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3 statements on this page. Dates: November 19, 2023 to October 18, 2026
3 matching statements. Dates: November 19, 2023 to October 18, 2026
3 published statements. Dates: November 19, 2023 to October 18, 2026
1 published statement. Dates: October 18, 2026
1 statement on this page. Dates: October 18, 2026
Role at the time: Prime minister of Israel and Likud chairman, in an interview with Radio North 104.5FM
Response to this claim
Galia Albin and others have called Likud supporters chimpanzees and baboons.
“That is a highly inappropriate remark, and I condemn it (Translated from Hebrew. Original: זו אמירה מאוד לא ראויה, אני מגנה אותה)”
Times of Israel report on Benjamin Netanyahu's October 18, 2026 interview with Radio North 104.5FM about Yinon Magal's remark, with reactions from Gadi Eisenkot, the Yashar party, Avigdor Liberman and others.
The reference point is Magal's on-air remark calling Gadi Eisenkot a monkey run by Ashkenazi elites. Netanyahu calls the remark highly inappropriate and says he condemns it. His added criticism of Eisenkot over insults he says target Likud voters does not withdraw that condemnation.
2 published statements. Dates: November 19, 2023 to September 9, 2026
2 statements on this page. Dates: November 19, 2023 to September 9, 2026
Role at the time: Prime minister of Israel and Likud leader
Response to this claim
No call between Netanyahu and Mohammed bin Zayed occurred during the relevant period, and Netanyahu received no UAE warning before October 7.
“This is a sinister libel with clear political timing.”
Reports Netanyahu’s renewed denial, claimed review of call and visitor records, planned libel action, blame directed toward security chiefs, and Haaretz’s statement that it stands by its report.
He disputes the report’s truth and provenance. The statement is not coded as a defense of his alleged conduct because he denies the underlying event.
Role at the time: Prime Minister of Israel
Statement summary
Netanyahu called "utterly preposterous" a Palestinian Authority statement that accused Israel of the killings at the Supernova festival.
“Today, the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah said something utterly preposterous. It denied that it was Hamas that carried out the horrible massacre at the nature festival near Gaza. It actually accused Israel of carrying out that massacre. This is a complete reversal of truth”
Text of Netanyahu's November 19, 2023 video statement as released by the Prime Minister's Office, read from the GlobalSecurity.org copy, which is labeled Israel - Prime Minister's Office, 19.11.2023.
The reference point is Israeli fire on October 7, 2023, under or in the manner of the Hannibal Directive, that put Israeli captives at risk of being killed by Israeli forces. Netanyahu rejects the Palestinian Authority's account, which the Times of Israel reports said Israeli helicopters killed partygoers under the Hannibal Protocol. That disputes the characterization of Israeli conduct rather than defending any fire. The closest competing label is Defended or excused, but he argues the attribution is false, not that such fire was justified.
