Weekly Commentary: Facing Sex Scandal Binyamin Netanyahu demonstrated what
you do when you face exposure to blackmail
Dr. Aaron Lerner 20 March 2019

Binyamin Netanyahu demonstrated what you do when you face exposure to
blackmail.

January 1993: candidate Binyamin faced a blackmailer's demand that unless
he quit the race that a videotape of him cheating on his wife would be
released.

That same day Netanyahu appeared on the evening television news and told the
nation that he had cheated on his wife and wasn't giving into blackmail.

Yesterday Blue and White leader Benny Gantz refused to say if there is in
fact deeply embarrassing material on the phone that Iran hacked into.

Gantz only kept repeating that whatever was in the phone won't impact his
performance.

That is not an answer.

To be clear: the media now claims that Gantz said in interviews last night
that there is nothing problematic in the phone. But that's not what he
said. He only said that the material on the phone will not impact his
performance.

Whatever was on the phone, Gantz should follow Netanyahu's example.

And for the sake of order: Contrary to the spins from Blue White and their
supporters in the media, reporter Amit Segal - who had the scoop about the
phone - has declared that his source for the story was not anyone associated
with Netanyahu.
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