Yair Golan Files NIS 2.55 Million Defamation Lawsuit Against Sara Netanyahu over October 7 Remarks
- Democrats faction head Yair Golan filed a NIS 2.55 million defamation lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu on Thursday, accusing the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of endangering his life by implying he possessed advance knowledge of the Hamas attacks.
- The legal action stems from an interview last week with Channel, where Sara Netanyahu questioned how Golan, a former Israel Defense Forces deputy chief of staff, arrived at the Hamas attack scene so quickly in southern Israel.
- Questioning Golan's rapid arrival, Sara Netanyahu said, "When you are a military officer of such a high rank... you were already there early in the morning." Golan called the accusation a "despicable and vile attempt" to deflect from security failures.
- Filed in the Central District Court in Lod, the suit demands damages and a public correction. Likud officials argued Sara Netanyahu did not allege a conspiracy, claiming her remarks were distorted and delivered sarcastically.
- The dispute reflects the "betrayal theory" narrative often cited by supporters of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to explain security failures on October 7, 2023. Opposition figures continue demanding an independent inquiry into the Hamas attacks.
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In Israel, the leader of the Democrates Party, former head of the IDF Genstab, Yair Golan, filed a lawsuit against the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Sara, accusing her of slander and incitement to violence.
Yair Golan files NIS 2.55 million defamation lawsuit against Sara Netanyahu over October 7 remarks
Golan argues that an ordinary viewer would see her remarks as suggesting he knew the attack was coming before it began, failed to warn anyone, and may even have betrayed the country.
An Israeli Opponent Is Suing Netanyahu's Wife for Promoting a Conspiracy About the October 7 Attack.
Occupied Jerusalem: Israeli opposition politician Yair Gulan, Thursday, reported that he had filed a defamation suit against Sarah Netanyahu, the wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, after hinting that he was aware of the Islamic resistance attack on 7 October 2023. In an interview with the right-wing Israeli channel 14, Sarah Netanyahu Gulan, deputy [...]
Yair Golan, leader of the opposition Democrats Party in Israel, has filed a lawsuit seeking 2,055,000 shekels ($843,000) in damages and defamation against Sara Netanyahu, wife of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, for claiming that he was aware of Hamas's surprise attack on October 7, 2023.
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