Eight days after the incident at the Maccabiah opening ceremony, the Prime Minister and his wife Sara Netanyahu issued a harsh statement denying the claims of the dismissal of the adviser Yossi Bas'ad: "A factory of lies" • "Bas'ad announced that he intends to file a libel suit against the media that published the news," they said • On the other hand, sources familiar with the details claimed that Bas'ad was fired and even burst into tears