Channel 14 Host Calls Yachad Leader Eisenkot 'Monkey'
Translated & summarized from Arutz Sheva by baba
Channel 14 host Yinon Magal called Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yachad party, a "monkey" on his show "HaPatriotim," alleging he is controlled by "elitist Ashkenazim." The Yachad party condemned the remarks, comparing them to past racist comments and stating that the "fear of defeat" reveals the channel's "ugly truth" about the public. The party asserted that Eisenkot, a Moroccan-born patriot, will be elected prime minister and rectify the damage caused by the current government.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Channel 14 host Yinon Magal called Yachad party chairman Gadi Eisenkot a "monkey" on air.
- Magal claimed Eisenkot is controlled by "elitist Ashkenazim" and referenced his Moroccan heritage.
- The Yachad party condemned Magal's remarks as racist and driven by fear of electoral defeat.
- Yachad stated Eisenkot, a Moroccan-born patriot, will be elected prime minister.
- The party accused Magal of spreading "lies and poison" and disrespecting a large segment of the public.
Channel 14 host Yinon Magal referred to Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yachad party, as a "monkey" during his program "HaPatriotim." Magal claimed that "elitist Ashkenazim" are controlling Eisenkot, referencing his Moroccan heritage. "He is a monkey, his name is Mizrahi Moroccan, your name was a Moroccan prime minister, here as if we don't see reality," Magal stated on the show.
The Yachad party responded sharply to the remarks, drawing a parallel to past racist comments. "45 years after Dudu Topaz called Mizrahim 'chachachim', Netanyahu's senior mouthpiece, who makes a living spreading lies and poison, tonight calls a candidate for prime minister who will bring Israel back to Israelis, a chief of staff who served the country for 45 years and gave it everything, a monkey," the party said in a statement.
The party added, "The fear of defeat reveals your ugly truth, your opinion of a huge and amazing public that you have been looking down on for decades. We see through you. The hysteria is clear, in ten days, with Israel will choose a son of immigrants from Morocco, a Golanchik, a true patriot who grew up in the periphery, as the head of the Israeli government. And he will fix all the damage that the Netanyahu government has done here."
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