A forthcoming book by Yair Netanyahu alleges that enemies abroad and opponents within Israel worked together to remove his father, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, from office. RatPac Press is scheduled to release the book in March 2027, with distribution handled by Simon & Schuster.
The 35-year-old political activist’s book, titled “Two-Front War,” presents Israel as confronting both foreign enemies and domestic figures it describes as saboteurs. Promotional material on Simon & Schuster’s website portrays the author as committed to Judaism and Zionism and claims he discovered a conspiracy against his father within Israeli institutions.
The website description accuses prosecutors, judges, intelligence officials, military leaders, media organizations and foreign-funded nongovernmental organizations of pursuing the prime minister’s removal. Benjamin Netanyahu has faced trial since 2020 in three corruption cases involving bribery, fraud and breach of trust charges, all of which he denies. His son has accused police and prosecutors involved in the proceedings of attempting a coup and committing treason.
The promotional account also casts the Hamas attacks on Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, as exposing an alleged alliance of neo-Nazis, radical Islamist movements and far-left ideological networks. It claims those groups viewed Israel as an initial obstacle to a wider effort to destabilize Western societies and undermine free civilization.
Yair Netanyahu has become a polarizing figure through social media posts supporting his father’s political positions and promoting far-right conspiracy theories. In 2017, he faced international condemnation after sharing an image depicting Jewish philanthropist George Soros as controlling his father’s political opponents. The neo-Nazi website The Daily Stormer praised that post. This week, he also alleged that Israel’s Oct. 27 election had been rigged against his father, accusing foreign enemy states of bribing Arab voters.
RatPac Press belongs to RatPac Entertainment, which filmmaker Brett Ratner and Australian billionaire James Packer founded. Ratner moved to Israel in 2023 after allegations of sexual misconduct disrupted his Hollywood career. He denied those allegations. In September 2023, he attended the United Nations General Assembly as a special guest of Benjamin Netanyahu and shared a photograph of them on Instagram.
Packer was named in one of the prime minister’s corruption indictments over allegations that he supplied Netanyahu and his wife with cigars and champagne between 2014 and 2016. According to Israel’s Channel 10, Packer told Australian Federal Police agents in 2017 that he willingly gave presents, often at Netanyahu’s or his wife Sara’s request. Packer sold his RatPac stake in 2017.
Neither Simon & Schuster nor RatPac Entertainment responded to requests for comment.
