{"id":521017,"date":"2026-07-02T04:07:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/521017\/"},"modified":"2026-07-02T04:07:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T04:07:10","slug":"watch-heated-scene-at-maccabiah-opening-as-sara-netanyahu-confronts-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/521017\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Heated scene at Maccabiah opening as Sara Netanyahu confronts PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife attended the festive <a id=\"SkKaxFwbw7mfg\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ynetnews.com\/sport\/article\/hk1yb4qmme\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games<\/a>, where he delivered a celebratory speech at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem, telling Jewish athletes \u201cWe are one nation and one family, with one fate, so stand proud and strong and together we will win.\u201d But behind the scenes, according to reports, an unusual and embarrassing incident took place.<\/p>\n<p>The prime minister\u2019s wife Sara Netanyahu shouted at him and his staff during the ceremony<\/p>\n<p> (Video: Uri Misgav&#8217;s Facebook post)<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/facebook-s.png\" class=\"share-image\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/twitter-s.png\" class=\"share-image\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to Channel 13 reporter Michael Shemesh, the prime minister\u2019s wife Sara Netanyahu shouted at him and his staff during the ceremony, telling the prime minister: \u201cBecause of you I fought with people here. You made me argue with people.\u201d She also told Netanyahu\u2019s advisers: \u201cYou need to take care of me. Why am I not being allowed through?\u201d Eyewitnesses said she also claimed she had been stepped on because she was not properly escorted.<\/p>\n<p>Journalist Uri Misgav published footage on his Facebook account showing what appears to be part of the incident, possibly near its end. In the video, the prime minister\u2019s wife can be seen moving uncomfortably in the VIP box and speaking to him and those around him.<\/p>\n<p>According to Shemesh\u2019s report, Sara Netanyahu\u2019s complaints continued for several minutes in front of many attendees, and the video was filmed after the incident had partially calmed down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife attended the festive opening ceremony of the Maccabiah Games, where he&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[85,46,43],"class_list":["post-521017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-israel","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}