Jerusalem – An Israeli TV reporter says Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu apologized to him in a phone call after mocking him in a speech.
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Netanyahu mimicked veteran journalist Moshe Nussbaum of Channel 2 News — who has been covering the prime minister’s ongoing corruption investigations — in a speech to his Likud party this week.
“I’m going to give you a spoiler. In a few weeks, reporters and analysts will sit in the TV studios and open the news with explosive headlines,” Netanyahu said.
The prime minister proceeded to imitate Nussbaum’s voice and put his fingers over his eyes to match the reporter’s bushy brows: “Very serious recommendations, I must say they’re very serious, I want to say, among the most serious the state has ever known.”
Nussbaum told Army Radio Thursday that he told Netanyahu he was not offended.
An Israeli government official, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with protocol, confirmed the call.
Netanyahu has lashed out at media over coverage of the investigations.
Police have questioned Netanyahu in two cases involving possible bribery, fraud and breach of trust.
Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing and says the allegations are part of a political witch hunt by hostile media.
is this reporter liberal or not?