Yonatan Urich

Netanyahu aide Urich allowed to keep working at PMO after court rejects prosecution's request

Urich has been indicted for allegedly leaking classified military information to the German outlet, Bild, after the military censor barred publishing the information in Israeli media.

Yonatan Urich leaving the courtroom, June 25, 2026.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a 40 signatures debate, at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on January 19, 2026.

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Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.

Netanyahu aide Urich indicted for passing on classified information

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Court orders transfer of raw KAN interview footage in Feldstein ‘Bild’ leak probe

The ruling relates to two investigations in which Urich is a suspect: the Bild document leak affair and a separate probe linked to a late-night meeting at the Kirya military headquarters.

ELI FELDSTEIN may have been only a bit player in the Prime Minister’s Office, but he sat at the center of two scandals that have been percolating below the surface for months. Here, Feldstein is seen appearing at the Tel Aviv District Court in May.

Court extends restrictions on Netanyahu adviser Urich in Bild leak probe affair

Senior Judge Yaakov Spasser ruled that Urich will remain barred from working at the Prime Minister’s Office for an additional 60 days.

Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025

Israel Police seek to bar Netanyahu aide Urich from PM's office amid Bild leak probe

The appeal was heard a day after the district court reversed an earlier decision by Magistrate’s Court President Judge Menachem Mizrahi and reinstated restrictive conditions on Tzachi Braverman.

Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.

Police appeal district court ruling lifting restrictions on Netanyahu adviser in Bild leak case

Police argued that the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court erred when it canceled restrictions, including restrictions on Urich’s employment and broad no-contact orders.

Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025

Israeli court lifts restrictions on former Netanyahu aides in Bild leak scandal

The decision, authored by Rishon Lezion Magistrate's Court Judge Mehahem Mizrahi, will take effect on Sunday to allow the Israel Police to appeal to the district court. 

 Yonatan Urich, adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen before a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022.

Three figures close to Netanyahu appear in court for hearing in Bild case 

Feldstein and Urich were arrested in March 2024 in connection with the Bild affair, which centers on the September 2024 leak of a classified military intelligence document.

Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Tzachi Braverman arrives to the courtroom at the Distrcit court in Tel Aviv, before the start of the testimony of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the trial against him, December 18, 2024.

Israel Police seek to renew restrictions on Netanyahu aide Yonatan Urich in Bild leak probe

At the center of the request is police insistence that Urich be barred from working at the consultancy firm Perception, which investigators say is owned and managed by Israel Einhorn.

 Yonatan Urich, adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu seen before a press conference in Tel Aviv on October 3, 2022.

Court rejects police appeal to reinstate Qatargate restrictions on Netanyahu adviser Urich

The court held that restrictive conditions imposed on Urich in a separate investigation involving the alleged leak of classified documents to the German tabloid Bild remain in force.

Yonatan Urich arrives for a court hearing as part of the 'Qatargate' affair in Lod, August 19, 2025

Judge rules Qatargate restrictions on Urich expired after police missed deadline

Restrictions tied to separate Bild affair remain in force, court says.

Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.

Qatargate: Police transfer case to prosecution, seek extension of restrictions on Urich

With the Qatargate case now in prosecutors’ hands, decisions on indictments or further probes are pending.

Yonatan Urich who was arrested in the so-called Qatargate investigation arrives for a court hearing the court in Lod, August 19, 2025.