Channel 14 Analyst Repeats 'Monkey' Remark After Trump's Netanyahu Endorsement
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Channel 14 analyst Yotam Zimri repeated a racist remark calling Yishai Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot a "monkey" on Saturday evening. This occurred after former US President Donald Trump endorsed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The comment followed a similar remark by Yinon Magal the previous day, which Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned. The Yishai Party responded by projecting a video outside Channel 14's building questioning the remark.
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- Channel 14 analyst Yotam Zimri called Gadi Eisenkot a "monkey" on Saturday evening.
- The remark was made sarcastically in English after Donald Trump endorsed Benjamin Netanyahu.
- This follows a similar racist comment by Yinon Magal about Eisenkot the previous day.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had condemned Magal's earlier statement.
- The Yishai Party projected a video outside Channel 14's building in response.
A day after another Channel 14 personality sparked controversy with a racist remark, analyst Yotam Zimri on Saturday evening again referred to Yishai Party Chairman Gadi Eisenkot as a "monkey." Zimri made the comment sarcastically in English, following former US President Donald Trump's endorsement of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. "Trump said choose Bibi, not the monkey," Zimri stated.
This incident follows a similar remark made by Yinon Magal on Friday, who called Eisenkot a "monkey" and made disparaging comments about Ashkenazi Jews and his Moroccan-Mizrahi heritage. Despite Prime Minister Netanyahu condemning Magal's statement on Saturday, the controversial rhetoric continued on Channel 14.
The Yishai Party responded by projecting a video on a truck outside Channel 14's building, asking, "Yinon Magal, who did you call a monkey?" Eisenkot himself addressed Magal's earlier comment, stating, "The problem is not Yinon Magal but the person standing behind Yinon Magal." He added that his party would bring change and remove "Magalism and Bardugism" from Israeli life.
Opposition leader Yair Lapid also criticized Magal, calling him "Netanyahu's man" and accusing him of calling Eisenkot a "monkey" specifically because of his Moroccan-Mizrahi background. Prime Minister Netanyahu had previously stated in a radio interview that Magal's remark was "very inappropriate" and condemned it. He also suggested that Eisenkot should condemn remarks made by others about Likud members being "chimpanzees" or "baboons."
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