Sara Netanyahu

A Nepalese migrant worker who levelled the latest in a string of abuse allegations against Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife Sarah has been fired, Israeli media reported on Wednesday.

A Nepalese migrant worker has accused Sarah Netanyahu of assault in the latest allegation against the Israeli premier's wife of abusing her domestic staff, Channel Two television said on Tuesday.

Israel's government watchdog announced on Thursday he would investigate Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu amid accusations private businessmen paid for lavish trips for him and his family.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A soul-searching debate in Israel over government plans to deport 400 children of migrant workers took a new emotional turn on Sunday after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife pleaded they be allowed to stay.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's controversial wife Sara has reached a compromise agreement with her former housekeeper who had sued her for abuse, Israeli television reported on Monday.

Sara Netanyahu sues Israeli paper for libel; says 'Maariv' out to get her. The wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sued an Israeli newspaper on Monday for libel and defamation of character, claiming the Maariv daily is "maliciously trying to humiliate" her.

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Already at the centre of unwelcome media attention over claims she mistreated a maid, Israel's first lady Sara Netanyahu is facing another lawsuit from a housekeeper, the Yediot Aharonot newspaper said on Monday.

A legal battle between a cleaning lady and Israel's first lady has spawned a clash between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the press, which is treating the scandal with relish.

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Aides to Benjamin Netanyahu dismissed as "lies and slander" Sunday an employment lawsuit filed by a former maid against the Israeli prime minister's wife.

Housekeeper alleges Netanyahu's wife verbally abused her, made her shower a few times a day. A former housekeeper has filed a lawsuit accusing the Israeli prime minister's wife of abusing her in the first scandal to hit Benjamin Netanyahu's year-old administration, bringing memories of the domestic distractions that clouded his tumultuous first term in office a decade ago.