Prime Minister Netanyahu denounces Channel 12 news journalist Rina Matzliach, who claimed this evening the premier’s supporters have said during interviews that “even if he raped my daughter I would still vote for him.”
Matzliach later apologized for the comment made during the program “Meet the Press,” which she hosts.
“Rina Matzliach, shame on you!” Netanyahu tweets.
Numerous lawmakers from Netanyahu’s Likud party also criticize.
“This evening you raped the honor of a million Likud voters,” Transportation Minister Miri Regev writes on Twitter. “Again and again you lash the right-wing camp and Prime Minister in a severe and despicable manner and this evening all lines were crossed.”
Channel 12 news issues a statement distancing itself from Matzliach’s comments and saying she has been summoned for an inquiry with Avi Weiss, the CEO of the company.
Matzliach has previously come under fire from Netanyahu and others for controversial remarks, most recently in April for saying ultra-Orthodox Jews doesn’t respect the state’s authority.
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