Like a bad custom that has turned into a habit, the Israeli public reacted with near indifference to the latest scandal to emerge from the prime minister’s residence. The Netanyahu family’s house manager has filed a personal lawsuit against the prime minister and his wife, claiming abusive and degrading treatment and mental anguish.
The accusations have provided a peek into the goings-on in the house on Jerusalem’s Balfour Street, from where the affairs of one of the most threatened countries in the world are run. And although this lawsuit is more bizarre and worrying than others filed against the family, Israelis don’t seem to be overly excited by the new affair, as though saying, “Nothing new here.”