“My father is a strong man," said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son Yair. "He sees the same scenes that we all see, those aliens from outer space at the demonstrations. It amuses him. It’s like entertainment. Sometimes I show him select scenes from the demonstrations. I try to make sure that they are not too crude. It entertains him. It even gives him a little strength.”
The interview, which aired Aug. 3 on the right-leaning Galei Israel radio station, seems likely to become one of the iconic moments of this period. It will certainly feature in the election campaign of Netanyahu’s rivals.