A Jerusalem magistrate court on Sunday sentenced Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, to pay a fine of more than $15,000 for misusing state funds.
Sara Netanyahu, center, wife of the Israeli prime minister, attends the unveiling ceremony for the new settlement of Ramat Trump, or Trump Heights, named after the U.S. president, in the Israeli-annexed Golan Heights on Sunday.
In the settlement, she admitted to a more minor charge of"intentionally exploiting the mistake of someone else," specifically by misleading officials who didn't realize she already benefited from chefs on the government payroll. Benjamin Netanyahu is accused of accepting lavish gifts from billionaire friends and promising to promote advantageous legislation for a major newspaper in exchange for favorable coverage. He vehemently denies wrongdoing, portraying himself as a victim of media-orchestrated persecution against him and his family in an attempt to oust him from power.
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