Israeli protests shake Netanyahu’s social media empire
With so many top high-tech Israeli figures leading the anti-judicial overhaul movement, social media wizard Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has reason to worry.
TEL AVIV — Yair Netanyahu, son of Israel’s incumbent prime minister, suggested on Wednesday that anti-judicial overhaul plan protests could be financed by foreign countries in an attempt to destabilize his father’s rule.
“So obvious that people are being paid to participate in this anarchy. Who is funding it all? The current assessments are that the anarchist demonstrations over the past two months cost half a billion shekels so far. Are foreign countries behind this money?” he tweeted. Yair Netanyahu then added documentation to prove his claim, without specifying the source.
The younger Netanyahu is known for being his father's voice across social media, but also has no inhibitions. He is one of the most active Twitter users in Israel with an account that has almost 160,000 followers. He uses this account to attack anyone he perceives as his parents’ enemy, particularly on the left and in the media.
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