Pro-Netanyahu pundit calls Eisenkot a ‘monkey,’ appearing to slur his Sephardi heritage
Yashar party likens remark to infamous 1981 'chah’chahim' speech that slurred Likud voters; Yinon Magal says he used the term to mean a puppet controlled by others, not as racist jab
Israeli TV host Yinon Magal referred to Yashar party chairman and former IDF chief of staff Gadi Eisenkot as a monkey during a political talk show on Saturday evening. Magal claimed that Ashkenazi Jews were controlling Eisenkot from behind the scenes. Eisenkot responded sharply, suggesting that Magal was acting on behalf of someone else.
Magal also accused Eisenkot's campaign manager, Ronen Manelis, of controlling Eisenkot's words. Eisenkot condemned Magal's remarks, stating that the issue was not with Magal but with the person behind him. He pledged to bring political change, aiming to remove the phenomenon of Magal-ism from Israeli society and to usher in a better country.
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