Netanyahu and wife testify in libel suit against Israeli journalist


  • World
  • Tuesday, 14 Mar 2017

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (2ndR) and his wife Sara arrive at a courtroom to testify in a libel lawsuit they filed against an Israeli journalist, at the Magistrate Court in Tel Aviv, Israel March 14, 2017. REUTERS/Heidi Levine/Pool

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife testified in court on Tuesday that a journalist had invented a story that Sara Netanyahu once ordered her husband out of their car during a row.

    Netanyahu, 67, described the report of the alleged incident as "ludicrous", "preposterous" and a complete fabrication. He said he and his wife had decided to bring a libel suit because they felt the journalist had gone too far and made it up.

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