In a provocative social media post, Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, stirred controversy by implying that the Israeli left may have had a hand in the wildfires that were spreading across parts of the country.
“Something here is suspicious,” he wrote on X. “The Kaplanist left has been frantically trying in recent weeks to cancel Independence Day celebrations and the torch-lighting ceremony.”
His comment appeared to target anti-government protesters, commonly associated with demonstrations along Kaplan Street in Tel Aviv.
“I really hope the arson was only carried out by Arabs, without any collaboration from our own people,” he added.
At the time of his remarks, the exact origins of the fires remained uncertain. Authorities had not ruled out arson as a possible cause, and one resident of East Jerusalem had been taken into custody earlier in the day on suspicion of attempted arson.
{Matzav.com Israel}