Israel's prime-minister designate Benjamin Netanyahu won a lawsuit against ex-premier Ehud Olmert on Monday when a judge ruled Olmert defamed the Netanyahu family by branding them mentally ill.
What happened on Sunday, 12 June in court during the hearing of the Netanyahu family's defamation lawsuit against Olmert crossed a red line. Psychiatrist Ilan Rabinovich explains why.
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Olmert made the request last month after the Netanyahu family sued him after he said the former prime minister, his wife Sara and son Yair were mentally ill and repeatedly refused to apologize
As part of defamation suit against him, former PM sought access to medical records of successor and his family to support his claim they are 'mentally ill'