US EditionNetanyahu Draws Flak For Comparing Son's Wedding Delay To 'Personal Cost Of War'
- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the second postponement of his son Avner's wedding amid ongoing war and missile attacks in Israel.
- The postponements followed escalating hostilities between Israel and Iran, including Iranian missile strikes on southern Israel and Israeli retaliation killing hundreds in Iran.
- Netanyahu compared Israel’s situation to the World War II Blitz, attempting to relate his family's experience to the public’s hardships, while standing near a hospital damaged by Iranian missiles.
- Critics including Knesset member Gilad Kariv labelled Netanyahu a 'narcissist,' highlighting that many families face permanent losses unlike a delayed wedding, and praised frontline workers as true heroes.
- Netanyahu’s remarks sparked widespread outrage and demonstrations, with opponents accusing him of emotional detachment and self-promotion amid a devastating conflict with thousands dead on both sides.
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During a visit to an Israeli hospital affected by the Iranian strikes, Benyamin Netanyahu indignantly declared that he was not spared from the war after his son's marriage was postponed.
The Israeli Prime Minister is in a heated controversy after a speech, held in front of a hospital hit by Iran, judged to be cut off from reality. ...
Netanyahu calls son’s wedding delay ’cost of war’ amid ridicule
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been ridiculed after saying he understands the impact of war as he is suffering the "personal cost" of having to postpone his son’s wedding. The comments were made in a televised address as he stood outside a destroyed hospital in Beersheba, hours after it was struck by Iranian missiles in a retaliatory strike. "Each of us bears a personal cost, and my family has not been exempt. This is the second t…
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing fierce criticism at home, including from hostage families: the prime minister made a…
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