Yair Netanyahu. Picture taken from Facebook. In recent years, the 27-year-old Yair Netanyahu, the eldest son of Benjamin Netanyahu, has gotten heavily involved in political affairs. Most of Yair’s social media activities and statements notoriously bring about problems and scandals for the Israeli Prime Minister's family. Some of these statements have become his source of international recognition, though Israelis know him for numerous scandals over the past five years.
Media outlets always cover Yair’s lavish lifestyle. Haaretz reports that “he is guarded at all times and has an official driver and uses an official car.” This is all financed from the state budget, but so far the Israeli government has refused to publish the amount of these expenses.
The release of a recording in which the younger Netanyahu under the influence of alcohol reveals his father’s financial corruption regarding a $20 billion deal for future natural gas drilling raised the public outcry. “[The statement was full of] nasty things about women and other things that should not have been said. Don't represent the person I am, the values I was educated on and what I believe,” reportedly said Yair. Moreover, Yair’s relationship with prostitutes in nightclubs and having a non-Jewish girlfriend brought about much criticism in Israel.
