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Police: Sara Netanyahu suspected of receiving bribery
The Prime Minister’s wife is suspected of receiving bribery in case 4000, the Israeli Police announced Thursday. The case pertains to the Walla! news website, which is part of the Bezeq group, whose Chairman Shaul Elovitch is currently under investigation for allegedly skewing coverage of the Netanyahu family on the website, in exchange for favorable legislation on behalf of the prime minister.
Israel foreign missions employees announce strike
The employees at Israel’s foreign mission around the globe have announced a general strike Thursday, following a dispute regarding compensation. As a result, Israeli embassies and consulates around the world will not be providing their regular services, and special committee meetings both in the U.N and the E.U will take place without Israeli representatives.
Oil leak contained at Eilat port
Some 200 liters of diesel fuel leaked from a tugboat in the port of Eilat on Thursday. Marine environmental protection forces siphoned the oil and prevented a leak outside the port area.
Palestinians apprehended with suspected explosive devices outside military court
Zarif to Netanyahu: ‘Shameless warmonger’
Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs Mohammad Javad Zarif responded to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Wednesday night comments, by which anyone who threatens Israel with annihilation “will find himself under the same threat.”
Responding to Netanyahu Zarif tweeted: “Iran, a country without nuclear weapons, is threatened with atomic annihilation by a warmonger standing next to an actual nuclear weapons factory. Beyond shameless in the gall.”
