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Police probe two employees who may have lied to protect PM’s wife

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Published: 2 June 2020

Last updated: 4 March 2024

In investigation by attorney general, police suspect the two were pressured into giving false testimony in a lawsuit by a former employee against Sara Netanyahu for workplace abuse

Two employees suspected of lying in favour of Sara Netanyahu during trial (Jerusalem Post)
Police suspect the two were pressured in giving false testimony in a lawsuit filed by former employee Shira Raban against Sara Netanyahu for workplace abuse

Police investigating after employee says she lied to protect Sara Netanyahu (Times of Israel)
Probe approved by attorney general; lawyer for PM’s wife claims Avichai Mandelblit is seeking to bring down premier in ‘obsessive’ hunt

AG defends police probe of false statements in trial PM's wife (Ynet)
Mandelblit called claims by Netanyahu attorney 'nonsense' after Cohen said the AG usurped the power of his office to target prime minister and his family

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Despite trial, Netanyahu's popularity soaring (Al-Monitor)
BEN CASPIT: Despite the opening of his trial, and despite failures in prior elections, the popularity of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu keeps soaring

In Israel, the virus is fading; Netanyahu is still here (Prospect)
GERSHOM GORENBERG: Jerusalem proves a lot safer than New York’s Upper West Side, but Israel’s democracy is in critical condition

Photo: Sara Netanyahu arrives at a court hearing in Jerusalem, in the case of Shira Raban, a former employee at the Prime Minister's residence, December 23, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/FLASH90)
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