The Munich Security Conference made the decision to exclude Israel from the main stage of the event due to the ongoing war, according to an interview conducted by Israel's Channel 12 with the event's organizers.

The Jerusalem Post newspaper said that this decision came as a surprise because the conference is considered one of the most prestigious conferences in the field of national security, and Israel has historically been a major contributor to this event, noting that until last year, the conference gave Israeli representatives an important place in the conference, as it granted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Ministers Benny Gantz, Yoav Gallant and Moshe Ya'alon have central seats at the conference.

But before the conference, which is expected to be held in two weeks, the conference administration decided to reject all applications submitted by Israel to participate.

A request from the office of Defense Minister Yoav Gallant to speak at the conference was denied, as he has done in the past. Instead, he was offered to participate as a panelist.

The families of the hostages are also subjected to pressure from the conference administration. Their request to hold a ceremony to honor the hostages still in captivity was rejected. The alternative offered to families was to hold a "side event", which meant fewer participants would participate in the conference, and international media interest would also be limited.

The interview also mentioned that the organizer of the Munich conference is former German National Security Advisor Christoph Heusgen, who is said to have a problematic record regarding Israel.