Netanyahu Condemns Presenter's Slur Against Eisenkot, Cites Anti-Likud Remarks
Translated & summarized from Hamal by baba
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Channel 14 presenter Yinon Magal for calling Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yesh! party, a "monkey." Netanyahu called the remark "very inappropriate" but also criticized what he called daily condescension and contempt towards Likud voters. He urged Eisenkot to condemn similar slurs against Likud supporters, citing remarks calling them "chimpanzees and baboons."
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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Yinon Magal's "monkey" slur against Gadi Eisenkot.
- Netanyahu called Magal's statement "very inappropriate" during a radio interview.
- The Prime Minister also criticized daily condescension and contempt directed at Likud voters.
- He urged Eisenkot to condemn similar remarks made against Likud supporters.
- Netanyahu noted that Likud voters are frequently called "monkeys, baboons, and chimpanzees."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned remarks made by Channel 14 presenter Yinon Magal, who referred to Gadi Eisenkot, chairman of the Yesh! party, as a "monkey" and claimed he is controlled by elitist Ashkenazim. Speaking on Gadi Ness's radio program on Radio Tzafon 104.5FM, Netanyahu stated, "This is a very inappropriate statement, I condemn it." However, he simultaneously criticized the discourse directed at Likud voters, urging Eisenkot to condemn similar statements made against them.
"I would be happy if Gadi Eisenkot would condemn all the statements by Gali Albin and others that Likudniks are chimpanzees and baboons. It is not appropriate and it is not appropriate," Netanyahu said. When asked about the resurgence of ethnic discourse, he responded, "We have not shied away from it, even though Yinon said what he should not have said yesterday, but every day I hear the condescension, the patronizing attitude, and the contempt with which Likud voters are treated, and they are called monkeys, baboons, and chimpanzees."
According to the Prime Minister, the phenomenon is not a one-off occurrence. "I wish it were a one-time phenomenon, it is daily and almost entirely directed towards Likud voters," he stated, adding that the disparaging remarks are constant.
