“The Netanyahus are the only ones who bring actual suitcases of dirty laundry for us to clean,” the paper quoted an unnamed US official as saying. “After multiple trips, it became clear this was intentional.”
And the kicker
Two years previously, the prime minister successfully launched a legal bid to have his domestic laundry bills remain private
Now I know most politicians are the type who will take anything that isn’t nailed down and many things that are, but I thought the Israelis were more…egalitarian on this. They threw a President in jail for sexual assault, back before #metoo made it cool to do so.
I mean, on some level I get it. If I were a broke-ass cultural attache with $600k in student loans, you bet I’d do my laundry at work and not shell out for a washer/dryer.
It’s kind of disturbing to know that a head of state is doing everything in his power to grift a few hundred bucks here and there. Whether it’s because Bibi really needs that money, or he is just compulsively on the take… it’s disturbing.
On the face of it this seems so ridiculous that one wonders if the story has been planted by a Netanyahu supporter in order to distract attention away from more serious allegations. I mean, is this really the biggest problem facing Israel right now?
I’m not sure I should say anything because for all I know, they are both performing “performance art” to advance the ideology that they both hold dear.
