Explorer

Following furore, Israel PM Netanyahu's son removes anti-Semitic meme from Facebook

Jerusalem [Israel], September 11 (ANI): The son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Yair Netanyahu, removed an anti-Semitic meme from his Facebook page after Israeli politicians and Jewish community leaders in the United States created a furore over it.

The image, posted by Yair Netanyahu on Friday, was apparently a take on a classic anti-Semitic cartoon suggesting that Jews control the United States.

'Yair Hun', on Facebook, had captioned the meme "the food chain."

People in Israel and the United States condemned it, expressing shock that the prime minister's son would share such an image.

The Israeli office of the Anti-Defamation League tweeted in Hebrew that "the cartoon posted by Yair Netanyahu blatantly contains anti-Semitic elements."

Former prime minister Barak suggested that the younger Netanyahu sees a psychiatrist.

"Is this what the kid hears at home? Is it genetics, or a spontaneous mental illness? It doesn't matter. In any case, we should fund his psychiatrist instead of security guards and a driver," Barak wrote on Twitter.

Yair Netanyahu responded to Barak: "I hope Ehud Barach [a play on words meaning "Ehud ran away"] didn't tweet about me from his seat in Boston (between one shady deal or another) while drunk on whiskey (as I well recall). Time to get a geriatric nurse, Ehud."

Yair Netanyahu also caused controversy by equating neo-Nazis with activists from the far-left anti-fascist movement antifa, last month, at the time of the neo-Nazi march in Charlottesville.

"I'm a Jew, I'm an Israeli, the neo nazi scums in Virginia hate me and my country. But they belong to the past. Their breed is dying out. However the thugs of Antifa and BLM [Black Lives Matter] who hate my country (and America too in my view) just as much are getting stronger and stronger and becoming super dominant in American universities and public life," the 26-year-old posted on Facebook.

Netanyahu's post, however, drew praise from neo-Nazi groups in the United States as well as from Holocaust denier David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. (ANI)


This story has not been edited. It has been published as provided by ANI

View More
Advertisement
Advertisement
25°C
New Delhi
Rain: 100mm
Humidity: 97%
Wind: WNW 47km/h
See Today's Weather
powered by
Accu Weather
Advertisement

Top Headline

India Delivers Brahmos To Manila. But Nothing Changes For New Delhi In Indo-Pacific Vis-à-vis China
India Delivers Brahmos To Manila. But Nothing Changes For New Delhi In Indo-Pacific Vis-à-vis China
'CM Denied Basic Facilities, Monitored 24 Hours': AAP's Big Charge Of 'Torture On Kejriwal' Against PMO, L-G
'CM Denied Basic Facilities, Monitored 24 Hours': AAP's Big Charge Of 'Torture On Kejriwal' Against PMO, L-G
Ashok Gehlot Tapped Sachin Pilot's Phone To 'Topple' His Govt, Reveals Ex-OSD
Ashok Gehlot Tapped Sachin Pilot's Phone To 'Topple' His Govt, Reveals Ex-OSD
ECI Notice To BJP And Congress Over PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Speeches Causing 'Hatred And Divide'
ECI Notice To BJP And Congress Over PM Modi, Rahul Gandhi Speeches Causing 'Hatred And Divide'
Advertisement
for smartphones
and tablets

Videos

'The Freelancer' Villain Mohsin Tells ABP About How He Accidentally Rejected Shah Rukh Khan | Navneet Malik ExclusivePolitical News | Political disputes intensifies after PM Modi’s statement on INDIA | ABP NewsPM Modi in Agra: PM Modi launches attack on opposition while addressing public | ABP NewsLoksabha Elections 2024: What will be the challenges for Akhilesh Yadav from Kannauj? | ABP News
Embed widget