“I was shocked that they came,” Glasner said. “There are ways of doing things in a more secretive manner.”Only after Glasner returned to the demonstration to find that the protesters in orange shirts had taken them off and scattered into the crowd was he told that Luk had accompanied Netanyahu to Washington and therefore had to be in quarantine.“We caught them with their pants down, ruining their attempt at mudslinging,” Glasner said. “Maybe next time, I’ll catch Sara [Netanyahu] coming out of the sewer.”It is ironic that Netanyahu’s adviser got caught allegedly endangering the public while in the act of attempting to paint the protesters doing just that. This was not the first attempt by the prime minister’s team to make the demonstrators look bad.Pro-Netanyahu activists have been photographed at the protests without masks as they shouted into megaphones that there is no coronavirus. They have also asked in protesters’ WhatsApp groups for rides to demonstrations after identifying themselves as “borderline corona cases.”Getting the public to believe that the demonstrations are Israel’s Wuhan could serve Netanyahu’s attempts to rid himself of the blame for his own failure for not stopping the spread of the virus. It could also prevent centrists and right-wingers from joining the demonstrations even if they agree with their message against corruption.Attempts at fake news culminated in the prime minister’s son Yair Netanyahu posting pictures of garbage on the streets in Uman that he said were taken after demonstrations near the prime minister’s residence where he lives.Yair Netanyahu is close with Luk and Golan. The two of them released a picture of themselves in July with Sara Netanyahu after rumors circulated that she was sick.Golan is being investigated for allegedly harassing state’s witness Shlomo Filber. He came to Filber’s house in August 2019 with a loudspeaker and shouted “Momo, be a man. Tell the truth. What did they do to make you lie about the prime minister?”That was clearly another botched “commando operation” that raises questions about how much the prime minister himself knows about what is being done to besmirch his enemies and the tactics that are being used in his name. How low will he go to save himself as his legal cases heat up?Right now, it’s his propagandists who are in trouble. But the real “commando” – in the Prime Minister’s Residence – could end up being brought down.המרדף: עופר גולן וטופז לוק נמלטים בחשיכה - רגע אחרי שנתפסו מצלמים מגחישי קורונה בשולי ההפגנה. נגד טופז לוק הוגשה הערב תלונה למשטרה על הפרת בידוד אחרי המסע המופלא למדשאות הבית הלבן. שנה טובה pic.twitter.com/U50wAZ74z5
— Yoav Glasner (@Yoglas74) September 20, 2020
How low will Netanyahu go to save himself as his legal cases heat up?
Netanyahu’s advisers find themselves in a pickle with trials and coronavirus
