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Sunday, February 23, 2025
Opposition MK claims Yair Netanyahu ‘exiled’ abroad for hitting PM; Likud: ‘Despicable lie’
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The Democrats lawmaker Naama Lazimi claims that the son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was “exiled” abroad after he hit the premier.
The opposition MK makes the comment at a Knesset Finance Committee meeting as she asks questions over the funding of the two-month visit of Sara Netanyahu to the United States, and the annual cost of security for Yair Netanyahu, who lives in Miami.
“I want to ask if this amount is still budgeted and whether there is still an intention to finance [Yair Netanyahu’s] stay because he hit the prime minister, and was forced to go abroad because he harmed a symbol of government,” she says.
Other lawmakers present at the meeting seem to be shocked by Lazimi’s statement.
“What do you mean,” one asks, somewhat incredulously.
“Absolutely, he was exiled abroad,” she says.
Netanyahu’s Likud party responds that Lazimi’s comments are “a despicable lie, a new low toward the bottom of the sewer of the left.”
The party says anyone repeating the claim will be sued.
“Naama Lazimi should be stripped of her immunity and pay, just as anyone who echoes this despicable lie will receive a lawsuit and pay too,” Likud says.
נעמה לזימי: יאיר נתניהו הוגלה לחו"ל כי הכה את אביו | חברת הכנסת ביקשה להבין מי מימן את שהות שרה נתניהו בארה"ב, והעלתה שאלות בנוגע לאבטחת בנו של ראש הממשלה: "נאלץ להיות בחו"ל כי פגע בסמל שלטון. הוא לא יכול לחזור"@naamalazimi @netanyahu @YairNetanyahu pic.twitter.com/gDIGC0OWl4
— ערוץ כנסת (@KnessetT) February 23, 2025
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