Politik Netral
Skandal Lama Perselingkuhan Netanyahu Disorot, Mantan Bicara
tahun bungkam. Netanyahu mengakui perselingkuhan mereka secara langsung di televisi nasional pada 1993 saat mengikuti pemilihan pendahuluan Partai Likud, semata-mata untuk mencegah ancaman penyebaran rekaman yang ternyata tidak pernah ada. Skandal tersebut tidak menghancurkan rumah tangga Netanyahu maupun karier kedua belah pihak, dan Ruth kini bersiap menerbitkan buku tentang mekanisme pengambilan keputusan.
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- Ruth Bar was Benjamin Netanyahu's former mistress and strategic advisor.
- Netanyahu publicly acknowledged the affair on national television in 1993.
- The acknowledgment occurred during Likud Party primary elections for leadership.
- An anonymous caller threatened Sara Netanyahu, warning that affair recordings would be released.
- The caller demanded that Netanyahu withdraw from the primary race.
- Netanyahu preemptively revealed the affair to prevent campaign disruption.
- Netanyahu made the confession at Channel 1 studio on live television.
- Ruth Bar stated she learned of the confession only moments before the broadcast.
- Ruth Bar gave the interview to journalist Ben Caspit of Maariv news site.
- Channel 12 reported on the interview on Friday night (11/9).
- Ben Caspit revealed no recording of the affair ever existed.
- The scandal did not destroy the Netanyahu marriage or either party's career.
- Netanyahu became prime minister of Israel in 1996.
- Ruth Bar maintained a low public profile after the affair became public.
- Ruth Bar worked as a psychologist and strategic consultant.
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