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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara demanded that their eldest son Yair stop his activities on social networks and confronted him about his extreme statements - this was learned today (Thursday) by Walla!.
Yair Netanyahu is one of the leading right-wing tweeters on Twitter and has active accounts on other social networks, but since the Prime Minister's announcement on freezing the legal revolution, he has frozen his activity in an unusual way.
According to three reliable close sources, this is a demand from his parents, who told him he was causing harm and asked him to "calm down" and take down his profile.
The demand caused a severe family conflict, defined by those close to them as an "explosion".
At the beginning of the week, Netanyahu Jr. was seen in Israel, on his way to the United States. According to the information obtained by Walla!, he is expected to stay there for several months.
"Causes damage".
Yair Netanyahu (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Yair Netanyahu is one of his father's and Likud's strongest and most influential activists on social media, but his extreme positions and statements also fuel the protest against the government and cause Netanyahu embarrassment and damage.
For example, a tweet in which he spread a conspiracy theory that accuses the American State Department of encouraging and financing the protest in Israel - in cooperation with Iran - caused great outrage in the American administration.
At the end of last month, he also lost a libel suit against former HC Stav Shapir for a series of defamatory tweets against her.
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Netanyahu Jr. last tweeted on March 28, a day after the Prime Minister announced the freeze on the legal revolution and two days after the US State Department condemned his tweets.
According to two of the sources, the Prime Minister and his wife "informed Yair "that he should stop tweeting" and later also demanded that he stop sharing content on other social networks, and the demand provoked great anger on the part of their son, who expressed opposition.
"An independent person with his own opinions."
Yair Netanyahu (Photo: Reuven Castro)
Prime Minister Netanyahu vehemently denies his son's involvement and influence on his decision-making, and at the press conference he called this week he said that "It's ridiculous, Benny is an independent person with his own opinions. Yair Benny has zero influence on decisions."
However, according to many testimonies of close associates and sources in Likud, he is very involved in political and media policy and conduct.
According to the close sources, Yair Netanyahu strongly opposed the Prime Minister's decision to stop the legal revolution, and was also one of the forces that pushed for the dismissal of Defense Minister Yoav Galant.
The Netanyahu family said: "We are tired of your abuse of Yair Netanyahu. The whole news is one big and evil lie. Yair's trip was planned a long time ago."
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