Gadi Eisenkot’s Yashar party hit back at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his son Yair on Tuesday, after the younger Netanyahu attacked Eisenkot on social media. The party accused Likud of preaching unity while the prime minister’s son lashes out at political rivals.
“Minutes before the moving swearing-in of the 26th Knesset, Likud’s ugly and false ‘unity’ bluff has been exposed once again,” the party said in a statement.
The exchange began with a post by Yossi Davidov, who wrote to Eisenkot on X: “I’m begging you, Gadi, even if you form a government, don’t give speeches at the UN or on foreign stages.”
Yair Netanyahu replied by calling Eisenkot a “golem” and “a puppet on the strings of the strongest and darkest forces in the country and the world.” He added that “Israel may not survive him,” and that “it’s no coincidence that the Iranians, the Palestinians (with and without blue ID cards) and Arab states are celebrating.”
Rather than respond only to Yair Netanyahu, Yashar turned its fire on the prime minister himself, pointing to the gap between his calls for unity and his son’s rhetoric.
“It seems Likud’s new talking points haven’t reached Miami yet,” the party said, in a dig at Yair Netanyahu, who lives in Florida.
The party then escalated. “While Netanyahu the father talks about ‘unity,’ Netanyahu the son, the draft dodger and exile, curses in the ugly and crude way only they know how.”
