Sara Netanyahu rejects all claims by ex-caretaker

Sara Netanyahu files an affidavit with the Jerusalem Labor Court, rejecting all the allegations against her by former caretaker Menny Naftali.

The premier’s wife writes that the accusations “are incorrect and are intended to harm the prime minister and me without justification,” according to the Ynet news website.

She argues that Naftali would frequently show up when he was not meant to work and hang around the residence, and would later charge the Netanyahus for those hours. She says that he frequently brought his children to the residence, where they were “greeted happily” although he had not requested permission and although he occasionally brought them when the prime minister was in the middle of high-level meetings.

She says Naftali would dump meals prepared by employees of the Prime Minister’s Residence and tell her that no such meals had been prepared, forcing them to order takeout (Netanyahu was slammed in the State Comptroller report for the excessive funds that went toward takeout food).

Netanyahu also rejected allegations of abuse and harassment against Naftali.

She says that Naftali was involved in an altercation with an employee in a previous job as a security guard. She writes that had she known of the fight, she would never had hired him.