:Yair Netanyahu

Yair Netanyahu was born in Jerusalem to Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara.{{cite news|date=23 May 2019|title=Yair Netanyahu said to file complaint against chief investigator in Case 1000|work=The Times of Israel|agency=Staff|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-said-to-file-complaint-against-chief-investigator-in-case-1000/|access-date=30 May 2019}}{{cite news|date=2 April 2019|title=Yair Netanyahu said to call police 'Gestapo' during questioning in Bezeq case|work=The Times of Israel|agency=Staff|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-said-to-call-police-gestapo-during-questioning-in-bezeq-case/|access-date=30 May 2019}} He has a brother, Avner Netanyahu,{{cite news|last=Gordon|first=Evelyn|date=17 March 2010|title=Netanyahu Jr. wins National Bible Quiz|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post|url=http://www.jpost.com/Israel/Article.aspx?id=171175|access-date=27 October 2011}} and a half-sister, Noa Netanyahu-Roth; Noa is Benjamin Netanyahu's daughter by his first wife, Miriam Haran née Weizmann.{{cite news|date=1 October 2009|title=Mazel Tov Mr. Prime Minister! Netanyahu's first grandson born|newspaper=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/1.5427345|access-date=23 May 2021}}{{Cite web|last=Kalman|first=Matthew|date=10 April 2013|title=Netanyahu's women and the making of Psychobibi|url=http://blogs.timesofisrael.com/netanyahus-women/|access-date=23 May 2021|website=The Times of Israel Blogs|language=en-US}}

Netanyahu majored in Theatre at the High School for the Arts in Jerusalem before serving in the IDF Spokesperson's Unit.{{Cite web|last=Sadeh|first=Shuki|date=5 December 2016|title=The rise of Yair Netanyahu, the 25-year-old who has the prime minister's ear|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-the-rise-of-yair-netanyahu-the-25-year-old-who-has-the-premier-s-ear-1.5469262|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Haaretz|language=en}} He previously worked as social media director for Shurat HaDin, an Israeli NGO that provides legal services to victims of terrorist attacks.{{cite news|last1=Cortellessa|first1=Eric|date=8 June 2019|title=Yair Netanyahu meets with senior adviser for Trump reelection campaign in DC|work=Times of Israel|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-meets-with-senior-adviser-for-trump-reelection-campaign-in-dc/|access-date=9 June 2019}} 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.{{Cite web|last=Wiener-Bronner|first=Danielle|date=27 January 2014|title=Netanyahu's Son's Girlfriend Is Not Jewish, and Israel Is Freaking Out|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2014/01/benjamin-netanyahus-son-dating-non-jew/357423/|access-date=23 May 2021|website=The Atlantic|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Newman|first=Marissa|date=27 January 2014|title=Netanyahu's son sparks outrage|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-sons-romance-with-gentile-sparks-orthodox-outcry/|access-date=26 June 2021|website=The Times of Israel|language=en-US}}

Netanyahu lived with his parents at Beit Aghion, the prime minister's official residence in Rehavia, Jerusalem.{{cite news|last1=Tarnopolsky|first1=Noga|date=7 June 2019|title=Benjamin Netanyahu's not-so-secret weapon: his son Yair, the Israeli leader's defender in chief|work=Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-israel-yair-netanyahu-20190607-story.html|access-date=23 May 2021}} They left after Netanyahu lost the 2021 election.{{Cite web|last=Krauss|first=Joseph|date=20 June 2021|title=Netanyahu's moving out, but not soon enough for critics|url=https://apnews.com/article/middle-east-1f4af2db6b2b2e5d77fb7fe02c2fd9f4|access-date=26 June 2021|website=Associated Press|language=en}}

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.{{Cite web|last=Federman|first=Josef|date=28 January 2014|title=Love life of Israeli PM's son sparks uproar|url=https://apnews.com/article/630c58f20cf04a628c47f31022296862|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Associated Press}} In 2015, Netanyahu briefly dated Lee Levi, a Danish-Israeli model and student.{{Cite web|title=Strip club worker says Netanyahu's son was a customer for several years|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/strip-club-worker-says-netanyahu-s-son-was-a-customer-for-several-years-1.5729998|date=18 January 2018|access-date=23 May 2021|website=Haaretz|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Spiro|first=Amy|date=9 January 2018|title=Yair Netanyahu's ex: I'm ashamed we ever dated|url=https://www.jpost.com/omg/yair-netanyahus-ex-im-ashamed-we-ever-dated-533265|access-date=23 May 2021|website=The Jerusalem Post|language=en-US}}

