“The factory of lies surrounding Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hospitalization continued like an episode of a sitcom,” Yossi Verter, a political writer for Israel’s left-leaning daily Haaretz, wrote on Monday. But worrying critics most has been the hospital’s contradictory assessments of Netanyahu’s health and a wider lack of government transparency. Netanyahu's health saga started last week, after a scorching day spent on a boat in the Sea of Galilee with his family. The doctors' delayed acknowledgment of Netanyahu's condition sparked intense public criticism. “This is a disaster: The doctors knew about his medical condition and lied to the people,” said Eliad Shraga, Chairman of the Movement for Quality Governance in Israel, a civil society group.

Source: ABC News July 25, 2023 13:52 UTC