Facing criticism from his own party, Netanyahu U-turns, says spokesman to be replaced in coming days

By Lazar Berman

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5 April 2026, 11:08 pm

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Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter

After criticism from both the opposition and his own party for keeping on his embattled spokesman and chief of staff Ziv Agmon, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that he will be replaced in the coming days.

Agmon had offered to step down after racist comments about Moroccan Jews were leaked to the media, but Netanyahu said earlier this evening that he would remain in his role until a replacement was found.

Netanyahu says on X that Agmon’s replacement, Ido Norden, is in the onboarding process and will begin in the near future.

Norden, the author of a book about Israel’s “deep state,” has served in the Bank of Israel and Israel’s Innovation Authority.