Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗

Independent journalist // Activist // Democracy // Government corruption // For tweets in Hebrew follow @orlybarlev

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

Welcome! I am an independent journalist covering critical topics concerning Israeli democracy. While Israel is enduring ongoing political instability, it is important to have a reliable source, a voice that will capture the true course of events, and not just the one seen in MSM.

[‏Tal Schneider טל שניידר تال شنايدر @talschneider]

Netanyahu has turned the state comptroller into a branch of his loyalist court https://t.co/WiM7xQxtW6 via @timesofisrael

[𝓛𝓲𝓶𝓸𝓻 𝓜𝓸𝔂𝓪𝓵 @limor_moyal]

Why Netanyahu’s media machine systematically smearing Trump’s own Middle East envoys, @SteveWitkoff and @jaredkushner?
They helped bring Israeli hostages home.
They are working to strengthen Israel’s regional standing, security, and strategic power.
Because the moment their diplomacy becomes inconvenient to Netanyahu, they stop being “Trump’s people” and become targets.
For years, Bibi’s media proxies marketed themselves as part of the pro-Trump camp.
But once Trump’s own envoys began pushing a regional agenda that could force Netanyahu toward a hostage deal, a ceasefire structure, Gaza reconstruction, regional compromise, or limits on military action — those same voices turned on them.
Not subtly.
They portrayed Witkoff and Kushner as naïve, compromised, financially interested, Qatar-aligned, and even dangerous to Israel’s security.
This is not a random media feud, but a documented pattern: Netanyahu’s media proxies are loyal to Trump only as long as Trump serves Netanyahu.
A thread with receipts. 🧵
#Trump #Witkoff #Kushner #MiddleEast #Propaganda
"And while Witkoff and Kushner are dreaming at our expense, in reality, there are many expressions in Hebrew that fit this event, one of them is that the voice is the deep, authoritative voice of a former Palestinian Authority official originating from Gaza, but the hands are the hands of Qatar, Turkey, and Egypt"

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

Every word of this 🎯

[גלעד קריב @KarivGilad]

Itamar Ben Gvir is a failed, extreme and incompetent Minister.

His despicable acts today have sparked outrage amongst most Israelis.

He does not represent Israel. He does not represent Israeli values. He is a disgrace to Judaism and Zionism. And soon he will be out of office.

[UnXeptable @UnxeptableD]

🇮🇱✊ *The Liberal-Democratic Torch Lighting Ceremony for Israel’s Independence Day 2026*

🗓️ *Tuesday, April 21, 2026*
⏰ Live Stream: 10AM PT | 1PM ET | 6PM UK | 7PM CET | 8PM Israel
🌐 *Hebrew, with live English & Spanish translation*
🔗*Register & Support*:
https://t.co/zZQlszImIP

As the traditional Jerusalem ceremony is turned into a government-sponsored display of cronyism and corruption, we will stand together with the genuine, popular alternative celebration rooted in freedom, equality, and a renewed commitment to Israel's Declaration of Independence.

🔥 Torch bearers and speakers

Prof. David Harel — President of the Israel Academy of Sciences, and Israel Prize laureate

YIfat Calderon – Leader in the struggle to return the hostages and cousin of captive Ofer Calderon @IfatKalderon

*Liat Weiss and Ron Scherf* – Co-founders of Brothers & Sisters in Arms @Sistersinarms23

*Lt. Gen. (Res.) Moshe (Bogie) Ya'alon* – Former Minister of Defense and Chief of Staff @bogie_yaalon

*Soumiya Bashir* – Social activist, Arab society coordinator, Women Wage Peace

*MK Rabbi Gilad Kariv* – Among the leaders of the democratic-liberal struggle in the Knesset @KarivGilad

*Adv. and former MK Gaby Lasky* – Co-founder of the "Detainee Envelope" network @gaby_lasky

*Brig. Gen. (Res.) Amal Asad* – Representative of the Druze community, among the leaders of the struggle against the Nation-State Law

*Ayelet HaShachar Sayidoff* – Co-founder of "Mothers on the Frontline" @AyeletaHshahar

*Avi Dabush* – CEO of Rabbis for Human Rights, survivor of the October 7 massacre and representative of the Gaza envelope

*Hanoch Cohen* – Leader of the youth protest and the high school strike for the hostages

*Dr. Yael Admi* – Co-founder of Women Wage Peace

*Keynote speakers* Member of Knesset Naama Lazimi, and former Chief of Staff Dan Halutz @naamalazimi

🤝 Brought to you by UnXeptable, We Democracy UK & Defending Israeli Democracy

[60 Minutes @60Minutes]

“When they came to tell us that Hersh had been executed, then I realized that those 330 days had been the good part, because he was alive. And now I'm in this place... How do I walk through this place without a piece of me here?” says Rachel Goldberg-Polin, whose son was executed by Hamas in 2024. https://t.co/Zrfdrya99X

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

Link to this evening's event in Tel Aviv.

