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Lapid: Netanyahu proving that Israel’s ‘biggest racists’ can be found in his office
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleSam Sokol is a former political correspondent at The Times of Israel. He was previously a reporter for the Jerusalem Post, Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Haaretz. He is the author of "Putin’s Hybrid War and the Jews"
Opposition Leader Yair Lapid accuses Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of tolerating bigotry after he announced that he had asked his embattled spokesman Ziv Agmon, who offered his resignation after racist comments he had made about Moroccan Jews were leaked to the press, to remain in his position until a replacement is found.
“Netanyahu has once again proven that the biggest racists in the country are in the Prime Minister’s Office. It’s a shame and disgrace. Unparalleled wretchedness,” declares Lapid.
Netanyahu said that he had accepted Agmon’s apology and that he had never heard any racism from Agmon.
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