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Yahoo
02-08-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
'Harsh, ugly, criminal act': Yair Netanyahu files defense against defamation lawsuit by Ya'alon
Yair Netanyahu's defense statement argues that Ya'alon delayed the lawsuit for five years, filing it only after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his father, sued Ya'alon. Yair Netanyahu filed a statement this week in his defense against a defamation lawsuit brought against him by former IDF chief of staff and defense minister Moshe Ya'alon. In the statement, Yair Netanyahu argues that Ya'alon delayed the lawsuit for five years, filing it only after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, his father, initiated his own defamation lawsuit against Ya'alon. Yair Netanyahu described the lawsuit as "a harsh and ugly act typical of criminal organizations, where the criminal attempts to harm the children of his adversary to influence them." Ya'alon filed the lawsuit in April, citing tweets from 2020 in which Netanyahu wrote to Ya'alon: 'Give your monthly pension, worth tens of thousands of shekels, funded by taxpayers, and go to Abarbanel.' This tweet was one of several that led to Yair Netanyahu being sued for defamation in a case filed this week at the Tel Aviv Magistrates' Court, which seeks 318,000 shekels in damages. The plaintiff in the case is Ya'alon. The X posts in question were posted in 2020 after Ya'alon criticized the prime minister. Yair Netanyahu responded by sharing a link to the Abarbanel Mental Health Center's website. Yair claims lawsuit was 'deliberately delayed' In his statement, Yair Netanyahu calls the lawsuit 'vexatious and harassing, fundamentally flawed, and deliberately delayed.' He adds that 'if the lawsuit had any merit, it would have been filed at the time of the publication in 2020, not now, alongside the defense statement in a case where the father of the defendant is suing the plaintiff here. The timing is ugly and reminiscent of the behavior of violent criminal organizations that harm the children of their adversaries.' Solve the daily Crossword
The National
11-05-2025
- Health
- The National
Israeli strikes kill 10 Palestinians overnight in Gaza
Two of the strikes overnight and early on Sunday hit tents in the southern city of Khan Younis, each killing two children and their parents. Other strikes killed a child and a man riding a bicycle, according to Nasser Hospital, which received the bodies from all three strikes. There was no immediate Israeli comment on the strikes. Israel has previously said it does not intentionally target civilians and blames militant group Hamas for embedding in densely populated areas. READ MORE: Scottish musician releases single condemning Israel's war crimes in Gaza Israel has sealed Gaza off from all imports, including food, medicine and emergency shelter, for more than 10 weeks in what it claims is a pressure tactic aimed at forcing Hamas to release hostages. Israel resumed its assault in March, shattering a ceasefire that had facilitated the release of more than 30 hostages. Aid groups say food supplies are running low and hunger is widespread in Gaza. Clemence Lagouardat, Gaza humanitarian lead with charity Oxfam, told the BBC's Good Morning Scotland show that the humanitarian situation in Gaza has "reached an all-time low". Israel's war on Gaza has killed more than 52,000 Palestinians, mostly women and children, according to Gaza's Health Ministry. The offensive has destroyed vast areas of the territory and displaced some 90% of its population of around two million. Attacks intensified on October 7 2023 when Hamas-led militants attacked southern Israel killing around 1200 people and taking 251 hostage. Fifty-nine hostages are still inside Gaza, with around a third of them believed to be alive. READ MORE: Doctor who grew up in Gaza gives 'emotional' speech at Highlands pro-Palestine march It comes as a former Israeli army chief said that Israel is "sending soldiers to commit war crimes in Gaza". Moshe Yaalon, the Israeli military's former chief of staff, said Israel was carrying out a campaign of "ethnic cleansing" in Gaza.
