What did Netanyahu say when asked: "Do you encourage your children to enter politics?" • Watch

October 5, 2017   

In a special interview he gave to the American television network Fox News, which will be broadcast next week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu declares that he does not want his children to enter political life. In the trailer for the interview, Netanyahu was asked if he encourages his children to enter politics - and this is how he responded: Interviewer: "Do you encourage your children to enter politics?" Netanyahu: "No." Interviewer: "Do you discourage them from doing so?" Netanyahu: "Yes." Interviewer: "Why?" Netanyahu: "It doesn't help. I mean, it might not help. But of course it does. Because it's a very tough life." Interviewer: "Are they leaning towards politics?" Netanyahu: "Maybe one of them, I'm not sure. But I hope not." This is a rare response from Netanyahu to rumors that his son Yair may enter politics in the future. Netanyahu's full interview will be broadcast on Sunday, as part of a weekly docu-reality program on Fox News. The program is hosted by Harvey Levin, and includes an intimate visit to the interviewee's home and a conversation about various details, objects, and biographical points in his life. The promos released by Fox indicate that Netanyahu also talks on the program about the death of his brother, Yoni the Elder, and he reminisces about the operation to free the Sabena plane in which he participated as a soldier in the IDF's Special Operations Command.