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Galit Gutman

Israeli model and TV-show host Galit Gutman hosts the “Israel Calling” concert on Rabin Square in Tel Aviv, on April 10, 2018. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

‘Bloodsuckers’ slur is at the heart of Israel’s political turmoil

A TV host’s attack on haredim and the anti-Netanyahu demonstrators’ switch to a focus on the budget shows that the political civil war is about tribal conflict, not democracy.

Jonathan S. Tobin

May 22, 2023

Israeli television host Galit Gutman. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Israel TV host sparks backlash after calling haredim ‘bloodsuckers’

“How much burden can you put on a third of this country to support all these haredi bloodsuckers?” Galit Gutman said on air.

May 21, 2023