Media Personality Calls Opposition Leader a 'Monkey'

Media personality Yinon Magal attacked Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yesh Atid party, on Saturday evening, calling him a "Mizrahi-Moroccan monkey who is managed by all the elitist Ashkenazim behind him." Eisenkot responded by stating, "Yinon Magal said I am a monkey operated by Ashkenazim, so I have nothing to answer to that level. The problem is not Yinon Magal but the man standing behind Yinon Magal. We will bring change to the country, we will remove the phenomenon of 'Magalism' and 'Bardugism' from our lives and bring a better country."

Rafi Ben Shitrit, a member of the Yisrael Beiteinu party, also commented on Magal's remarks, saying, "Even when we think the mouthpiece Magal has hit rock bottom, there is apparently another bottom. To call a former IDF Chief of Staff who is a bereaved father a 'monkey' is the height of pure and vile racism, the rotten fruit of Netanyahu's sycophants." Ben Shitrit added that Magal's words are further evidence of Netanyahu and his spokespeople's "complete loss of direction and composure." He concluded by stating, "On October 27th, we will remove Netanyahu and his partners from power and set the State of Israel on a new path, a path of repair and hope."