Dr. Orit Galili-Zucker, former political and media advisor to Benjamin Netanyahu, published a post on her Facebook page in which she hinted that Minister Uri Auerbach's smile reminds her of the smile of Yigal Amir - the murderer of Yitzhak Rabin.
""Uri Auerbach's smile when he talks about Benayoun's song reminds me of a smile associated with November 4, 1995. Why is freedom of expression for those who wear knitted kippahs always associated with bloodshed?" she wrote.
""Or what difference is there between ultra-Orthodox Judaism, which is grieving over the murders at Har Nof, and the permission for incitement, which Uri Orbach, who smiles contentedly in the face of an 'unsuccessful song' as he defines it, and through which he promotes freedom of expression.".
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Today, the advisor returned and added another post, in which she wrote that she is not interested in having knitted kippah wearers who identify with Orbach and Benyon serve in the IDF for her: "Don't fight for me. I'm giving up on your courage. I'm not interested in Ofer Winters who are plotting and imprisoning us here in a religious war that is not part of the Zionism that I know. It is clearly not the Zionism of the Declaration of Independence that you turned your back on with the madness of your Jewish nation-state.".
The one who decided to respond to her was Channel 2's political correspondent, Amit Segal, who revealed in a post he wrote on Facebook:
""Orit Galili Zucker met me five months ago in the studio of Avri Gilad's morning show. It was right after an article was published in the newspaper in which she opened up about the Prime Minister, who had just decided that he no longer wanted her services as a political advisor.
""'You didn't call to compliment me,' she told me about the set in quarter-polished concrete. That's because there was nothing to compliment me about, I replied.".
Segal continues: "There is something unsettling about a person who has made a living from someone for three years, despite not providing any valuable service, and then remembers to scold him the moment the retainer stopped. Galili Zucker, a woman who has met Netanyahu less in the past two years than you have met him, fiercely defended the prime minister as long as the money went into the account.
""In one of the most bizarre columns I read this year, she criticized political reporters for not standing still in the face of Netanyahu's unacceptable demand to postpone the presidential elections, just because he felt like it. Then she also smeared poison on all the candidates Netanyahu didn't want, chief among them Rivlin.
""The glorified doctor's reservoir of sympathy for Netanyahu and his political partners dried up just when the Likud decided to stop financing her hidden unemployment at the public's expense. Now Galili Zucker is fiercely opposing Netanyahu on every platform. Suddenly Netanyahu is a businessman and Rivlin is a leader, and not the other way around.".
""This morning she also accused Uri Orbach of reminding her of Yigal Amir's smile. Nothing a nice retainer from the Pensions Ministry can solve.".
MK Shuli Mualem of the Jewish Home said today in response to the fired advisor's comments: "Amir Benayoun is not allowed to write a poem about Ahmed, but in the name of freedom of expression, Galili Zucker is allowed to incite against a minister in the Israeli government. Galili, your smile doesn't remind me of anything, it's just ugly.".
Minister Orbach said in response to Channel 7: "This post does not require me to contact the legal system, but rather the health system.".
