Sign in to baba News

One account across the web, iPhone and Android — your subscription follows it.

or use an email code

Search stories

Type at least two characters. Results come from every newsroom baba reads.

↑↓ to move · ↵ to open · esc to close

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to keep asking. News Plus removes the daily limit.

or use an email code

developing· Culture· Updated

Uri Geller Storms Out of TV Studio After Heated Exchange with Panelist

The illusionist Uri Geller abruptly walked off the set of a live i24NEWS election broadcast on Tuesday evening following a heated verbal altercation with panelist and retired police official Efraim Erlich, also known as Kremshnit.

4 newsrooms · 1 language · since

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to save this article and find it on your phone.

or use an email code

Uri Geller Storms Out of TV Studio After Heated Exchange with Panelist
Illustration by baba

What happened

  1. 01Illusionist Uri Geller walked off a live i24NEWS election broadcast on Tuesday after a heated argument with panelist Efraim Erlich.
  2. 02The dispute began when Geller urged non-voters to cast ballots and warned that Iran was currently assembling an atomic bomb.
  3. 03Erlich, a retired police official, interrupted Geller, calling his claims nonsense, bullshit, and lies.
  4. 04During the exchange, Erlich taunted Geller over his past claims regarding spoon-bending and Trump's hair.
  5. 05The program's host objected to Geller's remarks, calling them electioneering on election day.
  6. 06Panelists Pnina Rosenblum and Shlomo Maoz tried to calm the situation, but Erlich refused to retract his statements.
  7. 07The host reprimanded Erlich for driving Geller out of the studio during the live broadcast.

The confrontation occurred during the Gilboa Index program. Geller, a supporter of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was addressing viewers who had not yet voted, urging them to cast their ballots and warning about Iran's nuclear program. He claimed that Iranians were assembling an atomic bomb under a mountain at that very moment. The program's host objected to Geller's remarks, characterizing them as electioneering on election day.

Erlich then aggressively confronted Geller, calling his statements nonsense, bullshit, and lies. Erlich also taunted Geller about his past claims, referencing spoon-bending and Trump's hair, and calling him a charlatan. Geller responded to the personal attacks before deciding to leave the studio in protest.

Although the host and other panelists, including Pnina Rosenblum and Shlomo Maoz, attempted to de-escalate the situation and persuade Geller to stay, Erlich refused to retract his statements. The host subsequently reprimanded Erlich for driving a guest out of the studio.

Summarized by baba from the reports of 3 newsrooms. Updated

Latest report: Arutz Sheva. Read Arutz Sheva’s original

The coverage

4 newsrooms on this story

Who covered it

  • LeftNone
  • Centre1
  • Right2
  • HarediNone
  • ArabNone
  • Other1

How it broke

See which of the 4 newsrooms broke it, and who waited

How the headlines differ

Arutz ShevaRight · the lead report

Uri Geller Storms Out of TV Studio After Heated Exchange with Panelist

2 more newsrooms worded it differently