A leading right-wing political commentator lashes out at freed hostage soldier Edan Alexander and his family, after his parents did not mention Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when thanking US President Donald Trump and the administration’s envoys for their role in securing her son’s release.
Yinon Magal publishes a post on X accusing Edan’s mother Yael Alexander of a “repulsive performance of ungratefulness and lack of culture” for not thanking Netanyahu, adding “only in the toxic and disturbed atmosphere that the left and media are creating here can this happen.”
While hosting Channel 14’s “The Patriots,” he also attacks Alexander himself, claiming “the circumstances in which he was kidnapped are problematic.”
Magal’s remarks are denounced by the Hostages and Missing Families Forum as an “ugly attack” on Alexander and his family.
“Just as Yael Alexander said this evening: We choose unity, love of mankind and commitment to the values we were raised on. Time has run out, the world is watching and history will remember,” the group says in a statement.
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