"I mistakenly posted a photo of President Herzog, without checking the source, and I am sorry for that," she wrote on X/Twitter after deleting the original post, noting that her article in the London-based outlet did not even mention Herzog. Although the original tweet was deleted, archived screenshots of it have been posted on social media. The images appear to show the picture behind the scandal on Weiniger's X feed, along with the following post: "Jeffrey Epstein rubbed shoulders with Israel's top brass - pictured here with president Isaac Herzog. Other social media activists have searched for the original image used to create the fake AI image, with one finding a 1995 photograph from Mar-a-Lago, Florida, showing the four individuals in the fake picture, with Herzog wearing what appear to be the same outfits. BBC Verify confirms picture is fake, links to 1995 photo from Mar-a-LagoBBC Verify's Shayan Sardarizadeh also linked the fake photo to this 1995 picture from Mar-a-Lago.

Source: The Times February 10, 2026 13:32 UTC