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Sara Netanyahu’s aide resigns after being suspended for tirades against ‘traitors from the left’
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An aide to Sara Netanyahu resigns after she was suspended for a series of inflammatory Facebook posts lashing out at so-called “leftists” amid the ongoing war in Gaza sparked by the Hamas terror group’s deadly shock assault in southern Israel.
According to the Ynet news site, Tzipi Navon resigns after it becomes clear that her 14-day suspension was going to be extended.
Navon made a number of posts using the terms “traitors,” “treasonous kikes,” “scum” and “fifth column.”
In one Facebook post denouncing a group that criticized Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for the October 7 Hamas massacre, Navon wrote that “traitors from the left are continuing to incite” against the premier.
In another post she wrote that Channels 12 and 13 were trying to “divide and harm Jewish morale” during the current war with Gaza, and separately called Channel 12 “fifth columnists.”
In another post, Navon reposted a picture of body bags, ostensibly of victims of the Hamas massacre, writing: “Well pedophile friend, Brothers in Arms, the air force and army enlistment refusers, are you satisfied now???” in reference to former prime minister Ehud Barak and the anti-judicial overhaul movement.
Sara Netanyahu’s chief of staff is a state-paid position in the civil service working as an employee in the prime minister’s residence, which is under the authority of the Prime Minister’s Office.
The Times of Israel Community.