Yair Netanyahu

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Yair Netanyahu
File:Yair Netanyahu at US Embassy Jerusalem Dedication Ceremony.jpg
Netanyahu in May 2018
Born Yair Netanyahu
(1991-07-26) 26 July 1991 (age 33)
Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality Israel Israeli
Citizenship Israel Israeli
Alma mater Hebrew University of Jerusalem
(B.A. in International Relations)
IDC Herzliya
(M.A. in Government Studies)
Occupation Podcaster
Known for Son of Israeli Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu
Political party Likud
Parents
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Yair Netanyahu (Hebrew: יאיר נתניהו‎; born 26 July 1991)[1][2] is the eldest son of former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. He is known for making incendiary statements in defense of his father on social media.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Netanyahu was born on 26th July, 1991 in Jerusalem, Israel to Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara.[6][7] He has a brother, Avner,[8] and a half-sister, Noa Netanyahu-Roth; Noa is Benjamin Netanyahu's daughter by his first wife, Miriam Weizmann.[9][10]

Netanyahu majored in Theatre at the High School for the Arts in Jerusalem, Israel before serving in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.[11] He previously worked as social media director for Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO that provides legal services to victims of terrorist attacks.[12] After finishing his army service, Netanyahu studied international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations.[11] Netanyahu also studied at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Government Studies.[13][14]

Career

Netanyahu is a staunch defender of his father’s policies and has published his opinions in op-eds, including at Breitbart News, an American far-right[15] news and opinion website.[16] In late 2017, Netanyahu posted an antisemitic meme on Facebook portraying his father's political opponents as puppets controlled by George Soros; the meme garnered support from US white nationalists, including David Duke, and neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer described itself as "The World’s #1 Yair Netanyahu fansite".[3][17][18] Netanyahu later deleted the post following backlash.[3]

In December 2018, he was suspended from Facebook for 24 hours after posting anti-Muslim content.[19][20][21] One of Netanyahu's comments read: "There will never be peace with those monsters in the form of men that have called themselves ‘Palestinians’ since 1964".[3]

Netanyahu was put on leave in March 2019 after deriding President Reuven Rivlin for his work on Arab-Israeli coexistence.[12]

In May 2019, Netanyahu expressed support for right-wing nationalist figures Viktor Orbán, Matteo Salvini, Nigel Farage and Geert Wilders in the 2019 European Parliament election.[22] In the same month, some observers hypothesized that Netanyahu was looking for a job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,[23] although Netanyahu has denied that he is looking for a political career.[3] In June 2019, Netanyahu met with Katrina Pierson, a senior advisor for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.[12]

In September 2019, Netanyahu accused former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995, of having "murdered Holocaust survivors on the Altalena". The comments were disavowed by his father.[24][25][26] He has compared Roni Alsheikh, the Israel Police chief who played a role in the Netanyahu corruption investigations, to the fictional mobster Tony Soprano.[3] While being questioned by police during the investigations, Netanyahu called the police "Stasi" and "Gestapo" and said they were worse than the mafia. He also accused Nir Hafetz and Gideon Saar of various crimes.[27]

In November 2020, Netanyahu launched his own right-wing podcast called The Yair Netanyahu Show, with episodes spoken in both English and Hebrew.[28] His first guest was Brazilian politician Eduardo Bolsonaro, the third son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.[29]

Legal cases

In January 2018, a scandal erupted when a recording of Netanyahu's visit to a Tel Aviv strip club in 2015 was leaked. In the tape, Netanyahu discussed strippers and referred to a controversial gas deal signed by his father.[30][31] Netanyahu apologized for his remarks.[32] He filed a lawsuit for 1 million NIS ($272,000) against his driver, who allegedly recorded the tape.[33]

On 7 July 2019, he won a libel suit against Israeli Labor Party activist Abie Binyamin for claiming that Netanyahu was hiding millions in offshore accounts.[34]

In November 2019, Netanyahu was sued for slander after sharing a Facebook post claiming that former Walla news site editor, Avi Alkalay, was a plant for the Wexner Foundation.[35] In February 2020, he was ordered to pay damages and legal costs totalling $81,000.[36][37] Netanyahu appealed the decision, but his appeal was rejected by the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in July 2021.[38]

Personal life

Netanyahu used to live with his parents at Beit Aghion, the prime minister's official residence in Rehavia, Jerusalem.[4] In July 2021, he and his parents had to leave the prime minister's residence after Netanyahu was ousted from power.[39]

In January 2014, Norwegian newspaper Dagen reported that Netanyahu was dating Sandra Leikanger, a Norwegian student. The couple had met while they were students at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. The news resulted in outraged reactions from Israeli politicians due to Leikanger being a non-Jew.[40][14]

In 2015, Netanyahu briefly dated Lee Levi, a Danish-Israeli model and student.[41][42]

See also

References

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External links

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