The family of Hanni Bleiweiss, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s late aide, is set to file a lawsuit of some NIS 8 million ($2,182,000) against the prime minister’s family, alleging that Bleiwieiss — who died of cancer in 2023 — was abused and humiliated in her role and suffered damage to her health as a result, according to a Monday report.
The Channel 12 report came after the network’s investigative program “Uvda” last week published text messages between Bleiweiss and the prime minister’s wife, Sara Netanyahu, that appeared to show efforts to combat people perceived as enemies of the first family. The report prompted dozens of police complaints against the prime minister’s wife, who has denied any wrongdoing.
According to Channel 12, Bleiweiss’s family will allege that the Netanyahu family regularly had the late aide spend her own money for work, purchasing items including food for employees of the Likud party as well as personal products for the prime minister and his family, for which she was reliant on the Netanyahus for reimbursement.
The cancer-stricken aide was made to........