Channel 14 Host Continues Monkey Controversy, Trump Quoted
Translated & summarized from i24NEWS by baba
A controversy at Channel 14 continues after host Yinon Magal's remarks, with panelist Yotam Zimri making a joke referencing Donald Trump supporting Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a "monkey." Magal claimed his original comment about former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot was slang, not an insult. Prime Minister Netanyahu condemned Magal's statement as inappropriate.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- Channel 14 panelist Yotam Zimri joked that Donald Trump told people to "Vote for Bibi, not for the monkey."
- Host Yinon Magal claimed his earlier comment about Gadi Eisenkot was underworld slang, not an insult.
- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called Magal's statement "very inappropriate" and condemned it.
- Magal's original remarks were directed at former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot.
- Netanyahu also suggested Eisenkot should condemn critics of Likud voters.
The controversy surrounding a remark made by Channel 14 host Yinon Magal is continuing, with panelist Yotam Zimri making a similar joke on Sunday. Zimri referenced a statement of support from U.S. President Donald Trump for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, quipping that "even Trump said, 'Vote for Bibi, not for the monkey.'"
Magal himself attempted to clarify his earlier remarks on Saturday, stating that he did not intend to call former IDF Chief of Staff Gadi Eisenkot "ugly like a monkey." Instead, Magal claimed he used a slang term from the "underworld" to imply that Eisenkot is being used as a pawn by an "Ashkenazi elite."
Magal's original comments drew sharp political criticism. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu condemned the statement in an interview with Gadi Ness on Radio Tzafon on Sunday morning, calling it "very inappropriate." Netanyahu also stated that he would have expected Eisenkot to condemn remarks made by Galia Albin and others against Likud voters.
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