Gadi Suknik does not repeat himself: 'Not everyone is at a low level, I meant the screamers''

June 27, 2022   

Media personality Gadi Suknik is not apologizing for the insults he hurled at Likud members of Knesset this morning (Monday) in an interview on the Reshet 13 morning show - when he claimed that they were of low intelligence. Safe swimming in the sea: everything you need to know about spending time at the beach In an interview with Galei Tzahal, Suknik said: "I didn't say that everyone is at a low level, I was talking about the average level. We are in the middle of an election campaign and immediately all the propagandists think they will go after me - and that won't work. "I meant the screamers who are willing to do anything for politics. Some of the Likud elected officials are lowering the level of the team - even Netanyahu is trying to distance himself from them. There are also excellent people on the list, from Yuli Edelstein and Yisrael Katz to Yoav Galant, Nir Barkat and Amir Ohana." However, he clarified: "I would give up the word intelligentsia in retrospect. I wasn't talking about Likud voters or those who function, but about the party's elected officials. Hundreds of thousands of good people are ashamed of their elected officials." At the beginning of his remarks in this morning's interview, Suknik, a former news anchor, said that Yesh Atid is "an undemocratic party, they have a single ruler who determines the list." He later said about the Likud: "Check the body that elects them, say the Likud center. It is full of interests, infected with all the plagues of the world and the elected officials are accordingly. I try to say this as an objective citizen, they are at a much lower level than the elected officials of Yesh Atid. This is a low level of intelligence, culture, discourse." At this point, the interviewer asked: "Are the Likud MKs less intelligent than those of Yesh Atid?" In response, Suknik said: "The average, check the people." Interviewer: "How can you check?" Suknik replied: "The whole tradition of screaming and violence in the Knesset, check who has been doing this for years. Yesh Atid has a higher level, they do much more for the public. In this sense, Lapid is doing a good job." Opposition leader and Likud chairman, MK Benjamin Netanyahu, attacked: "Gadi Suknik's arrogant and outrageous statement, which belittles the intelligence of Likud voters, joins the incitement by Yair Lapid and elements on the left against Likud voters for years. Likud voters are smart and sharp, Zionists and patriots with hearts of gold. This racism crosses all boundaries. I expect Gadi Suknik to apologize for his words immediately.".