Kuna sintofahami Israel. Mtoto wa Netanyahu amejificha US wakati alitakiwa kuwa front line. Wanajeshi wa Israel walalamika.
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24 Oct, 2023 19:36
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Israel soldiers angry at Netanyahu’s US-based son – Times
The prime minister’s son has “abandoned” his country for Florida, several reservists have said
File photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and his eldest son Yair in Tel Aviv, January 23, 2020. © Aleksey Nikolskyi/AP
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair is not among the 300,000 reservists mobilized for the war with Hamas, but remains in Florida doing nonprofit charity work. Several Israeli soldiers feel this is a betrayal, according to the Times of London.
“Yair is enjoying his life at Miami Beach while I’m on the front lines,” one soldier, a volunteer facing Hezbollah on the border with Lebanon, told the British newspaper. Requesting anonymity for security reasons, the soldier complained that
“the people responsible for this situation” aren’t shouldering their share of the burden, fueling
“distrust and anger” in the ranks.
“Our brothers, our fathers, sons, are all going to the front line, but Yair is still not here. It does not help build trust in the leadership of the country,” the soldier told the Times.
Another soldier, who volunteered and is preparing to deploy to the southern front against Hamas, said he flew back from the US and left his job, life, and family.
“There is no way I can stay there and abandon my country, my people, at this critical time. Where is the prime minister’s son? Why isn’t he in Israel?” the soldier said.
“It is the most uniting moment for us as Israelis in our recent history and every single one of us should be here right now, including the prime minister’s son.”