‘Undeveloped Moroccan’: Netanyahu’s wife hit with ‘extreme abuse’ lawsuit

Ex-household employee alleges he was routinely humiliated, with the complaint following years of similar accusations Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has repeatedly humiliated and abused a former household worker, at one point calling him an “undeveloped Moroccan,” a new lawsuit claims.

The controversy adds to a years-long trail of remarkably similar allegations, painting a picture of intolerable conditions at the residence.

On Tuesday, Ynet reported that Rami Ben-Hamo, who worked at the residence from 2023 to 2025, is seeking 450,000 shekels ($150,000) in a lawsuit filed with the Jerusalem Regional Labor Court.

While the complaint has been formally filed against the Prime Minister’s Office, the alleged abuse is overwhelmingly attributed to Sara Netanyahu.

According to Ben-Hamo, he sometimes worked from around 7:30 AM until the early hours of the following morning, clocking 60 to 80 hours of overtime a month.

He claims to have “suffered extreme abuse” from the prime minister’s wife, adding that she made him clean her handbag and the soles of her shoes, repeatedly wash his hands between tasks, and endure screaming and humiliation when cleaning or household chores were not performed exactly as she wanted.

Read more Netanyahu claims ‘Iran tried to murder one of my sons’ At one point, Netanyahu allegedly called him an “undeveloped Moroccan,” declaring: “I am the prime minister’s wife.

You will do what I tell you.” Ben-Hamo claims the ethnic insult was repeated and that he sometimes had to beg her in tears to stop.

The complaint also alleges that Ben-Hamo was kept at work after the start of Shabbat – the weekly Jewish day of rest between Friday and Saturday evenings – despite Netanyahu knowing he observed the tradition.

After suffering a cardiac event at work and undergoing catheterization in 2025, Ben-Hamo says her treatment of him became even harsher.

Read more Israeli prosecutors order investigation into Netanyahu’s wife When Ben-Hamo wrote a resignation notice, saying he wanted to leave because of the mistreatment, the Prime Minister’s Office “refused to accept this note and demanded that the plaintiff change the wording so that it said he wanted to leave for personal reasons.” Netanyahu’s office dismissed the allegations as “fake news,” calling it a politically motivated “witch-hunt” ahead of the October elections.

However, the recent controversy fits a pattern of strikingly similar grievances about Sara Netanyahu.