以色列總理夫人因花公款叫外賣而上法庭

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's wife, Sara Netanyahu, appeared in court last Sunday for the first hearing in the fraud trial against her, in which she is alleged to have misused state funds in ordering catered meals.

上週日，以色列總理本雅明·內塔尼亞胡的妻子薩拉·內塔尼亞胡現身法庭，出席對她所受欺詐指控審理的首場聽證會。薩拉被控濫用政府公款點外賣。

According to the indictment, Sara Netanyahu, along with a government employee, fraudulently obtained from the state more than $100,000 for hundreds of meals supplied by restaurants, bypassing regulations that prohibit the practice if a cook is employed at home.

根據起訴書，薩拉·內塔尼亞胡和某政府僱員規避“總理官邸如僱有廚師則禁止從外部訂餐”的規定，騙取政府公款超10萬美元，爲數百頓餐館提供的餐食買單。

Netanyahu denies any wrongdoing.

不過薩拉否認自己有任何不當行爲。

She was charged in June with fraud and breach of trust and of aggravated fraudulent receipt of goods. If convicted, Sara Netanyahu could face up to five years in prison.

今年6月，她被控欺詐、違背信任以及嚴重的僞造發票罪。如果罪名成立，薩拉將面臨最高5年的監禁。

The prime minister, who himself is embroiled in corruption investigations, has called the allegations against his wife absurd and unfounded.

腐敗調查纏身的首相本雅明·內塔尼亞胡稱，針對妻子的指控荒唐且毫無根據。

Sara Netanyahu, 59, has inspired a multitude of headlines in the past over what family spokesmen call an undeserved reputation for imperiousness.

薩拉·內塔尼亞胡今年59歲，曾因家庭發言人稱其因專橫而浪得虛名，登上了衆多頭條新聞。

In 2017 the Netanyahus won a suit against an Israeli journalist who said Sara once kicked her husband out of their car during an argument.

2017年，內塔尼亞胡夫婦贏得了對一名以色列記者的訴訟，該記者稱薩拉曾在一場爭吵中將其丈夫踢出汽車。

In 2016, a Jerusalem labor court ruled that she had insulted household staff in the prime minister's official residence.

2016年，耶路撒冷的一家勞工法院裁定，薩拉在總理官邸曾對家政人員進行侮辱。