Likud Culture Minister Miki Zohar defends tapping Yair Netanyahu, the controversial older son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for a cushy gig in the World Zionist Organization.
In a post on X, Zohar claims that, for many years, figures on the left have “worked to appoint relatives and associates to positions in national institutions.”
Zohar says that “suddenly, when it comes to Likud and Netanyahu, it turns into a storm.”
The minister denounces the “disgusting display of malicious hypocrisy” against the younger Netanyahu, who, he asserts “merely wanted to promote Zionist advocacy in the Diaspora for the sake of the Jewish people.”
According to Hebrew media reports, the compromise deal that was reached between Likud and Yesh Atid earlier today over roles in WZO and KKL has now been put on hold over Yesh Atid’s outrage at the job offer to Netanyahu, the vote on which is being delayed two weeks.
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