Yonatan Urich, former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's media advisor, will be running in the primaries for the Likud slate for the Knesset.
Urich will compete for the 41st spot on the slate, which is reserved for a representative of the Tel Aviv district. He will be up against David Laniado, who is considered the candidate endorsed by MK David Bitan.
Urich, 33, is married to Talia and lives in Tel Aviv. At the age of 26, he was appointed as Netanyahu's media advisor, as well as spokesperson for the Likud movement.
In October 2019, Urich was questioned on suspicion of harassing Shlomo Filber, the state witness in Case 4000. The police conducted an illegal search of his phone as part of the investigation without obtaining a judge's order. In January 2022, the Supreme Court ruled that despite the improper behavior of the police, they could search the phones of Urich and another Netanyahu advisor.
In December 2019, Urich was ranked 29th on the list of the top 100 influential people published by The Marker magazine.