In June 2022, Netanyahu received his press card from the Israeli Government Press Office.{{Cite web|title=Announcing on his twitter account|url=https://twitter.com/YairNetanyahu/status/1536631809852702720|access-date=14 June 2022|website=www.twitter.com}}

On 9 June 2024, the Netanyahu family asked the Security Advisory Committee to secure Benjamin Netanyahu's family by the Shin Bet, for the rest of their lives in a similar manner to how Benjamin Netanyahu is secured. The request included Sara, Yair and Avner. At the meeting it was decided not to discuss this while a war was going on.{{cite web |last1=Walla |title=דיווח: יאיר נתניהו מטייל בגואטמלה עם מאבטחי שב"כ |url=https://news.walla.co.il/item/3672849 |website=Walla |publisher=Walla |access-date=25 June 2024}}

According to Haaretz, Netanyahu uses social media "for the benefit of spreading lies, defamation and slander against those who are perceived in his eyes as enemies of the camp headed by his father".{{Citation |title=חידון המרקרים: הציטוטים של יאיר נתניהו |date=28 January 2021 |work=TheMarker |trans-title=TheMarker Quiz: Yair Netanyahu's quotes - and the relationship between them and the truth |url=https://www.themarker.com/podcasts/2021-01-28/ty-article-podcast/.premium/0000017f-f175-dc28-a17f-fd7781f80000 |access-date=14 March 2024 |publisher=Haaretz |language=he |quote=את כל הפלטפורמות הללו הוא מתעל בין היתר לטובת הפצת שקרים, הכפשות והשמצות כלפי מי שנתפש בעיניו כאויב של המחנה בראשו עומד אביו.}} He is known for defending his father on social media.{{Cite web|last=Holmes|first=Oliver|date=27 August 2020|title=Yair Netanyahu: Israel's 'crown prince' leads fight to protect father|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/27/yair-netanyahu-israels-crown-prince-leads-fight-to-protect-father|access-date=13 February 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}}

Netanyahu has also published his opinions in Breitbart News, an American far-rightMultiple sources:

