Avi Yemini

Yemini served with the Golani Brigade in the Israeli Defence Force (IDF) from 2005 until 2008. Most of his active duty was spent in the Gaza Strip.[5][6]

After returning to Australia, Yemini opened his first IDF gym in Caulfield, Victoria followed by a second in Melbourne's CBD in 2016.[7][8] In 2018, the gyms were sold to a private buyer.

One of his brothers, Manny Waks, sued Yemini for defamation following claims by Yemini that Waks and their father were harbouring a known paedophile in the family home.[9]

On 4 March 2018, Yemini joined the Australian Liberty Alliance to run as a candidate for the Southern Metropolitan Region at the 2018 Victorian state election.[10] He was unsuccessful, receiving 0.49% of the vote.[11]

In July 2019, Yemini admitted he threw a chopping board that hit his former wife on her forehead. He also pleaded guilty to using a carriage service to harass by sending abusive text messages to her, and one charge of breaching an intervention order relating to a video of a man. Yemini's lawyer argued he did not mean to hit her.[12]

In 2021, Yemini took legal action against three Victorian parliamentary officials - including former Legislative Assembly speaker Colin Brooks - after he was denied media accreditation in July of that year.[13][14] Yemini subsequently lost the case, and a further appeal in 2022.[14]

In 2023 he sued Facebook fact-checkers RMIT for labeling Rebel News content as "misleading". The case was dismissed as he had "failed to make any formal inquiries via appropriate channels with relevant persons".[15]