haaretz :When David Duke agrees with Netanyahu's son
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Sara Netanyahu, who is facing fraud and breach of trust charges
(subject to a hearing) for allegedly spending 359,000 shekels
($102,000) of public funds on lavish meals for her family and friends,
has recently upgraded her professional title. From “child psychologist
in the public service,” she is now, according to the Prime Minister’s
Office statement, “an expert educational psychologist.”
There’s
no such thing as “expert.” Everyone is an expert in his field. It’s a
concocted, childish invention intended to give Mrs. Netanyahu the
maximum possible grade of understanding in her profession. But if we
stick to this empty boasting, the next question is this: If she’s such
an expert, how come her eldest son, Yair, came out, how can we put it, a
little problematic?
Over
the weekend, the embarrassment frequently caused by the eldest
Netanyahu son to the prime minister’s residence exceeded what one could
expect from a spoilt, uneducated, entitled, rude young man. What began a
few months ago with the excrement of Kaya the family dog being left on the sidewalk is quickly deteriorating into a national, even international disgrace.
After the neo-Nazi demonstration in Charlottesville last month, which ended with the death of a left-wing female protester, Netanyahu Jr. – “Hun,” as he calls himself on his Facebook page – published a post that actually equated the racists and anti-Semites with those demonstrating against them.
If
we thought, or hoped, it was a one-time blip, Friday’s post proved that
the lad – whose father presents him proudly to world leaders as “the
best election strategist in Israel,” and for whom he plans a bright
future in domestic politics – enjoys flirting with anti-Semitic ideas.
By Saturday night we still hadn’t heard a word from Yair’s father, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The premier will give a speech in about 10 days at the UN General Assembly. He will probably denounce, justly, displays of anti-Semitism
in the world – as he does every year. With the mileage he makes on
Iran’s leaders’ Holocaust denial, you could circle the Earth twice.
So, has he asked his son to take the post down?
To apologize? To attribute sharing a cartoon showing the Jewish
billionaire George Soros as leader of the world to a hacker who has
taken over his account?
Yair
is 26. He and his brother are usually described by their mother as
“children.” She is described, among her other qualities, as a working
woman, etc.; as “a mother who looks after her children.” Well, if they
are children, please teach them how to behave. If you have any expertise
– please show it. (It must be noted that everything written here in the
plural refers only to Yair, not to his brother who is a few years
younger.)
“The
leader of the Jewish people,” as Netanyahu calls himself, didn’t
denounce the garbage that spewed from his son’s keyboard. Maybe he
wanted to, and Sara, the “expert,” wouldn’t let him. It’s commonly known
that the wife and elder son control the father to a large extent. A man
like him, with a developed historic consciousness and unlimited
education, surely understands what the significance of such a cartoon is
for Jews worldwide. But he’s keeping mum.
Netanyahu's son posts a meme suggesting (((Soros))) is controlling the world: "Meme rife with anti-Semitic themes"https://t.co/6WxSTUNU4e— David Duke (@DrDavidDuke) September 9, 2017
No
one, not even the prime minister’s sworn rivals, would want to believe
that Yair hears these kinds of things around the dinner table when the
family members sit together, bending over their food trays. But in these
troubled times, nothing can be ruled out. Every hallucination turns
into reality here.
One example: When David Duke, Holocaust denier and former Ku Klux Klan leader, tweets in agreement
with the post of the Israeli prime minister’s son, this is an event
that nobody, no matter how disturbed they may be, could have imagined.
The
anti-Semitic post, as expected, drew an internet storm. Someone even
suggested that Netanyahu intentionally caused it in order to draw the
media's attention away from his mother. Among those who weighed in was
Ehud Barak, who said the state should hire a psychiatrist instead of
security guards and a driver for Netanyahu Jr. The latter struck back,
saying that Barak is likely "drunk on whiskey," and may need a geriatric
physician.
Here's
free advice for Barak: You're a former prime minister. You, unlike the
dwellers of the official residence in Jerusalem, have no reason to be
dragged into the madness that has possessed them. Surely it isn't
appropriate for someone of your stature to respond to "Hun." Former
prime ministers should face off with current prime ministers.
What
is happening in the official residence on Balfour Street is a total
loss of senses, nothing less. The son’s posts are partial evidence of
what is going on there, as the police investigations deepen and as the
ring tightens around the prime minister and his wife.
No
satirist would have crafted such delusional responses as those served
to us daily courtesy of the residential wing. On his Facebook page,
Israel’s prime minister looks like his wife’s submissive helper. In his
speeches, as we’ve often witnessed at Likud events, Netanyahu descends to an embarrassing low – to Oren Hazan level.
He
doesn’t hesitate to spread lies, exaggerations, rumors and libel, all
directed at the lowest possible denominator in the Israeli public. The
worse his and his wife’s legal situation becomes, the more extreme he
gets. It appears the prime minister has lost control not only of his
family members, but of himself too.
Yossi Verter
Haaretz Contributor
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