Ex-housekeeper at PM's residence reports house burglary
Meni Naftali, who recently gave lengthy testimony to police about alleged financial misdeeds at prime minister's residence, says house was broken into and no valuables taken.
Meni Naftali, formerly housekeper of the prime minister's residence, said Friday that his home in Afula had been broken into by an unknown party.
According to Naftali, he discovered the break-in after returning from a visit to relatives. He said no valuables were taken. Naftali called police to the scene and accompanied them to their precinct to file a report.
Naftali recently gave a 12-hour testimony to police, saying that Benjamin and Sara Netanyahu used state funds to pay for private domestic help, took furniture purchased for the official residence and significantly inflated expenses for guests.
On Thursday, Attorney-General Yehuda Weinstein decided that the police could launch an investigation into the various affairs regarding the spending at Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's official residence, but only after the March 17 election.
According to a statement released by the Attorney General's Office, it reviewed "a number of cases in which evidence has been collected and raised suspicions that actions constituting criminal offenses took place."
Nonetheless, the statement said that "the evidence collected indicates that the suspicions regarding the possibly severe (criminal) actions are low… (but) still warrant a probe at the end of which there might be room for a criminal investigation.
"It is worth noting that none of the evidence collected indicate the prime minister was himself involved in any such actions."
Ahiya Raved contributed to this report.
