Current sectionIsrael NewsIsrael Political NewsShare to FacebookShare to XArticle printing is available to subscribers onlyPrint in a simple, ad-free formatSubscribeComments: Zen reading is available to subscribers onlyAd-free and in a comfortable reading formatSubscribeThe Netanyahus in Rome, 1997. The unusual requests submitted to the health fund began almost immediately after Netanyahu took office. Credit: Yaacov Saar / GPOThey flouted the law, failed to pay for treatments not covered by the national health basket and used fake names. The Netanyahu family's seeds of misrule were sown as early as the 1990sUri Misgav11:53 PM • August 06 2026 IDTThey were treated under fictitious names. Didn't pay physicians who treated them. Ran up debts of thousands of shekels. Foisted on a health maintenance organization private expenditures for care not covered by the government healthcare basket. Extracted reimbursements for treatment that they were not eligible for.Loading...Click the alert icon to follow topics:Israeli politicsBenjamin NetanyahuSara NetanyahuCommentsLoading...In the NewsIn the News: Live UpdatesWest BankNetanyahuMichigan PrimaryLebanonElection PollsHaQuizHaaretz PodcastHow Grapevines Left Behind in 1948 Survived Against All OddsAliases and Unpaid Bills: How the Netanyahus Worked Israel's Healthcare SystemHaaretz CartoonBody of Missing Man Found in Central Israel; Friends Suspected of MurderMossad Chief Removes Senior Officials After Failed Iran OperationRemembering and rebuilding two years laterICYMIThis Israeli ultra-Orthodox Feminist Activist Has a Warning for U.S. JewsHow Israel's Elbit Armed the United Arab Emirates'I Tried, I Got Crushed by AIPAC': Andy Levin Is All-in for El-SayedIt's No Wonder Israelis Want War. Violence Has Become a Source of JoyIsrael Captured 230 Square Miles of Lebanon, Razed Villages and Built New BasesFormer Mossad Chief Appointed to Lead U.S. Defense Technology Company