Gadi Eisenkot
Role at the time: Chairman of the Yashar party and former IDF chief of staff, speaking at a conference on the communities near the Gaza border
Statement summary
Speaking the day after the broadcast, Eisenkot says Magal spoke about bereaved families the week before and that the voice is Magal's but the hands are Netanyahu's.
“Last week he talked about bereaved families. The voice is Yinon's voice and the hands are Netanyahu's hands (Translated from Hebrew. Original: שבוע שעבר הוא דיבר על משפחות שכולות. הקול קול ינון והידיים ידי נתניהו)”
Hebrew report by the news site Kipa on Benjamin Netanyahu's Radio North interview about Yinon Magal's remark, with Netanyahu's words in the original Hebrew and Gadi Eisenkot's remarks at a conference on the communities near the Gaza border.
Archived copy (opens in a new tab)Why we used this label
The reference point is Magal's on-air remark calling Eisenkot a monkey run by Ashkenazi elites. Eisenkot, the target of the remark, describes it as delusional, calls Magal contemptible and says Netanyahu stands behind him, which condemns the remark.