Yair Netanyahu, the elder son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has reportedly been appointed to a senior role in the World Zionist Organization.
According to Hebrew media outlets, Likud Culture Minister Miki Zohar has put forth the younger Netanyahu for a position in the WZO, as part of a larger compromise agreement on dividing up roles in key Zionist organizations between Likud and Yesh Atid.
According to the Ynet news site, the job comes with an office, a car, and a salary commensurate with that of a minister.
Yesh Atid responds that it is a “despicable decision” to appoint Yair Netanyahu to such a role and that the party “will not sign any such deal.”
Party chief Yair Lapid then chimes in: “Won’t happen. Period.”
The younger Netanyahu, who has spent much of the past two years living in Miami, Florida, is best known for his firebrand social media presence and association with a number of far-right European and American politicians and figures.
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