Yair Netanyahu placed on leave from job until after elections

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair has been placed on mandatory leave from Shurat Hadin where he works as social media manager until after the April elections.

Officials in the Tel Aviv-based non-governmental organization, whose aim is to put terror organizations out of business, told Channel 12 that the decision was made partially in light to the controversial tweets that the younger Netanyahu posts. Shurat Hadin is a nonpartisan organization and is reportedly worried about the prime minister’s son tarnishing that image.

However, the NGO told Channel 12 that the decision was made mutually by the parties. Associates of Netanyahu told the news channel that the premier’s son was the one who asked to take time off.