Witness in case against PM’s wife offered job as aide by Netanyahu family adviser — report

An adviser to the Netanyahu family offered the job of an “aide to a ministry director general” to a central witness in a case alleging abuse of an employee by Sara Netanyahu, in an apparent attempt to stop her from giving testimony against the prime minister’s wife, Channel 2 reports.

The witness is connected to a former worker in the Prime Minister’s Residence, who provided police testimony against Sara Netanyahu on Sunday, after filing an abuse lawsuit against the prime minister’s wife.

A spokesperson for the Netanyahu family said the report was made up of “baseless claims, part of an illegitimate method aimed at blackening the name of Sara Netanyahu and damaging the prime minister.”

“There is no end to the persecution and character assassination,” the statement says, noting past accusations against Sara Netanyahu, including the “cynical” claims made by former housekeeper Meni Naftali. The statement, however, fails to mention that Naftali was awarded NIS 170,000 compensation (about $43,735) for the years of mistreatment at the hand of Mrs. Netanyahu while working at the prime minister’s residence.

“Who would offer, via a text message, a job of an aide to a director general to someone they had never met, who by chance is a central witness?” the Netanyahu’s statement asks. “This text exposes the whole farce.”