Haaretz journalist Nir Gontarz sharply criticized Sara Netanyahu, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, during a Tuesday morning interview on 103 FM radio. His comments came in response to statements she made about Yair Golan, a former Israel Defense Forces general and current opposition politician. Gontarz, who revealed that Golan helped rescue his son during the October 7 Hamas attacks, described her remarks as slanderous and called on Golan to pursue legal action.
"I always had some measure of compassion for her, I saw the segment in question, and this is an act of villainy. She's a real scoundrel. Forgive me," Gontarz said.
The journalist then addressed the significance of such statements coming from the prime minister's spouse, expressing concern that portions of the public might consider them credible because of her position.
"Even if she's mentally unstable, when you slander, what are you doing? What are you doing? The public thinks to themselves that as the wife of the prime minister she surely knows what she's talking about, she's in contact with security officials, hears her husband's conversations, and therefore it carries extra weight," he said.
