Journalist Netta Seroussi claims that the Jewish state owes her “a long list of apologies.” Social-media followers disagree with a vengeance.
If there were an Olympic sport for self-pity in a flourishing country, Israel might finally take home the gold—courtesy of its most comfortable citizens.
In a March 27 post on X, Netta Seroussi—a staffer at Channel 12’s “Uvda” (“Fact”), hosted by bleeding-heart Ilana Dayan—was clearly vying for the coveted medal.
“In my area code, there isn’t a single person who isn’t thinking about emigrating—some in practical terms, others as a wish,” she wrote, with readers understanding full well that the reference was to Tel Aviv. “It’s long since not just high-tech workers and doctors. Public-sector and third-sector employees, with no real employment prospects abroad, are willing to throw years of local experience into the garbage in order to give the next generation a different future.”
Never mind that this isn’t how the rest of us, including residents of the White City, perceive the sentiment of our neighbors; if that’s Seroussi’s experience, so be it. But her follow-up rant revealed the real motive behind her observation.