Not a Memorial Day, but a Day of Forgetting.

The event was held in honor of the memory of those who were massacred and those who had fallen in battle on Oct 7th 2023, and during the 1000-day war.

Netanyahu and his corrupt government would rather we forget them all, forget anything ever happened.

We will not let him erase these events from our country's history.

We will never forget.

[Or-ly Barlev 🎗 אור-לי ברלב @orlybarlev]

טקס יום השיכחון - ערב לזכר נרצחי וחללי טבח ה-7.10 ומלחמת אלף הימים https://t.co/Do4ss8l3Il

[UnXeptable @UnxeptableD]

56% of Israelis say that Benjamin Netanyahu shouldn't be elected as the next Prime Minister. 📊 #Israel #Netanyahu #IsraelPolitics @N12News

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

The victory seen tonight of Hungary’s democratic forces, over the dictatorial ones – which destroyed nearly every democratic mechanism the state had – is a powerful reminder that this is possible for Israel too.

A heartwarming congratulations to the democracy-loving Hungarian people.

This is a moment of hope for the democracy-loving majority in Israel, as well.

[Magyar Péter (Ne féljetek) @magyarpeterMP]

Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has just called to congratulate us on our victory.

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

Netanyahu isn’t “Mister Security”, as he likes to call himself. He trades on our security. He is a scalper who sells out our national security for his own personal interests.

The outcome of his actions: disaster after disaster, damage, and more damage.

Netanyahu sold the public on the lie that he will end Hamas. In reality, Netanyahu funded Hamas and strengthened the terrorist organization leading to the Oct 7th massacre.

Netanyahu pushed Trump to exit the 2015 JCPOA Iran nuclear deal, which led to Iran accelerating its work toward achieving a nuclear weapon.

Netanyahu sold Trump on the idea of toppling the Iranian regime, which led to Iran having a new and even more extreme, empowered, and more vengeful leadership.

Netanyahu sold the Israeli public on the lie that Israel is a regional and global superpower, when in reality, Israel, under Netanyahu’s ‘leadership’ obeys Trump’s every command, and is hated by much of the population in the US and the world.

Netanyahu needlessly extended and drew out the Gaza war, endangering and sacrificing the lives of hostages, soldiers, and civilians.

The man selling out our national security creates endless catastrophic disasters.

This is what happens when the Prime Minister in power acts in his own personal interests only. He exploits Israel’s national security needs. They are mere tools he uses to achieve his corrupt and criminal personal goals.

[Naor Narkis נאור נרקיס @NaorNarkis]

My name is Naor Narkis. I am an opposition political candidate in Israel, a member of the Democrats party, currently running an active campaign to change the government.

I am reaching out to you after my Facebook and Instagram accounts were both blocked 48 hours ago. These are not minor accounts. Together, they generate over 25 million views per month, making them among the most influential political voices on social media in a country of just under 10 million people.

The suspension came just hours after Amit Segal, one of Israel's most powerful television journalists and broadcasters, known to be close to Prime Minister Netanyahu, publicly attacked my freedom of speech in a series of posts on X. He was joined by several journalists from major Israeli media outlets, all targeting my political activity and my campaign to change the government. His posts preceded the suspension of my accounts by just a few hours.

At the very moment my campaign was at the center of Israeli public debate, my accounts on Facebook and Instagram were suspended. As of this moment, I have no access whatsoever to my accounts.

Despite reaching out to official Meta employees in Israel, the issue remains unresolved.

This is precisely the kind of intervention we have read about in 'Careless People' by Sarah Wynn-Williams, the ways in which powerful social media platforms have been used across different countries to interfere in democratic processes and tilt the balance of power in favor of autocratic and anti-democratic forces.

At this moment, I am experiencing what I can only describe as political interference and the weaponization of the world's largest social network against free speech happening here, in Israel.

In the coming hours, I will be taking legal action against this interference in Israel's democratic process by Meta.

I call on international press freedom organizations, journalists, and media outlets around the world to cover and investigate this case. What is happening here is not just an Israeli story, it is a warning for every democracy in the world.

[UnXeptable @UnxeptableD]

✊This unacceptable phenomenon must be stopped. MK Merav Cohen just stood on the Knesset floor and said the undeniable truth: Jewish terror in the West Bank is terror. It’s not "just a few bad apples." The politicians excusing this violence are complicit.
Watch this. 👇
@cohen_meirav
#savingisraelidemocracy

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

cc: @ahimlaneshek1
@USAmbIsrael
@Isaac_Herzog

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

Brothers and Sisters in Arms, along with other activists, set up a display this morning on the Tel Aviv shorefront across from the US Embassy, that reads:

NO PARDON

Referring to Netanyahu’s illegal pardon demand which President Trump has been promoting.

The goal of this display is to call on President Trump to cease his actions regarding indicted Prime Minister Netanyahu’s illegal demand to have his criminal trial dismissed.

