OCCUPIED AL-QUDS: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sacked his chief of staff following the publication of leaked comments in which he made racist remarks.
“Ziv Agmon will leave his post in the coming days once his successor, Ido Norden, takes office,” Netanyahu said in a post on X late on Sunday. Agmon, who has been serving as Netanyahu´s acting chief of staff and spokesperson, provoked outrage last week after reportedly referring to Jews of Moroccan descent as “baboons” and disparaging members of Netanyahu´s Likud party, as well as the prime minister´s wife and son.
Norden´s appointment represented a sudden reversal. Less than two hours earlier, the Likud party´s official Telegram channel had quoted Netanyahu saying he wanted Agmon to remain in the post for the sake of “stability and continuity”. Norden, however, has drawn scrutiny of his own.
