, against 269 on 29 Sept 2026 (-23%).
  • State Last recorded change: coverage state went from rising to steady on 20 Oct 2026 (5 changes recorded since 11 Oct 2026).
  • Claims 1 claim first reported since 20 Oct 2026.
  • Market The cited market on “Will Benjamin Netanyahu be the next Prime Minister of Israel?” moved from 30% to 28% Yes since 6 Sept 2026 (the market’s own price).

How well we know this

7,091 documents · 405 publishers · 16% contain a typed assertion · last evidence 21 Oct 2026

  • Gap: assertion coverage 0.164: about 84% of mentions carry no typed assertion
  • Gap: 3 receipts 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.

GazaIranTrumpUnited StatesMiddle EastSaudi ArabiaHormuzNetanyahuPalestine

Story momentum

Fading

The word compares 207 mentions on 21 Oct 2026 with 269 on 29 Sept 2026 (-23%); a change of less than 8% either way reads Steady.

Daily mentions +251% from 6 Sept 2026 to 21 Oct 2026, between 59 and 271 a day

How often tracked coverage mentions Israel, day by day.

Market price, cited

28% Yes

priced 21 Oct 2026 · relation: named in the question

the market: 30% → 28% Yes (-2pts, from 6 Sept 2026 to 21 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.

On the desk: Geopolitics Desk

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.

  • Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank and beat French mayor, say witnesses

    Reported event · first reported 16 Oct 2026 to 19 Oct 2026 · 6 claims · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

    Show the 6 individual claims
    • Israeli settlers attack European diplomatic cars in West Bank and beat French mayor, say witnesses · corroborated · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 9 separate publishers
    • European diplomats attacked by Israeli settlers amid rising violence in occupied West Bank · corroborated · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 6 separate publishers
    • Israel arrests 10 settlers over attacks on US journalist and European officials in West Bank · corroborated · first reported 17 Oct 2026 · 4 separate publishers
    • Israel Police arrest eight suspects over settler attacks on diplomats, U.S. photojournalist in West Bank · corroborated · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
    • Israeli police detain 10 people in rare raid against West Bank settlers · reported by two · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers
    • Israeli police arrest 10 people over settler attacks on US journalist and European diplomats · corroborated · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 3 separate publishers

  • Israeli attacks kill 5 Palestinians, including 2 children, in Gaza despite ceasefire

    Reported event · first reported 19 Oct 2026 to 20 Oct 2026 · 2 claims · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

    Show the 2 individual claims
    • Israeli attacks kill 5 Palestinians, including 2 children, in Gaza despite ceasefire · reported by two · first reported 19 Oct 2026 · 9 separate publishers
    • Israeli attacks violating Gaza cease-fire kill couple, 3 others | Daily Sabah · reported by two · first reported 20 Oct 2026 · 5 separate publishers

  • Election: colima & israel

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

    Open event

  • How could Israel help Saudi Arabia defend against the Houthis - and at what cost? - analysis

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 2 separate publishers

    reported by two

  • Trump Endorses Netanyahu Days Before Israeli Election as Iran War Tests Friendship

    Reported claim · first reported 18 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 9 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • Israel Iran Conflict

    Registered event · reported 29 Mar 2026 to 17 Oct 2026 · claims are not yet placed under registered events

    Open event

  • Trump backs ally Netanyahu ahead of Israel's tight election

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 3 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • UN says Gaza malnutrition gains fragile as Israel halts commercial shipments

    Reported claim · first reported 16 Oct 2026 · 1 claim · best-carried claim: 4 separate publishers

    corroborated

  • 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
7,091 documents · 405 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 21 Oct 2026
Measured
16% of mentions say something specific about it; the rest only name it
As of
21 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.

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
  • 19.5% Yes

    “Will Naftali Bennett be the next Israeli Minister of Foreign Affairs?”

    Polymarket · priced 21 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

  • 18.5% Yes

    “Will Otzma Yehudit be in the next Israeli government?”

    Polymarket · priced 21 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

  • 42.5% Yes

    “Will Likud win 20-24 seats in the 2026 Israeli legislative election?”

    Polymarket · priced 21 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

  • 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

  • 16 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 15 Oct 2026

  • 15 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: steady to rising

    Previous state held since 13 Oct 2026

  • 13 Oct 2026

    coverage state changed: rising to steady

    Previous state held since 7 Oct 2026

5 changes recorded since 11 Oct 2026, 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 21 Oct 2026.