According to the activists, this demand is not only outrageous, but also immoral, particularly during this time of war on the frontlines and the homefront. The activists added that Israel has always been and shall remain a sovereign nation with an independent judiciary.

Display design: Roy Gordon
Footage: @avivatlas

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

Netanyahu is the one who kept talking about Iran, more so than anyone else.

He’s also the one who ‘did the right thing’, least of anyone else.

He complicated our situation more than anyone by pushing to withdraw from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal (JCPOA), which brought Iran closer to a nuclear bomb.

Now, he has the audacity to try and sell the Israeli public on the idea that he will be the one to solve this problem, which he himself created.

The citizens rushing to bomb shelters will certainly take solace knowing that Netanyahu’s main focus is evading his trial, while running this war.

[מואיז הקטן ® @LittleMoiz]

Sirens in Israel since the beginning of Operation “Epic Fury”.
The attached video shows all the sirens activated across Israel following missile launches or hostile aerial vehicles.

Legend – source of the sirens:
🔴 Red – Iran
🟡 Yellow – Lebanon (Hezbollah)

Data correct as of 14/03/26, 06:56 (Israel time).

[Moulin Emmanuel 🟣 @MoulinEmmanuel3]

La journaliste israélienne Or-Ly Barlev :
"Pendant que Netanyahu envoie nos pilotes héroïques risquer leur vie dans le ciel iranien, il envoie ses porte-parole et ses émissaires monnayé "une amnistie" pour lui-même. Pilotes, combattants et civils sont des pions dans la guerre que l'Iran mène pour la survie de Netanyahu. Comment Netanyahu peut-il encore bénéficier de la légitimité des médias et de l'opposition pour mener une guerre ?!"

[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

Thank you, President Trump, for exposing Netanyahu’s true main goal in his war with Iran – Evading his own criminal trial.

And thank you, Defense Minister Katz, for divulging to us that Netanyahu was planning to attack Iran no matter what, ahead of Israel’s scheduled general election. Thank you for also exposing the illogical goal that he set. You, too, have joined the illegal “Pardon Bibi” campaign, which Netanyahu is promoting.

Since the moment this war began, Netanyahu has ramped up his criminal ‘Pardon’ campaign.

This is where his focus lies, as he sends air force pilots to Iran, as he sends our soldiers to Lebanon, as he forces Israeli citizens to rush to bomb shelters.

A ‘Pardon’ is the primary consideration of the man running this war. “Pardon, pardon, pardon!”, “How do I get myself out of my criminal trial, which will likely end with a conviction and jail sentence?”

This isn’t even a ‘pardon request’, it is a criminal and illegal attempt to cancel his trial entirely.

And what does Israel’s President Herzog do?

He’s “Considering it”.

Instead of immediately rejecting this illegal attempt to cancel a criminal trial, instead of immediately rejecting the gross overstep committed by the US by interfering in Israel’s internal affairs - President Herzog is “considering it”.

No surprise there. We all heard Herzog’s close associate say that he was sent to pass messages between Herzog and Netanyahu. Meaning there could be a corrupt deal: The Presidency in exchange for a pardon.

This is something that at a minimum must be investigated.

And there you have it, Herzog is “considering it”.

This is what a disgrace of a President looks like.

On top of that, one of Netanyahu’s ministers – Idit Silman, tweeted at President Trump asking that he place sanctions on senior members of Israel’s Justice System, in order to get Netanyahu’s illegal criminal ‘pardon’ granted.

Ok, so, this is what betraying your own people looks like. And I must ask… do any of you think she came up with this on her own?

So, yes, Netanyahu runs the country, and this war, like he’s a crime lord in the mob.

Everyone is his pawn.

Our brave fighter pilots, our brave combat soldiers, our resilient citizens, everyone is a pawn in his war with Iran, which is his personal fight of survival in power.

What is astounding, is that the Opposition and the media still grant Netanyahu the legitimacy to run this war.

How can the person whose policies brought upon us the Oct 7 massacre, who refuses to take any responsibility, who forcefully prevents every investigation to reveal the truth, who continues even now to advance his dictatorial regime coup, who initiated war for his own personal interests of receiving a ‘pardon’, and influencing the upcoming elections –

How can he continue to receive legitimacy from the Opposition and the media to run this war?

How can he continue to receive the legitimacy to send soldiers into battle?

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[Or-ly Barlev in English 🎗 @OrlyBarlevEng]

President Trump's recent public attack on Israeli President Herzog, exposed Netanyahu's true top priority goal for his war in Iran - granting himself an illegal pardon, effectively canceling his criminal trial.

As usual, Netanyahu's personal interests are above all else.

Full text in following tweet.

[Elica Le Bon الیکا‌ ل بن @elicalebon]

I don’t care where you’ve been, but I urge you to stand with Iranians now.

[Elad Simchayoff @Elad_Si]

Israel: Six killed and 27 injured in a direct hit by an Iranian missile outside Jerusalem