Israeli PM Netanyahu's wife fined for misusing public money
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Sara Netanyahu was accused of overspending state funds on catered meals at the premier's official residence although it employed a full-time chef. A plea bargain saw her avoiding a harsher sentence.
An Israeli court on Sunday convicted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara Netanyahu, of misusing state funds, fining her 10,000 shekels (€2,491, $2,800) and ordered to reimburse the state a further 45,000 shekels.

The 59-year-old was expected to receive a five-year-sentence, but the court accepted a plea bargain that saw her admit to lesser charges.

She had been accused of obtaining more than $100,000 (€89,000) from the state for ordering hundreds of meals from restaurants, bypassing rules that forbid using such funds if a cook is employed at home.

The lavish meals allegedly came from a number of well-known restaurants in Jerusalem, including an Italian restaurant, a Middle Eastern grill and a sushi restaurant.

Her lawyers said the food had been ordered against her will.


Sara Netanyahu has also long faced allegations of extravagance and abusive behavior from employees
"The deal reached between the sides is worthy and appropriately reflects the deeds and their severity on the criminal level," Avital Chen, the magistrates' court justice, said after the Sunday verdict.

Mistreatment allegations

It is not the first time Sara Netanyahu, an educational psychologist, has come before a court over alleged misbehavior.

In 2016, a labor court in Jerusalem found her guilty of abusing an employee at the official residence and ordered her to pay $47,000 in damages, and in 2018, the Netanyahus won a libel suit against an Israeli reporter, Igal Sarna, who claimed Sara Netanyahu had once thrown her husband Benjamin out of a car onto the side of the road during an argument.

She has also long faced other allegations from employees of extravagance, abusive behavior and mistreatment.

The prime minister is himself embroiled in a series of corruption investigations. Both he and Sara say the charges are politically motivated and fabricated by a hostile media.

He came to the defense of his wife in a Facebook post on Saturday that described Sara as a "real heroine" who was "a punching bag for the media."

Sara married Benjamin Netanyahu in 1991 in a second marriage. They have two sons.


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Bizmagnet:
This is a country that fights corruption. Nigeria needs training from those guys.

In Nigeria touch known thieves like Patience and her supports will pounce on you and ask if it is your money that she stole?

This will never happen in Nigeria where the President has the powers of a King, prime minister, and Emperor rolled into one. The only way to move this country forward and ensure that corruption is reduced to ALARP is to rewrite our constitution to reduce the powers of our elected officials, especially the President and the Governors.

We need to strengthen the police, civil service, para-military and the judiciary by giving them the necessary tools needed to discharge their functions. there must be laws that ensure swift consequences for any "his or her Excellency" that tries to alter the process.

Some of the worst African first ladies

1. Moussa Traore's wife in Mali. She was a crook. As first lady she gave order to Mali's customs to prevent other Malian women from
importing fruits and vegetable from Cote d'Ivoire. She has control over the whole market. her husband was overthrown in 1991 in a popular uprising. Himself seized power in 1968 in a military coup that toppled Modibo Keita , one of Africa's most renowned Panafricanists.

2. Necephore Sogo's Wife in Benin ( Former Dahomey). That woman felt so powerful she slapped the chief of staff of the national army.
her husband ( Mr. Soglo) come to power in 1991 in a democratic election, beating the Mathieu kerekou AKA The Chameleon.
Soglo regime was so rotten Kerekou defeated him five years later in 1996 in a democratic and fair election.


3. One of the worst African first lady still running the show today.
Dominique Ouattara , the wife of President Allassane Ouattara of Cote d'Ivoire.
Billions of Euros are being shipped frequently from Cote d'Ivoire to Morocco her country of origin.
Ouattara is himself an illegal immigrant from Burkina Faso. Him and his wife form a pair of foreigners sucking Cote d'Ivoire
to the last drop of juice.