Netanyahu’s Son Wants to Move to the US

Yair Netanyahu
Yair Netanyahu
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Netanyahu’s Son Wants to Move to the US

Yair Netanyahu
Yair Netanyahu

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.



Danish PM Arrives in Greenland for Three-Day Visit amid Trump Pressure

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and her husband Bo Tengberg is greeted by Greenland's Acting Head of Government, Múte B. Egede after arriving at Nuuk airport, Greenland, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and her husband Bo Tengberg is greeted by Greenland's Acting Head of Government, Múte B. Egede after arriving at Nuuk airport, Greenland, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
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Danish PM Arrives in Greenland for Three-Day Visit amid Trump Pressure

Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and her husband Bo Tengberg is greeted by Greenland's Acting Head of Government, Múte B. Egede after arriving at Nuuk airport, Greenland, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix via AP)
Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen, right, and her husband Bo Tengberg is greeted by Greenland's Acting Head of Government, Múte B. Egede after arriving at Nuuk airport, Greenland, Wednesday, April 2, 2025. (Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

Denmark's prime minister landed in Greenland on Wednesday for talks with the Danish semi-autonomous territory's incoming government, following US President Donald Trump's repeated expressions of interest in controlling the vast Arctic island.

Mette Frederiksen begins her three-day trip less than a week after a visit to the territory by US Vice President JD Vance received a frosty reception from authorities in Denmark and Greenland.

The Danish leader said ahead of her visit that she aims to strengthen Copenhagen's ties with the island and emphasized the importance of respectful cooperation amid what she described as "great pressure on Greenland".

Frederiksen was expected to speak to the media later on Wednesday.

Greenland's incoming Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen, who won last month's parliamentary election and will form a coalition government, has welcomed Frederiksen's trip, saying on Monday that Denmark remains "Greenland's closest partner".

Nielsen's new coalition is expected to formally take office on April 7.

Relations between Greenland and Denmark have been strained after revelations in recent years of historical mistreatment of Greenlanders under colonial rule. However, Trump's interest in controlling Greenland, part of a growing international focus on competition for influence in the Arctic, has prompted Denmark to hasten work to improve ties with the island.

Nielsen told Reuters late on Monday that Greenland would strengthen its ties with Denmark until it could fulfil its ultimate wish to become a sovereign nation.

'RESPECTFUL'

Meanwhile, Greenland wishes to establish a "respectful" relationship with the United States, he said.

"Talking about annexation and talking about acquiring Greenland and not respecting the sovereignty is not respectful. So let's start by being respectful to each other and build up a great partnership on everything," he said.

Frederiksen's visit is primarily about signaling support at a time of intense scrutiny, said Ulrik Pram Gad, an academic at the Danish Institute for International Studies.

"It is important for Denmark to signal to Greenland that Denmark is Greenland's closest friend and ally - and to the US that it stands behind Greenland," he said.

During his visit to a US military base in northern Greenland last Friday, Vance accused Denmark of not doing a good job of keeping the island safe and suggested the United States would better protect the strategically-located territory.

Frederiksen, who has said it is up to the people of Greenland to decide their own future, called Vance's description of Denmark "not fair".

Opinion polls show that a majority of Greenland's 57,000 inhabitants support independence from Denmark, but many oppose seeking independence too quickly, fearing their island could become worse off and expose itself to US interests.