来自以色列总理本杰明·内塔尼亚胡顾问的被黑客攻击的消息正在揭示其助手与媒体之间的密切关系。
Hacked messages from an adviser to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu are providing a glimpse of his aides’ close ties to the media.
现任总理的连任竞选活动一直反复受到被黑客攻击和泄露文件的冲击，这是旨在 destabilize（动摇）这位在国内外都极具争议的领导人的广泛行动的一部分，目标是在他国定于10月27日的选举前削弱其影响力。
The incumbent prime minister’s reelection campaign has been repeatedly rocked by hacked and leaked documents, part of broad attempts to destabilize a wildly divisive leader both inside and outside his country ahead of Oct. 27 elections.
此次最新的泄露事件源自内塔尼亚胡助手乔纳森·乌里希的WhatsApp账户，他似乎通过一个带有“氛围编码”（vibe-coded）的媒体监控应用暴露了敏感信息。《国土报》周日报道称，该媒体已经“核实”了此次泄露。
The latest breach comes from the WhatsApp account of Netanyahu aide Jonatan Urich, who appears to have exposed sensitive information through a vibe-coded media-monitoring app. Haaretz reported Sunday that it had “verified” the leak.
这些消息包括乌里希与媒体核心人物阿米特·塞加尔之间的对话，塞加尔是第12频道新闻的首席政治分析师，也是该国领先的广播机构，同时主持名为《…》的节目，该节目相当于美国同名节目的版本。
The messages include conversations between Urich and Amit Segal, a central media figure who is chief political analyst for Channel 12 News, the country’s leading broadcaster, and host of the program , an analogue of the US show of that name.
在交流中，塞加尔就竞选视频及其信息传递提出建议：他指出，内塔尼亚胡对10月7日袭击事件后果的管理是其核心政治优势。塞加尔还提到，他曾向内塔尼亚胡竞选发言人提供过相同的建议。在另一条消息中，乌里希分享了内塔尼亚胡计划发表的演讲内容。
In the exchanges, Segal offers advice about the campaign’s videos and its messaging: Netanyahu’s management of the aftermath of the October 7 attack is his core political advantage, he suggests. Segal mentions he offered the same advice to Netanyahu’s campaign spokeswoman. In another message, Urich shares a speech Netanyahu is planning to give.
塞加尔拒绝就这些消息在公开场合发表评论。乌里希同样卷入了一起涉及卡塔尔付款的丑闻，他未对询问作出回应，但在其律师在X平台发布的声明中确认，他已被黑客攻击，并警告任何发布泄露内容的人将面临法律后果。以色列的《隐私保护法》禁止转发通过非法手段获得的内容。
Segal declined to discuss the messages on the record. Urich, who is also enmeshed in a scandal over payments from Qatar, didn’t respond to an inquiry, but in a lawyers’ statement posted to X confirmed that he had been hacked and threatened legal consequences against anyone who published the content of the leaks. Israel’s Privacy Protection Law prohibits republishing content obtained through illegal means.
黑客攻击和泄露事件难以进行报道。在大多数此类事件中——包括这次——最重要的故事正是黑客攻击本身；这反映了以色列政治竞选的国际化趋势，即地区内及美国的各方势力纷纷站队，大多是反对这位领导其国家应对10月7日袭击行动的领导人。
Hacks and leaks are challenging to cover. The most important story in most hacks — including this one — is the hack itself; this is part of the broad internationalization of the Israeli political campaign, in which actors across the region and in the US line up for and, mostly against, the leader who led his country’s response to the October 7 attacks.
以色列评论员也表示震惊，如果不是惊讶的话，周日看到这位记者和旋转医生如此紧密地站在一起。塞加尔是一个与内塔尼亚胡基本一致的中右翼人物 — — 但他也是一位顶尖记者，曾在美国政治人物丹·塞诺尔广受关注的播客等国际平台上以独立分析师的身份出现。
But Israeli commentators also professed shock, if not surprise, Sunday at how closely aligned the journalist and spin doctor appeared to be. Segal is a center-right figure broadly aligned with Netanyahu — but he’s also a top journalist who appears on international platforms, like the American political figure Dan Senor’s widely-followed podcast, as an independent analyst.
一位以色列记者将塞加尔在以色列的角色比作福克斯新闻主持人布雷特·拜尔的角色，尽管他在一个右翼平台工作，但仍保持新闻独立性。这些信息对塞加尔的形象造成了影响，并让人得以窥见以色列媒体中与总理关系日益密切的一部分。
One Israeli journalist compared Segal’s role in Israel to that of Fox News host Bret Baier, who maintains a journalistic independence despite working for a right-wing platform. The messages put a dent in Segal’s image, and offer a glimpse at parts of an Israeli media that has grown very close to its prime minister.
塞加尔在新闻12频道上回应了这场争议，称这些信息是记者与其报道对象之间“非常微妙的探戈舞”的一部分。他补充说：“多年来我所报道的任何人都曾给我发过演讲稿草案，说，‘这就是我们的竞选活动，你有什么想法？’”
Segal addressed the controversy on News 12, describing the messages as part of a “very delicate tango between the journalist and the subject of their coverage.”He added that “any people I’ve covered over the years gave me drafts of speeches, saying, ‘This will be our campaign, what are your thoughts?’”