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Netanyahu’s Top Aide Resigns

Netanyahu’s Top Aide Resigns
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Injecting new turmoil into "Israeli" Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's troubled bureau, "Israeli" media reported Wednesday that "Netanyahu's top spokesman has resigned six months into the job.'
Netanyahu’s Top Aide Resigns
The head of the so-called National Information Directorate at "Israeli" PM's office, Yoaz Hendel, resigned from his post Tuesday.
"Israeli" newspapers, TV and radio stations reported that Hendel quit after Netanyahu criticized the way he handled suspicions against his chief of staff Natan Eshel, who was forced out this week over a sexual harassment scandal.

According to the reports, that angered Netanyahu, who told his aides he felt betrayed.
"Another of the staffers' involved, military secretary Yohanan Locker was already due to take another job," the media said.
 
It was not clear whether the third staffer, Cabinet Secretary Tzvi Hauser, would stay on.
Netanyahu has been through several spokesmen since he took office less than three weeks ago. On Sunday, his chief of staff, Eshel, accepted a plea bargain acknowledging he sexually harassed a female employee.

He is to step aside by the end of the month and will be banned from public service.
The chaos in the "Israeli" leader's office comes at a delicate time. Netanyahu is due to pay a White House visit in early March.


Source: "Israeli" Media, Edited by moqawama.org