Starting the trial of Israeli prime minister wife Sarah Netanyahu in the case of fraud and breach of trust

The trial of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s wife, Sarah Netanyahu, began on Sunday with charges of “fraud and dishonesty” for spending more than 80,000 Euros on meals at the expense of taxpayers, while a cook at the couple’s official residence.

The question of Netanyahu’s wife seems to have no immediate political effect on the prime minister.

But it is added to the many corruption cases that threaten his rule since 2009.

It is suspected that between September 2010 and March 2013, Sarah Netanyahu asked for herself and her family and guests hundreds of meals worth more than NIS 350,000 (83,000 euros), according to the Justice Ministry.

The court accuses her of lying when she claimed that there was no cook at the prime minister’s residence to justify ordering meals from different restaurants in Jerusalem dozens of times in the same month.

The former Assistant Director-General of the Prime Minister’s Office, Ezra Seidov, is being investigated.

Israeli media quoted the indictment as saying that Saidov was complicit with Sarah Netanyahu in suggesting that there was no cook working at the headquarters.

The trial is expected to begin Sunday at 10:30 am in the first instance court in Jerusalem and may last for months.

The trial, which was presided over by a three-judge panel, was due to begin due to the general “sensitivity” of the case in July but was postponed for reasons not disclosed.

The police are investigating with Netanyahu in at least six cases and on February 13 he recommended charges in two of them.

Netanyahu confirms his innocence, saying that he is being subjected to random campaigns by the media and the opposition, and confirms his determination to remain in the presidency of the government.