• {{cite journal |last1=Kaiser |first1=Jonas |last2=Rauchfleisch |first2=Adrian |last3=Bourassa |first3=Nikki |date=15 March 2020 |title=Connecting the (Far-)Right Dots: A Topic Modeling and Hyperlink Analysis of (Far-)Right Media Coverage during the US Elections 2016 |journal=Digital Journalism |publisher=Routledge |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=422–441 |doi=10.1080/21670811.2019.1682629 |s2cid=211434599}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Davis |first1=Mark |date=3 July 2019 |title=A new, online culture war? The communication world of Breitbart.com |journal=Communication Research and Practice |publisher=Routledge |volume=5 |issue=3 |pages=241–254 |doi=10.1080/22041451.2018.1558790 |s2cid=159033173}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Freelon |first1=Deen |last2=Marwick |first2=Alice |last3=Kreiss |first3=Daniel |date=4 September 2020 |title=False equivalencies: Online activism from left to right |journal=Science |volume=369 |issue=6508 |pages=1197–1201 |bibcode=2020Sci...369.1197F |doi=10.1126/science.abb2428 |pmid=32883863 |s2cid=221471947}}
• {{cite book |last1=Mudde |first1=Cas |author-link=Cas Mudde |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aD25DwAAQBAJ |title=The Far Right Today |date=25 October 2019 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn=978-1-5095-3685-6 |access-date=10 October 2020 |via=Google Books}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Worth |first1=Owen |date=2017 |title=Globalisation and the 'Far-right' Turn in International Affairs |journal=Irish Studies in International Affairs |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |volume=28 |page=22 |doi=10.3318/isia.2017.28.8 |s2cid=158719904}}
• {{cite news |last=Weigel |first=David |date=14 November 2016 |title=Is Trump's new chief strategist a racist? Critics say so. |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/is-trumps-new-chief-strategist-a-racist-critics-say-so/2016/11/14/b72e2ab0-aa9d-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20161222074100/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/is-trumps-new-chief-strategist-a-racist-critics-say-so/2016/11/14/b72e2ab0-aa9d-11e6-a31b-4b6397e625d0_story.html |archive-date=22 December 2016 |access-date=3 December 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}
• {{cite news |last=Gidda |first=Mirren |date=16 November 2016 |title=President Barack Obama Warns Against 'Us and Them' Nationalism |url=https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-white-nationalism-stephen-bannon-521680 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427151806/https://www.newsweek.com/barack-obama-donald-trump-white-nationalism-stephen-bannon-521680 |archive-date=27 April 2019 |access-date=3 December 2016 |work=Newsweek}}
• {{cite news |last=Murphy |first=Dan |date=20 June 2015 |title=Beyond Rhodesia, Dylann Roof's manifesto and the website that radicalized him |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2015/0620/Beyond-Rhodesia-Dylann-Roof-s-manifesto-and-the-website-that-radicalized-him |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190404230049/https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Security-Watch/Backchannels/2015/0620/Beyond-Rhodesia-Dylann-Roof-s-manifesto-and-the-website-that-radicalized-him |archive-date=4 April 2019 |access-date=3 December 2016 |work=The Christian Science Monitor}}
• {{cite news |date=19 November 2016 |title=Donald Trump's Cabinet picks, so far |url=https://apnews.com/6a4338387e6847eeb6f59db3b8d1fb0a/donald-trumps-cabinet-picks-so-far |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191030204935/https://apnews.com/6a4338387e6847eeb6f59db3b8d1fb0a |archive-date=30 October 2019 |access-date=28 May 2017 |work=Associated Press}}
• {{cite news |date=24 November 2016 |title=AppNexus bans Breitbart from ad exchange, citing hate speech |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/appnexus-bans-breitbart-ad-exchange-citing-hate-speech/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181211173507/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2016/11/24/world/politics-diplomacy-world/appnexus-bans-breitbart-ad-exchange-citing-hate-speech/ |archive-date=11 December 2018 |access-date=3 December 2016 |work=The Japan Times |agency=Reuters}}
• {{cite news |last=McGeough |first=Paul |date=19 November 2016 |title=Make America hate again: how Donald Trump's victory has emboldened bigotry |url=https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/hate-crimes-surge-in-donald-trumps-america-20161117-gsrjpx.html |url-access=limited |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20191030205444/https://www.smh.com.au/world/north-america/hate-crimes-surge-in-donald-trumps-america-20161117-gsrjpx.html |archive-date=30 October 2019 |access-date=3 December 2016 |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}} news and opinion website.{{cite news|last=Keidar|first=Nitsan|date=7 May 2019|title=Yair Netanyahu: 'Land for Peace leads to Land for War'|work=Israel National News|url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/262790|access-date=30 May 2019}} 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 which described itself as "The World’s #1 Yair Netanyahu fansite".{{Cite news|last=Berger|first=Miriam|date=11 September 2017|title=Yair Netanyahu accused of antisemitism over Facebook post|language=en|work=The Times|url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/us-world/article/yair-netanyahu-accused-of-antisemitism-over-facebookpost-7z7mjx0wz|access-date=4 January 2022|issn=0140-0460}}{{Cite web|last=Beaumont|first=Peter|date=13 September 2017|title=Netanyahu's son Yair draws fire after posting 'antisemitic cartoon'|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/13/netanyahu-son-yair-antisemitic-cartoon-george-soros|access-date=13 February 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}} Netanyahu later deleted the post following backlash.{{cite news|last1=Wootliff|first1=Raoul|date=27 October 2019|title=The supporter closest to home: Yair Netanyahu's most incendiary tweets|work=The Times of Israel|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/the-supporter-closest-to-home-yair-netanyahus-most-incendiary-tweets/|access-date=5 January 2022}}

In December 2018, he was suspended from Facebook for 24 hours after posting anti-Muslim content.{{cite news|date=15 December 2018|title=Yair Netanyahu says he'd 'prefer' if 'all the Muslims leave' Israel|work=The Times of Israel|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/pms-son-says-hed-prefer-if-all-the-muslims-leave-israel/|access-date=9 June 2019}}{{cite news|title=Yair Netanyahu blocked on Facebook, anti-Muslim post removed|work=The Jerusalem Post|url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahus-son-Yair-implies-all-Muslims-should-leave-Israel-574450|access-date=9 June 2019}}{{Cite web|last=Berger|first=Miriam|date=17 December 2018|title=Netanyahu's son banned from Facebook over hate speech|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/17/netanyahus-son-banned-from-facebook-over-hate-speech|access-date=13 February 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}} One of Netanyahu's comments read: "There will never be peace with those monsters in the form of men that have called themselves 'Palestinians' since 1964".

