Former prime minister Ehud Barak is slamming both Culture Minister Miri Regev and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over the former’s fawning comments praising the prime minister for his recent trip to India.
“There nothing more embarassing than her comments,” Barak says.
At the start of the meeting, Regev delivered a long soliloquy exalting Netanyahu for being received ” as a king in India.”
Miri Regev, far left, and Benjamin Netanyahu, second from right, at a cabinet meeting on January 21, 2018. (Alex Kolomoisky/POOL)
“You are a great leader, even though some people in Israel don’t like to say it and don’t like to broadcast it,” she said. “But the truth must be spoken, and you deserve to be told: You’ve done us a great service, with much honor and pride.”
On Twitter, Barak says he has never seen anything like Regev’s display.
“I don’t know a single prime minister (and I have known all of them since Golda [Meir]) who would not have hushed the minister, or at least made a joke out of it. His willingness to listen to it seriously is testament to the flatteree not less than the flatterer.”
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