Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with his son, Yair
The Israeli prime minister said in a statement that he doesn't agree with his son's statements, writing that Yair's "positions are his alone."
Yair had claimed Rabin "murdered Holocaust survivors on the Altalena," referring to a 1948 incident of fighting between the newly-formed IDF, of which Rabin was a commander, and the Jewish militia group Irgun. The incident involved the IDF shooting at the Altalena ship that had been carrying arms and recruits from Europe, but had offloaded its passengers before fighting began.
He also said that the former Labour Party prime minister "caused the deaths of 2,000 Israelis" when he brought Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat "and tens of thousands of terrorists" back from Tunis, Tunisia, where they were based before peace talks began ahead of signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993.
The since-deleted tweets were in response to Democratic Camp MK Stav Shaffir's comments to an Israeli journalist that Netanyahu should not be compared to Rabin. "Rabin boldly led the country toward a peace agreement. Bibi is suspected of bribery, fraud and breach of trust," Shaffir wrote.
Comment: Yair may be a total slimeball, but he was actually right about one thing: the early Jewish terrorists in Palestine killed plenty of Jews. Just research the SS Patria explosion. Haganah "accidentally" killed 267 Jewish refugees from Europe. That was just one example of many.