The Netanyahu family filed a defamation lawsuit against Prime Minister and former prisoner Ehud Olmert, after calling them “mentally ill” in one of his interviews with the media about the Likud chairman. In a hearing held this morning (Sunday) in the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court, Netanyahu took the floor Witnesses explained that this was not an expression of opinion or popular slander among politicians, but, “as a clinical fact, a sharp thing, it was said by a former prime minister as a secret sweetener, as if he had a qualified opinion and he shared it with the public.”
Tonight, on his Facebook page, Netanyahu wrote words of encouragement for his wife and two sons. “Sarah, Yair and Avner, I love you. I am proud of you. My wife Sarah and my sons Yair and Avner have been under a vicious, false and cruel attack for more than 20 years. They do not deserve it. It is not their fault.”
“We do not bow our heads, we do not give up”
Netanyahu wrote that this hunting trip was conducted solely because they were trying to harm him through his family because he was a “strong leader of the right,” as he defined it. “If I had only folded, if only I would have handed over the keys of the state to the Muslim Brotherhood, or given up the land of our ancestors to supporters of terrorism – the media would have carried my family on their hands. But thanks to my family’s public support and mental strength, I would not give up “.
“That’s why my family pays heavy prices even today, but we do not bow our heads. We do not give up. Your support is what strengthens us to continue to fight for the values that are important to us. For our flag, our power, our tradition, our people. Thanks to your support We will continue to stand together against all lies. “
In conclusion, Netanyahu wrote a few words to Olmert: “In your slander and lies, you have today harmed masses of Israelis and Israelis who are really facing mental challenges. You turned them into a punching bag just for a cheap political punch. Shame on you and apologize.”
The interview on “Democrat TV” in which Olmert spoke about “Netanyahu’s mental illness”:
(What cannot be rehabilitated is Netanyahu’s mental illness. It was said at 21:20)