They described the report as "totally baseless."

Gilbert Kiggins, a Total vice president, called that report "absolutely and totally baseless."

Time responded to yesterday's news by calling the complaint "totally baseless."

"The assertions that these folks were making all along were totally baseless, and we proved that on Saturday," he said.

He said: "These allegations are politically motivated and totally baseless.

I express my sorrow about complaints like these - thrown in the air - that increase hatred among Israel, and are totally baseless.

He dismissed accusations from opposition parties as "totally baseless".

"These reports are lies and totally baseless."

"Any thought that he is a threat is totally baseless," he said.

"If such words have been said, they are totally baseless."