Netanyahu aide's racist slurs about Mizrahi Jews spark outrage

Netanyahu aide's racist slurs about Mizrahi Jews spark outrage Submitted by Nadav Rapaport on Wed, 03/25/2026 - 14:06 Recordings reveal Ziv Agmon insulting Likud MPs and criticising premier, prompting calls for dismissal Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) speaks with Aryeh Deri (L), chairman of the ultra-Orthodox party Shas, during a parliament session in Jerusalem on 24 July 2023 (AFP) Off Racist remarks attributed to a close aide of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have caused a political stir in Israel, after Channel 12 News on Tuesday revealed disparaging comments about Mizrahi Jews. Released recordings feature Ziv Agmon, Netanyahu’s personal spokesperson and interim chief of staff, making a series of offensive statements about members of the prime minister’s own Likud party, several of whom are of Mizrahi descent. "It's not good that Morocco was opened for Israeli tourism," Agmon said in one recording, "now we know from where our Moroccans are from.