Netanyahu slammed for exploiting late singer to defend lifestyle
It was a mistake for the prime minister's advisers to invoke late Israeli singer Arik Einstein's modesty in trying to defend Netanyahu's extravagant expenditures.
The Dec. 1 response from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office to outrage over the scandalous household expenses of the premier and his wife Sara was so insensitive and tactless that even the most cynical political correspondents were left dumbfounded.
The general sense was that this time, someone had really gone too far. That there are some things you just do not do, even when the public turns against you. That all good sense and shame was lost, just for the sake of gaining a few more points with the public.