In March 2019, he was asked to leave his work at the Israel Law Center, an NGO that provides legal services to terror victims, after criticizing President Reuven Rivlin for his efforts on behalf of Arab-Israeli coexistence.

In May 2019, Netanyahu expressed support for right-wing nationalist figures Viktor Orbán, Matteo Salvini, Nigel Farage and Geert Wilders in the 2019 European Parliament election.{{cite news|date=22 May 2019|title=Yair Netanyahu criticised over tweet backing Farage, Orban and Wilders|work=Times of Israel|url=https://jewishnews.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-criticised-over-tweet-backing-farage-orban-and-wilders/}} In the same month, some observers hypothesized that Netanyahu was looking for a job in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs,{{cite news|author=Itamar Eichner|date=27 May 2019|title=Netanyahu's son makes waves dabbling in foreign policy|language=en|work=Ynetnews|url=https://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-5515991,00.html|access-date=30 May 2019}} although Netanyahu has denied that he is looking for a political career. In June 2019, Netanyahu met with Katrina Pierson, a senior advisor for Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign.

In July 2019, Netanyahu expressed support for British anti-Islam activist Tommy Robinson, during the latter's imprisonment by British authorities.{{cite tweet|user=yairnetanyahu|number=1149372334081478659|title=I support him too! Shame on Britain! Tommy is a political prisoner!}}

In September 2019, Netanyahu accused former Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin, who was assassinated in 1995, of having "murdered Holocaust survivors on the Altalena". The comments were disavowed by his father.{{cite news |title=Yair Netanyahu more dangerous than Rabin assassin Yigal Amir, says Labor head |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-more-dangerous-than-rabin-assassin-yigal-amir-says-labor-head/ |access-date=7 September 2019 |work=Times of Israel |date=7 September 2019}}{{cite news |title=Netanyahu distances himself from son's remarks on Yitzhak Rabin |url=https://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/Netanyahu-distances-himself-from-sons-remarks-on-Yitzhak-Rabin-600951 |access-date=7 September 2019 |work=The Jerusalem Post|first=Lahav|last=Harkov}}{{cite news |title=Netanyahu distances himself from son's remarks over assassinated Yitzhak Rabin |url=https://www.i24news.tv/en/news/israel/politics/1567884654-netanyahu-distances-himself-from-son-s-remarks-over-assassinated-yitzhak-rabin |access-date=7 September 2019 |work=i24NEWS |date=7 September 2019}} He has compared Roni Alsheikh, the Israel Police chief who played a role in the Netanyahu corruption investigations, to the fictional mobster Tony Soprano. While being questioned by police during the investigations, Netanyahu called the police "Stasi" and "Gestapo" and said they were worse than the mafia. He also accused Nir Hafetz and Gideon Saar of various crimes.{{cite news |title=Yair Netanyahu's turbulent investigation |url=http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/270782 |access-date=31 October 2019 |work=Israel National News |language=en}}

In May 2020, the far-right politician and Alternative for Germany (AfD) member Joachim Kuhs used a quote from Netanyahu in his campaign graphics. Following this, Netanyahu urged the AfD to work towards stopping German funding for NGOs operating in Israel.{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-is-now-the-poster-boy-for-a-german-far-right-politician/|title=Yair Netanyahu is poster boy for a German far-right politician|work=The Times of Israel|first=Ben|last=Sales|date=7 May 2020|access-date=31 December 2022}}

