Bennett accuses Netanyahu of legitimizing ‘antisemitic’ Jacobin magazine after sharing article

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of legitimizing what he calls the “antisemitic and anti-Israel” Jacobin magazine after the premier shared an article from the site yesterday.

Netanyahu shared the article from Jacobin magazine shortly before the start of Shabbat, titled “Jeffrey Epstein Claimed to Have Meddled in Israel’s Elections,” without comment.

He appeared to have done so due to the fact that the article reported on recently revealed text messages from Epstein, in which the late sex offender claimed to be consulting former Israeli prime minister Ehud Barak during the 2019 parliamentary election in Israel.

“The specific article serves Netanyahu politically” because it attacks someone he hates, Bennett writes on X. “But when the head of the Israeli government shares from there, it gives a huge boost and legitimacy to a magazine full of accusations against Israel of genocide, apartheid, and war crimes.”

“Israel’s enemies, including the magazine itself, are already celebrating this as evidence of the truth of false conspiracies against Israel,” he says.

“This act indicates a complete loss of national judgment, and the promotion of personal gain while trampling on the good of the country,” he adds.