Yair Netanyahu
Yair Netanyahu (יאיר נתניהו ; born 26 July 1991) is an Israeli podcaster and son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Yair Netanyahu was born in Jerusalem to Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara. He has a brother, Avner, and a half-sister, Noa Netanyahu-Roth; Noa is Benjamin Netanyahu's daughter by his first wife, Miriam Weizmann. Netanyahu majored in Theatre at the High School for the Arts in Jerusalem before serving in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. He previously worked as social media director for Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO that provides legal services to victims of terrorist attacks. After finishing his army service, Netanyahu studied international relations at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in International Relations. Netanyahu also studied at the Interdisciplinary Center (IDC) in Herzliya and graduated with a Master of Arts degree in Government Studies. Netanyahu lived with his parents at Beit Aghion, the prime minister's official residence in Rehavia, Jerusalem. They left after Netanyahu lost the election. In January 2014, a Norwegian newspaper reported that Netanyahu was dating Sandra Leikanger, a Norwegian student. The couple had met while they were students at the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya. The news triggered outrage because Leikanger was not Jewish. In 2015, Netanyahu briefly dated Lee Levi, a Danish-Israeli model and student. Netanyahu is known for defending his father on social media. Netanyahu has also published his opinions in Breitbart News, an American far-right news and opinion website. In late 2017, Netanyahu posted a meme on Facebook portraying his father's political opponents as puppets controlled by George Soros; the meme garnered support from US white nationalists, including David Duke, and neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer described itself as "The World’s #1 Yair Netanyahu fansite". Netanyahu later deleted the post following backlash. In December 2018, he was suspended from Facebook for 24 hours after posting anti-Muslim content.
