Right-wing commentator Yinon Magal sharply criticized Entebbe raid veterans for boycotting a ceremony honoring Lt. Col. Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu, calling them out on his the source Thursday evening. "You have disgraced Yoni Netanyahu and disgraced yourselves. Shame on you!" Magal wrote.
Right-wing journalist and commentator Yinon Magal launched a scathing attack Thursday evening on veterans of the 1976 Entebbe raid who are reportedly boycotting a ceremony in memory of Lt. Col. Yonatan "Yoni" Netanyahu, the operation's only Israeli commando killed in action. In a post on his the source, Magal wrote: "More than you have disgraced Yoni Netanyahu, you have disgraced yourselves — shame on you!" The boycotted event appears to be a commemoration linked to the 50th anniversary of Netanyahu's death, which has drawn tributes from across the Israeli political spectrum, including from former prime minister Naftali Bennett, as The Zioneer reported on June 21. Magal's remarks follow a pattern of his commentary on figures and institutions he considers insufficiently loyal to the legacy of Israel's military heroes. The context of the boycott was not detailed in the original report, and the identities of the boycotting veterans were not specified.
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