“Israeli” Soldiers Angry at Bibi’s US-Based Son

By Staff, Agencies

“Israeli” 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, 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.

"Where is the prime minister’s son? Why isn’t he in ‘Israel’?” another 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.”

All “Israelis” are subject to compulsory military service and reserve call-up until the age of 40. Yair Netanyahu is 32. However, his service in the “Israel” Occupation Force [IOF] was as a spokesman, not a combat soldier.

Netanyahu’s son moved to the US earlier this year, after making social media posts criticizing “Israelis” who protested against his father’s so-called “judicial reforms” as terrorists and accusing the US of funding the turmoil.

His Instagram page now raises funds for NGOs helping some 120,000 “Israelis” evacuated from the north and the south of the entity since Hamas’s Operation al-Aqsa Flood. A photo used by the Times showed Yair Netanyahu handling aid packages at the warehouse of "Yedidim USA", a Jewish charity in Fort Lauderdale.

Close to 360,000 “Israelis” have been called up, or volunteered, for military or support service in the “war” Netanyahu declared on Hamas in the aftermath of the October 7 Hamas operation, which resulted in an estimated 1,400 “Israeli” deaths.