Secure-a-pee: 20 guard Netanyahu’s toilet break

Travellers bursting for the bathroom at New York’s Sherry-Netherland Hotel would have found the restroom fully occupied for a brief moment on Tuesday night, as Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu answered the call of nature – accompanied by 20 bodyguards, The New Arab reported.

While out at dinner with his wife in New York, “around 20 security guards got up with Bibi and a few went into the bathroom with him. One watched the door, and the rest lined up with their arms up to form a human barricade, so nobody could enter the bathroom or even get close,” a bystander told the New York Post.

“He must be the most protected man in the world right now.”

The security officials also checked the parameters prior to Netanyahu’s arrival. A security ring was set up around the hotel.

“In order to get to the restaurant, you had to walk around the block to a barricaded area, which was manned by security and attack dogs,” said a source.

“Guests were patted down and had to go through metal detectors,” the source added.

Having taken up half the space in the restaurant and the toilets, while also inconveniencing those in the area, the Israeli leader had unwittingly brought a taste of the West Bank to New York, The New Arab said.

Thankfully for those on New York’s Fifth Avenue, this occupation didn’t last too long.