Posted on 07/05/2022 3:21:02 PM PDT by Angelino97
Former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had such expensive tastes that he demanded gifts in the form of cigars to dip into Cointreau liqueur, a Jerusalem court heard today.
Netanyahu is undergoing a blockbuster corruption trial on charges of fraud and breach of trust for allegedly accepting luxury gifts from billionaires Arnon Milchan and James Packer worth hundreds of thousands of pounds, advancing the former's various interests in return.
An aide to the two billionaires testified that she had been ordered to buy cigars and Cointreau - among other items - to satiate the former prime minister and his wife Sara's incessant demand for luxury goods.
Deutsche Presse Agentur reported Hadas Klein telling the court she gradually became a conduit for an endless supply of luxury goods of cigars, jewellery and pink champagne that were not gifted to the Netanyahus so much as demanded by them.
Australian mogul James Packer, who was deeply impressed with Netanyahu after meeting him in 2013, told Klein to give the Netanyahus anything they asked for and not to hold back anything, she said.
Netanyahu allegedly received £64,000 in cigars and £44,000 worth of champagne from Hollywood producer Milchan between 2011 and 2016, while Sara Netanyahu allegedly received £2,600 worth of jewellery from him in the same time period.
He and his family also allegedly received another £55,000 in champagne and cigars from Packer between 2014 and 2016.
Klein testified on her first day in the Jerusalem District Court that Milchan had made it clear to Australian entrepreneur James Packer 'you cannot come to the Netanyahus empty-handed.'
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When Bibi welcomed Biden so fast I dropped ALL support for him and Israel.
No, the Globalists hate him, just like Trump.
I know, Sir Winston Churchill was known to appreciate both himself.
BS.
Netanyahu was in the crosshairs of the left for years. Although personally he disgusted me with his immediate ‘congratulations’ to the turnip now in office, he was a ‘strong’ leader of Israel. In other words, for him, it was Israel first. Very Trump like.
Wow, they need another commission to hold hearings.
But, they double-dipped for him your honor!
I can hear Schiff now. “If you had seen all the evidence
I have, you’d know he needs to go to prison!”
(\sarc ;>)
Was this before or after he urinated on the beds?
Sounds like they rehashed an old article on Trump and just plugged in Bibi’s name. The left uses the same old tactics over and over.
Very true. Like our US Grant, Churchill was known to imbibe occasionally. Probably they got a few bottles gratis too.
He probably shouldn’t have accepted them, but cigars and alcohol are a hard stretch to call a “bribe”. Perhaps more of an ethical lapse. Was there a quid pro quo? Did he do political favors in return for Cointreau?
When he turned on Trump, it was enough for me to write this creep off. I thought he was a Churchill type leader, but in the end, he was no different than any of them.
Trump did more for Israel than any, yes any American president ever.
No surprise.
Israel is not our friends folks.
Israel is the best friend and the most stable democracy we have in the Middle East. Many of the most wondrous developments in medical technology and electronics were developed in Israel. Some of those may be saving your miserable life or that of friends/relatives. Israel takes care of the bad guys we're too chickens___ to do for ourselves.
All in all, I'd say that YOU are not our friend, making stupid and unfounded statements like this.
Orange Liqueur Man Bad.
Nonsense, this is the same crap that the leftists are throwing at Trump, an Israeli ditzy woman blabbing hearsay.
No, that isn’t what he did. Like it or not he has to deal with whoever is in the Oval Office.
Isn’t it interesting how the Putin Brigades here are ready to slam him? No surprise there. The reason the ProRussia crowd does so is because Netanyahu knows what Russia’s terrorist ally Iran is up to, and actually does things to thwart them. Not to mention Israel has a humongous oil field that can compete with Russian pipelines in supplying Europe, helping to reduce Putin’s blackmail power.
Hearsay alkegations. They are interviewing a chick who is relaying the claims, not interviewing her actual sources. Saw this kangaroo show before.
The victims of the USS Liberty disagrees with you.
The matter of the USS Liberty has never been settled. Some say it was a false flag operation.
I would hardly regard one incident as totally negating all the good Israel has done and continues to do.
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