Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister’s son, shares a post on his Instagram story labeling National Unity party chair Benny Gantz as the “king of the conception,” and three top security chiefs as “fatal failures.”
The video shows pictures of IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi, Shin Bet security agency Ronen Bar, and Military Intelligence chief Aharon Haliva, captioned “Who appointed,” followed by each of their names.
“Three fatal failures — they are the appointments of one man,” the text on the video reads, before switching to a video of Gantz, the “king of the conception.”
The three were appointed under the government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, while Gantz served as defense minister.
Yair Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
The “conception” is what many have termed officials’ deeply mistaken paradigm in the years leading up to the October 7 assault, that Hamas preferred calm on the Gaza border and to receive funding from the international community to all-out war with Israel.
Many government critics have accused Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as the “father of the conception.” The premier has claimed he never fell for the idea, which he says was pushed by members of the security establishment.
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