In November 2020, Netanyahu launched his own right-wing podcast called The Yair Netanyahu Show, with episodes in both English and Hebrew.{{Cite web|last=Hoffman|first=Gil|date=23 October 2020|title=Yair Netanyahu: The rise of the son|url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/politics-and-diplomacy/yair-netanyahu-the-rise-of-the-son-646566|access-date=2 November 2020|website=The Jerusalem Post|language=en-US}} His first guest was Brazilian politician Eduardo Bolsonaro, the third son of Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro.{{Cite web|title=יאיר נתניהו השיק פודקאסט משלו, והוא נשמע בדיוק כמו שאתם חושבים|url=https://www.maariv.co.il/culture/Article-799585|access-date=2 November 2020|website=Maariv|date=2 November 2020|language=he}}

After the Israeli military police in July 2024 visited Sde Teiman detention camp to detain nine Israeli soldiers suspected of abuse of a Palestinian prisoner, Netanyahu commented that the prosecution of the soldiers was "criminal and anti-Zionist."{{cite news |last1=Peleg |first1=Bar |last2=Solomon |first2=Eden |last3=Maanit |first3=Chen |last4=Kubovich |first4=Yaniv |title=IDF Moves Troops to Base Where Violent Mob Protested Arrest of Soldiers for Abusing Gaza Detainee |url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-30/ty-article/.premium/idf-move-troops-to-base-where-mob-protested-arrest-of-soldiers-for-abusing-gaza-detainee/00000191-008a-d643-a1d1-b88eb6730001 |access-date=30 July 2024 |work=Haaretz |date=30 July 2024 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20240730082455/https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-07-30/ty-article/.premium/idf-move-troops-to-base-where-mob-protested-arrest-of-soldiers-for-abusing-gaza-detainee/00000191-008a-d643-a1d1-b88eb6730001 |archive-date=30 July 2024}}

In January 2018, a scandal erupted when a recording of Netanyahu's visit to a Tel Aviv strip club in 2015 was leaked. In the recording, Netanyahu discussed strippers and referred to a controversial gas deal recently passed into law.{{cite news|date=11 January 2018|title='God Help Us if This Gets Out': The Full Transcript of Yair Netanyahu's Wild Tel Aviv Night|language=en|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/the-full-transcript-of-yair-netanyahu-s-wild-tel-aviv-night-1.5730342|access-date=30 May 2019}}{{Cite web|date=8 January 2018|title=Netanyahu's son Yair to son of gas tycoon outside strip club: My dad set up $20b for your dad|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/yair-netanyahu-to-gas-tycoon-s-son-my-father-set-up-20b-for-your-father-1.5729974|access-date=25 May 2021|website=Haaretz|language=en}} Netanyahu apologized for his remarks.{{Cite web|last=Beaumont|first=Peter|date=9 January 2018|title=Netanyahu's son 'sorry' for boasts about gas deal outside strip club|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/09/yair-netanyahu-sorry-for-boasts-gas-deal-outside-strip-club-israeli-prime-minister-son|access-date=13 February 2022|website=The Guardian|language=en}} He filed a lawsuit for 1 million NIS ($272,000) against his driver, who allegedly recorded the conversation.{{cite news|date=11 November 2018|title=Yair Netanyahu sues former driver for recording night of debauchery|work=The Times of Israel|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-sues-former-driver-for-recording-night-of-debauchery/|access-date=9 June 2019}}

On 7 July 2019, he won a libel suit against Israeli Labor Party activist Abie Binyamin for claiming that Netanyahu was hiding millions in offshore accounts.{{cite news|title=Yair Netanyahu wins libel suit against government critic over Facebook post|work=The Times of Israel|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-wins-libel-suit-against-government-critic-over-facebook-post/|date=7 July 2019|access-date=7 July 2019}}

In November 2019, Netanyahu was sued for slander after sharing a Facebook post claiming that former Walla news site editor Avi Alkalay was a plant for the Wexner Foundation.{{cite web|url=https://www.jpost.com/breaking-news/yair-netanyahu-to-pay-nis-250k-to-journalist-following-court-ruling-619325|title=Yair Netanyahu to pay NIS 250K to journalist following court ruling|work=The Jerusalem Post|first=Leon|last=Sverdlov|date=1 March 2020|accessdate=13 June 2021}} In February 2020, he was ordered to pay damages and legal costs totalling $81,000.{{Cite web|date=1 March 2020|title=Yair Netanyahu ordered to pay $81,000 to journalist in libel suit|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/yair-netanyahu-ordered-to-pay-81000-to-journalist-in-libel-suit/|access-date=16 May 2021|website=The Times of Israel|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|title=Netanyahu's son Yair ordered to pay damages to journalist in libel suit|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/.premium-yair-netanyahu-ordered-to-pay-damages-to-journalist-in-libel-suit-1.8614254|access-date=16 May 2021|work=Haaretz|first=Netael|last=Bandel|date=1 March 2020|language=en}} Netanyahu appealed the decision, but his appeal was rejected by the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court in July 2021.{{Cite web|date=5 July 2021|title=Court rejects Yair Netanyahu's appeal to cancel libel verdict against him|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/court-rejects-yair-netanyahus-appeal-to-cancel-libel-verdict-against-him/|access-date=29 July 2021|website=The Times of Israel|language=en-US}}

