Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s son, Yair, is looking to obtain a visa that allows him to work and live in the United States, according to political sources in Tel Aviv.
Six months ago, Yair fled to Miami over his father's disapproval of his son's social media posts.
Later, reports said Yair indicated he has established his life in Florida and is currently looking for means to receive a Green Card. However, he expressed concern that his visa application would be denied because the administration of President Joe Biden is hostile to him and his family, one of his close associates told the Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper.
He, therefore, contacted an American immigration lawyer to obtain a visa that would permit him to work and live in the United States.
Attorney Michael Wildes, a co-founder of the Wildes & Weinberg immigration policies law firm, announced via social media that Yair, an “internationally renowned political speaker and journalist in Israel and abroad,” according to the firm's website, is now counted among his clients.
The reports about Yair’s efforts to obtain a visa to the US were also confirmed by a political source who had a discussion with Netanyahu’s son and his wife, Sara, at the London wedding of the son of Zak and Candida Gertler, who are close to the Netanyahu family.
“I heard him say he was interested in working in the US long-term but expressed concern that his visa application would be denied due to strained Israel-US relations,” the source said.
Yair denied he had spoken about the strained relations between Israel and the US and refused to comment about his intention to obtain a work visa.
Yair is known to be a controversial figure and his far-right political positions and his hostility to his father’s opponents. His rude comments often negatively affected the Israeli PM. He had published provocative statements against the Israeli Chief of Staff Herzi Halevy and accused the army of attempting a coup against his father.
He also accused the US administration, led by Biden, of conspiring to overthrow his father's government.
Former Israeli deputy foreign minister Danny Ayalon said Yair is not only a disobedient boy, “but in Washington, they consider him a toxic substance in the relations between his father and the White House.”
In March, Yair fled to Miami. Reports said he has established his life in Florida and currently has no plans to return to Israel.
