Netanyahu Aide and Journalist Clash Over Personal Lives

Yonatan Ourich, an advisor to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, engaged in a public spat on X (formerly Twitter) with prominent journalist Ben Caspit. The exchange began when Ourich, who also serves as Netanyahu's new media director and spokesperson for the Likud party, posted a sarcastic message to Caspit, a known critic of the prime minister. Ourich preemptively wrote what he claimed Caspit would report about a "Flydubai" flight, mocking Caspit's personal life and suggesting his ex-wife couldn't tolerate him.

Caspit responded sharply, dismissing Ourich's message as boring and then directly addressing the personal attacks. He clarified that he had been married twice, to Daniela and Hila, both of whom remain close friends, as do their current spouses. Caspit stated he has a son from his first marriage and two daughters from his second, emphasizing that his second wife never sought to alienate him from his eldest son. He proudly and willingly pays significant alimony, asserting his financial independence and contrasting it with unspecified personal failings of Ourich.

Caspit, a senior political and diplomatic commentator for the newspaper "Maariv HaShavua," also hosts daily programs on 103FM radio and co-anchors "Meet the Press" on Channel 12. Ourich previously worked for the consulting firm Perception, owned by Yisrael Einhorn.