“Second Holocaust”
Mushroom cloud over Tel Aviv: Netanyahu shocks with drastic image
October 25, 2026 – 4:05 p.mReading time: 2 minutes
According to polls, Netanyahu’s camp cannot expect a majority in the parliamentary elections. In the election campaign, the Israeli head of government is now relying on a frightening image.
The Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned of the danger of an Iranian nuclear bomb two days before the parliamentary election with a drastic illustration. The 77-year-old published a picture on social media showing a nuclear explosion over the coastal metropolis Tel Aviv should show.
He quoted the IT entrepreneur and political observer Yuval Bloomberg, who spoke of a “real and concrete existential threat” from the Iran had spoken. If the Iranians obtain nuclear weapons, nothing else will matter, the quote says. Netanyahu also reiterated the assessment that Israel have under the administration of US President Donald Trump There are still two years left to counter the Iranian threat. Tehran denies plans for nuclear armament.
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Netanyahu warns of existential threat
In his contribution, Netanyahu placed the threat of a nuclear attack above domestic political disputes. Debates about Qatar, the ultra-Orthodox population and the Conscription he described as a diversionary tactic. If two atomic bombs fall on central Israel, no one will be interested in these conflicts anymore, the article said.
“Anyone who is concerned about their own physical survival, that of their family and loved ones, should vote with a trembling hand if they want to give their vote to someone who will not be able to carry out the task,” he wrote, apparently with an eye on renewed action against Iran. Such people put themselves and their families at risk of a “second Holocaust,” wrote the leader of the right-wing conservative Likud party.
Rival Eisenkot: “Lies and scaremongering”
Netanyahu’s main rival, ex-military chief Gadi Eisenkot of the centrist Jashar party, called the head of government “hysterical.” He wrote on Netanyahu has failed and he will be replaced after the election.
Ahead of Tuesday’s election, polls show Netanyahu’s right-wing religious camp with around 50 seats and thus well below the threshold of 61 of the 120 Knesset seats required for a government majority. The opposition camp has 52 to 56 seats. The Arab parties could play a key role with another 14 to 16 mandates. A clear majority in one camp has not yet emerged.
