Netanyahu Condemns Presenter's Remark About MK Eisenkot
Translated & summarized from Srugim by baba
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Channel 14 presenter Yinon Magal's statement calling MK Gadi Eisenkot a "monkey." Netanyahu called the remark "very inappropriate" but also criticized Eisenkot for not condemning alleged insults against Likud voters. The Prime Minister stated that ethnic discourse and insults against his party's supporters are a daily, ongoing phenomenon. He urged Eisenkot to condemn such remarks, comparing them to Magal's statement.
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- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned Yinon Magal's "monkey" remark about MK Gadi Eisenkot.
- Netanyahu also criticized Eisenkot for not condemning alleged insults against Likud voters.
- Magal called Eisenkot a "monkey" and claimed he was manipulated by an Ashkenazi elite.
- Netanyahu described insults against Likud voters as a daily, ongoing phenomenon.
- The Prime Minister urged Eisenkot to condemn remarks calling Likud supporters "chimpanzees" and "baboons."
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday condemned remarks made by Channel 14 presenter Yinon Magal, who called Yisrael Beiteinu party chairman Gadi Eisenkot a "monkey" and claimed he was being manipulated by an Ashkenazi elite. Speaking on Radio Tzafon 104.5FM, Netanyahu stated, "This is a very inappropriate statement, I condemn it." However, he immediately pivoted to criticize what he described as repeated statements against Likud voters. "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, calling on Eisenkot to condemn such remarks. The Prime Minister noted that the resurgence of ethnic discourse in public conversation is an ongoing phenomenon, not solely tied to Magal's comment. "We have not shied away from it, even though Yinon said what he should not have said yesterday, but I hear every day the condescension, the patronizing and the contempt that are directed at Likud voters, calling them monkeys, baboons and chimpanzees," Netanyahu asserted. He claimed these statements are primarily aimed at his party's voters and represent a recurring pattern. "I wish this were a one-time phenomenon, it is daily and almost entirely directed at Likud voters," he added.
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