Justice Minister Yariv Levin addressed remarks made by Ziv Agmon, acting chief of staff and spokesperson for the Prime Minister, against Netanyahu and his wife, as well as against Shas, Likud lawmakers and Mizrahi communities, as published by journalist Amit Segal. Levin said that "in the State of Israel, and in the Likud movement in particular, there is no place for racism. Our heritage, since the days of Barzani and Feinstein of blessed memory, is based on unity and shared destiny." Levin said that "the grave statements exposed this evening deserve every condemnation. They contradict the values of the movement, which represents the people of Israel in all its diversity. Just as we expect and act to eliminate unacceptable racism in the justice system, so must we eradicate it from within us as well." In one of the quotes, Agmon said that "it was not good that they opened Morocco to Israeli tourism, now we know where our Moroccans came from, from Africa. In Gabon there's a monkey."