During the Gaza War it was reported that Netanyahu was living in Florida, while fellow countrymen living abroad returned to Israel in numbers to serve in the army.{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/middle-east/where-is-he-netanyahus-son-draws-backlash-for-being-in-us-amid-war/articleshow/104704982.cms?from=mdr|title='Where is he?' Netanyahu's son draws backlash for being in US amid war|publisher=Times Of India}}

In January 2025, an appeal of a lawsuit previously filed by Yair Netanyahu against former Knesset member Stav Shaffir for publicly calling him "a liar, an evil man, a racist and a sexual-abuser" was rejected by the court, and Netanyahu was forced to compensate Shafir for her legal fees, in addition to compensation after losing the initial court case.{{Cite news |date=28 January 2025 |title="גזען, מטרידן, מתבטל מכספנו": נדחתה תביעתו של יאיר נתניהו נגד סתיו שפיר |url=https://news.walla.co.il/item/3722791#google_vignette |access-date=31 January 2025 |work=וואלה}}

During a session of the Knesset Finance Committee on 23 February 2025, members of the opposition inquired whether state funds were still being allocated for the security detail of Yair Netanyahu in Miami, USA—including a chauffeur and bodyguards from Shin Bet’s Unit 730—as well as for Sara Netanyahu. They also requested clarification on which specific budget these expenses were being drawn from. Opposition members alleged that Yair Netanyahu had been sent abroad after an incident in which he reportedly struck his father, and claimed he remained outside the country due to having disrespected a symbol of state authority. Netanyahu’s Likud party described this statement as "a despicable lie".{{cite web | last=Fabian | first=Emanuel | title=MK claims Netanyahu’s son was sent abroad for hitting PM; Likud: ‘A despicable lie’ | website=The Times of Israel | date=2025-02-23 | url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/mk-claims-netanyahus-son-was-sent-abroad-for-hitting-pm-likud-a-despicable-lie/ | access-date=2025-04-12}}{{cite web | title=Netanyahu son Yair 'exiled' after hitting PM, Israeli MK claims | publisher=The New Arab | date=2025-02-23 | url=https://www.newarab.com/news/netanyahu-son-yair-exiled-after-hitting-pm-israeli-mk-claims | access-date=2025-04-12}}{{cite web | title=Israeli MK: Yair Netanyahu beat his father Benjamin and was exiled to America | website=جريدة القدس | date=2025-04-12 | url=https://www.alquds.com/en/posts/152760 | access-date=2025-04-12}}{{cite web | last=Rubin | first=Bentzi | title=Yair Netanyahu sues MK for claim he was sent abroad because he hit his father | website= The Jerusalem Post | date=2025-02-23 | url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-843354 | access-date=2025-04-12}}{{cite web | title=Israeli Lawmaker Accuses Yair Netanyahu of Being Exiled to Miami After Alleged Assault on PM | website=Haaretz.com | date=2025-02-23 | url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2025-02-23/ty-article/.premium/israeli-mk-accuses-yair-netanyahu-of-being-exiled-to-miami-after-alleged-assault-on-pm/00000195-32bf-d09e-a3ff-77bfde710000 | access-date=2025-04-12}}{{cite web | last=Tarnopolsky | first=Noga | title=Yair Netanyahu’s Vanishment Cements Him in Israel’s Political Sphere | website=New Lines Magazine | date=2023-04-19 | url=https://newlinesmag.com/spotlight/yair-netanyahus-vanishment-cements-him-in-israels-political-sphere/ | access-date=2025-04-12}}

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