Israeli reservists question absence of Netanyahu’s son who remains in Miami
I sraeli reservists have criticised Benjamin Netanyahu ’s son Yair for remaining in Miami rather than joining the fight against Hamas .
The 32-year-old is living in Florida , where he moved earlier this year after he was sued for defamation in Israel over social media posts against a political ac
Around 360,000 reservists have been called up in Israel following the bloody 7 October attack on Israel launched by Hamas fighters from Gaza.
Prime Minister Netanyahu has received fierce criticism in Israel over the shocking surprise attack, which left more than 1,400 civilians and soldiers dead and hundreds more taken hostage.
Now reservists called up for the war have criticised his son for not returning home to fight in the expected upcoming ground assault on the Palestinian enclave.
“Yair is enjoying his life at Miami Beach while I’m on the front lines,” one reservist on Israel’s northern front told London’s The Times newspaper.
“It’s us who are leaving our work, our families, our kids, to protect our families back home and the country, not the people who are responsible for this situation.
“Our brothers, our fathers, sons, are all going to the front line, but Yair is still not here. It does not help build trust in the leadership of the country.”
Israel’s armed forces are made up of a large number of reservists who have completed national service and can be called upon until the age of 40.
While most are based in Israel, some have flown from countries around the world to report for duty.
“I’ve flown back from the States where I have a job, a life, my family,” another reservist told the newspaper
“There is no way I can stay there and abandon my country, my people, at this critical time. Where is the prime minister’s son? Why isn’t he in Israel?
“It is the most uniting moment for us as Israelis in our recent history and every single one of us should be here right now, including the prime minister’s son.”
On 17 October Yair Netanyahu helped sort donated supplies to IDF soldiers and Israeli families impacted by the Israel-Hamas war, with NGO Yedidim USA in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Yair Netanyahu was sued by political activist Dana Cassidy in 2020 after he alleged in an online post that she was in a relationship with politician Benny Gantz, who was running against his father for prime minister.
A court ordered him to pay Ms Cassidy $34,000 in compensation and $6,000 in legal costs
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The lyrics from CCR's ''Fortunate Son'' are getting louder.
some of his religious radical supporters have exempted their sects from military service as well.
Same old, same old, devan
How does the draft in Gaza work for the Army of Islam?
Possibly better than for the civilians they hide behind.
That might depend on the number of compliant doctors issuing faked medical documents to those able to afford them indicating bone spurs.
Trump is a coward, what was Biden with his college asthma diagnosis after life guarding and football or Clinton's confusion on ROTC obligations?
They all suck for doing that.
Indeed.
The rich never have to go to war
His time is at an end as soon as this is resolved. The intelligence breach and the death it caused would be enough, but this will be the icing on the cake.
I sure hope so, IMO he is destroying Israel.
I totally agree.
From what I've been seeing on the news, more and more Israelis are getting disgusted with him.
But unfortunately, during a war, people tend to support their current leader.
That is true, Krishna and many of the articles that I've read the Israelis are saying wait until the war is over then he is out.
"But unfortunately, during a war, people tend to support their current leader."
Yep. Winston Churchill comes to mind. He led the UK as Prime Minister throughout WW II and the people loved him. As soon as the was over he was voted out of office for being too hawkish in a country tired from five years of total war.