"Soros e i rettiliani governano il mondo", il post antisemita di Netanyahu jr.
"Soros e i rettiliani governano il mondo", il post antisemita di Netanyahu jr.
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La retorica antisemita, razzista e complottista cara ai gruppi di estrema destra e populisti sul web ha trovato un inaspettato sostenitore: Yair Netanyahu, di religione ebraica e figlio del primo ministro israeliano Benjamin. L'ultimo, incredibile post di Yair su Facebook ha suscitato polemiche e stupore in Israele, tra l'altro in un momento molto difficile per il premier, visto che ieri sua moglie Sara (madre di Yair) è stata praticamente incriminata per alcune spese sospette che, secondo la procura, sarebbero state effettuate utilizzando soldi pubblici.
Yair, 26 anni, ha postato su Facebook un'immagine, "La catena del cibo", in cui il miliardario e filantropo George Soros, spesso bersaglio di complottisti ed estrema destra antisemita mondiale, orchestra come burattini, in sequenza, i rettiliani (creature aliene che secondo alcuni sarebbero inflitrate tra gli umani e governerebbero il mondo), poi una figura avida molto simile al "mercante felice" (altro chiodo fisso di chi odia gli ebrei) con il simbolo degli "llluminati", Ehud Barak (ex premier e ministro della Difesa israeliano), Eldad Yaniv (oppositore di Netanyahu) e ultimo Meni Naftali, ex supervisore della tenuta ufficiale dei Netanyahu che proprio ieri il premier ha accusato nel caso della moglie, per lui innocente.
Ma il premier israeliano non ha simpatie neanche per Soros (accusato da Netanyahu di "destabilizzare Israele e il governo") come dimostrato nel suo recente incontro a Budapest con il controverso primo ministro ungherese Orban, più volte accusato di eccessiva vicinanza a personaggi antisemiti. Di qui, forse, il conseguente attacco a Soros del figlio di "Bibi" su Facebook. Da tempo, inoltre, Orban ha lanciato un'offensiva contro Soros e la sua università nella capitale ungherese, ricevendo critiche e sdegno da tutto il mondo.
Il post di Yair - che sembra esser stato inizialmente diffuso da alcuni account di estrema destra secondo Haaretz - e l'articolo che poi ha scritto lo stesso quotidiano israeliano sulla faccenda, ha catturato l'attenzione anche di David Duke, leader dell'estrema destra americana già a capo del Ku Klux Klan, che ha twittato subito la storia, mostrando apparente sostegno alla tesi del figlio di Netanyahu.
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) 9 settembre 2017
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Il figlio Yair posta su Fb una foto della propaganda di estrema destra. Rilanciato dal capo del KKK. Sdegno in Israele
Yair
Netanyahu, the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, posted an
image on his Facebook page Saturday that seems to suggest a conspiracy
is behind his family’s growing legal problems. The meme is laden with
anti-Semitic imagery.
The meme, captioned "the food chain," features a photo of George Soros dangling
the world in front of a reptilian creature, who dangles an alchemy
symbol in front of a caricature of a figure reminiscent of the
anti-Semitic “happy merchant” image.
The
other figures in the chain are former Prime Minister Ehud Barak,
anti-Netanyahu protest leader Eldad Yaniv and Meni Naftali, a former
chief caretaker at the Netanyahus’ official residence who implicated
Sara Netanyahu in the case she is being indicted in.
David Duke, a former grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan, tweeted the following in an apparent show of support for Yair Netanyahu:
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
Soros,
a Hungarian-born Jewish American billionaire, has spent a large part of
his fortune funding pro-democracy and human rights groups. Among the
organizations he funds is Human Rights Watch, a frequent critic of
Israel’s occupation of the West Bank and its policies toward the
Palestinians. The images of Soros and the reptile evoke anti-Semitic
conspiracy theories claiming that Jews control the world.
The
neo-Nazi Daily Stormer also posted an article regarding the meme
entitled "Netanyahu's Son Posts Awesome Meme Blaming the Jews for
Bringing Down his Jew Father," in which they called Yair Netanyahu "a
total bro."
This version of the meme seems to have originated on a right-wing Facebook page.
The meme is nearly identical to, and appears to be adapted from, a
viciously anti-Semitic image that has been repeatedly posted across the
internet in recent years on racist and conspiracy-theory message
boards.
Like most memes, it is impossible to determine who originally created it. In one instance, it was posted by a white supremacist named John de Nugent with the title "Illuminatus Jew Dumb American Burger" in its URL.
the truth is revealed pic.twitter.com/CiRKseODEe— Sam the Mule (@SamLeMule) January 20, 2017
In
the original version of the meme, the first figure in the “food chain”
is an obese walrus in an American flag T-shirt tempted by a hamburger
dangled in front of him. Behind the man is an Orthodox Jew motivated by
money, controlled by the same Illuminati figure featured in the cartoon
that Netanyahu posted, with the same giant lizard looming over them all.
The Southern Poverty Law Center describes de Nugent
as "a prolific writer who has worked with numerous hate groups
including the neo-Nazi National Alliance and the Holocaust-denying
Barnes Review. De Nugent has run for elected office, and has even vowed
to one day become president. While maintaining racist views about
numerous racial and ethnic groups, de Nugent is particularly
anti-Semitic, believing that the Jews are, along with nefarious space
aliens, intent on exterminating the Aryan race."
After
Haaretz published a report about his meme, Yair Netanyahu dismissed the
claim that he is anti-Semitic and accused the newspaper of being
exactly that.
Barak,
who is depicted in the meme chasing money, suggested that Yair
Netanyahu should see a psychiatrist. “Is this what the kid hears at
home?” he said. “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.”
Labor
leader Avi Gabbay, also on Twitter, said: “It’s a particularly sad day
for Israel when a caricature that’s endorsed by the head of the KKK
emerges from the home of the prime minister of the Jewish state.”
MK
Zehava Galon (Meretz) added that “motifs in the Netanyahu family are
anti-Semitic par excellence.” MK Merav Ben Ari (Kulanu) said that “this
post deserves all manners of condemnation, from the left and the right.
I’m on the right.”
Attorney
General Avichai Mendelblit announced Friday that Sara Netanyahu would
be indicted for fraud and breach of trust. She is to be charged with
spending 359,000 shekels ($102,000) in state funds on catering at the
prime minister’s official residence, while falsely claiming that the
house did not employ a cook. The indictment is subject to a hearing,
whose date has not yet been announced.
Prime
Minister Netanyahu has accused Naftali, the last link in Yair
Netanyahu’s meme, of inflating spending on food during his tenure as
chief caretaker of the official residence.
Yair Netanyahu takes to Facebook to suggest George Soros involved in corruption allegations against his mother and father
timesofisrael.com
Labor's
Avi Gabbay condemns PM's son for posting a caricature 'the head of the
KKK agrees with' after David Duke tweets about story
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