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Ex-PM Bennett Slams Yair Netanyahu as 'Despicable Person'
Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett launched a scathing attack on Yair Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, calling him a despicable person who leads a terrible poison machine that is dismantling Israel. Speaking on Kan 11's program Meeting, Bennett accused the Prime Minister's inner circle of spreading slander against political rivals and bereaved families.
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- 01Former Prime Minister Naftali Bennett called Yair Netanyahu a despicable person leading a poison machine that is dismantling Israel.
- 02Bennett accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of directing a small group of close advisors to spread daily slander.
- 03He alleged that Netanyahu's advisors, including Yonatan Urich, receive salaries from Qatar to disseminate divisive rhetoric.
- 04Bennett claimed the poison machine targets political rivals and bereaved families, with messages amplified by Channel 14, Yinon Magal, and Yaakov Bardugo.
- 05He shared a personal story of a rumor claiming his mother, whose family perished in the Holocaust, was Christian.
- 06Bennett stated that the smear campaigns also targeted Benny Gantz, falsely portraying him as a partial Iranian agent.
- 07He revealed that false rumors regarding a separation from his wife, Gilat, were also spread by the group.
According to Bennett, this poison machine consists of a small group of close advisors, including Yonatan Urich, who operate under Benjamin Netanyahu's direction. Bennett alleged that these advisors receive funding from Qatar to inject poison into the minds of Israeli citizens daily. He claimed that while the Prime Minister speaks in a statesmanlike manner publicly, his associates defile bereaved families and public figures, with their messages being amplified by right-wing media outlets and commentators such as Channel 14, Yinon Magal, and Yaakov Bardugo.
Bennett shared personal examples of the smear campaigns, including a rumor that his mother, whose family perished in the Holocaust, was Christian. He recounted how this rumor eventually impacted her daily life when a participant in her Pilates class congratulated her on converting to Judaism. Bennett also noted that rumors about a separation from his wife, Gilat, were spread without his knowledge, and that the machine had previously portrayed Benny Gantz as a partial Iranian agent.
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