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Yair Netanyahu criticizes Winter's new party as reports emerge over connection with PM

Netanyahu claimed that the new party would lead to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu losing the upcoming election to Gadi Eisenkot.

 Yair Netanyahu (L) and Sara Netanyahu listen to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speech at The 80th session of The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on September 26, 2025 in New York City.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara tour in Tel Gezer and Magshimim Forest together with their sons Yair and Avner, during the Jewish holiday of Sukkot, October 21, 2016

Yair Netanyahu identified as PM's son who was target of Iranian assassination plot - report

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.

'Iran tried to assassinate one of my sons,' Netanyahu reveals

Yair Netanyahu, the prime minister's son, is surrounded by his father's supporters at Likud headquarters in Tel Aviv, in 2020.

Netanyahu may reserve a Likud spot for son Yair, former prime minister's spox. Hefetz predicts


Zionism's future lost in backroom deals at World Zionist Congress- opinion

What was once the beating heart of Jewish political imagination – the place where our people charted their collective destiny – has devolved into a cheap political bazaar.

DELEGATES, OBSERVERS, staff, and others associated with Kol Israel gather at the World Zionist Congress last week. The Zionist institutions should be forums for visionary debate, says the writer.

WZC votes on deal without Yair Netanyahu, but right slates call for delay

If the vote proceeds, it would approve Perez as WZO chairman from November until April 30, 2028, and for Hagoel to resume his chairmanship from May 1, 2028.

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in the defamation lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022.

‘I'm not being paid, I'm not running away’: Lizzy Savetsky tells ‘Post’

Influencer-activist addresses WikiLeaks controversy, Netanyahu's son's WZO appointment drama, and NYC's political future in candid interview

Pro-Israel influencer Lizzy Savetsky before her interview at the Jerusalem Post studio in Tel Aviv on Wednesday, following a late-night World Zionist Congress session.

Controversial Yair Netanyahu appt to WZO gives Hagoel opportunity to keep role at WZO

Renewed negotiations followed Wednesday's proposed deal for the positions in the National Institutions stall, after Culture Minister Miki Zohar advanced the appointment of Yair Netanyahu.

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World Zionist Circus: Delegates, vote no. Kill the Yair Netanyahu deal - comment

Delegates of the WZC should vote against Yair Netanyahu's appointment, not out of dislike for a family but out of respect for the institution.

'That is why this appointment misses the moment. I am not against Netanyahu Jr. I have never met the guy. I would be against anyone, from any faction, who is high profile in spreading hate and spreading division within our nation, and then asks to become the face of Diaspora engagement.'

Yesh Atid, Democrats void deal with Likud after Netanyahu’s son chosen for WZC role

Yair Netanyahu is expected to receive one of the five senior positions, with a salary similar to that of a government minister, including an office and car.

Yair Netanyahu, son of former Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a court hearing in the defamation lawsuit filed by former MK Stav Shafir in Tel Aviv, on November 29, 2022.

Yair Netanyahu slams UK's Starmer over Doha strike condemnation

"Keir Starmer, the communist who turned his country into the United Islamic Kingdom while oppressing the freedom of speech of his own patriotic English people," Yair Netanyahu wrote.

 Independence Day event at ICC Jerusalem. July 2nd 2019. Photo credit: David Azagury US Embassy Jerusalem

Yair Netanyahu calls Qatar 'modern-day Nazi Germany,' source of global antisemitism

“Qatar is the main force behind the unprecedented wave of antisemitism around the world, not seen since the 1930s and 1940s,” Yair Netanyahu said. 

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen in court in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2018, where he testified in a NIS 140,000 libel suit he filed last year against Abie Binyamin, a social activist.

'Full Nazi clown mode': Yair Netanyahu, Piers Morgan trade barbs over BBC Gaza report

Netanyahu responded sharply, calling the BBC's reporting “medieval-style blood libel” and accusing Morgan of bias. “You guys went full Nazi Mode. I hope Qatar is paying well,” he wrote.

Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen in court in Tel Aviv on December 10, 2018, where he testified in a NIS 140,000 libel suit he filed last year against Abie Binyamin, a social activist.

'Harsh, ugly, criminal act': Netanyahu's son files defense against defamation lawsuit by Ya’alon

Yair Netanyahu's defense statement argues that Ya’alon delayed the lawsuit for five years, filing it only after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his father, sued Ya’alon.

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