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Former CEO of Walla news website Ilan Yeshua arrives for his testimony in the case against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the District Court in Jerusalem, April 12, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
The former CEO of the Walla news site on Monday continued his key testimony in one of the cases against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, providing further information on the premier’s alleged heavy involvement in the editorial process around 2015.
At the Jerusalem District Court, Ilan Yeshua recounted an interview with Netanyahu ahead of that year’s election that was handed over for the prime minister to make edits to at his request.
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“Scum of the earth, corrupt Liat Ben-Ari, we are in favor of Bibi, we will make your life miserable until you commit suicide,” the error-ridden Hebrew-language letter said. “We will look you in the eye every day, you fucker.”
The letter was signed with the names of Orly Lev and Itzik Zarka, two Likud activists who have been leading protests against Ben-Ari and other law enforcement officials.
But both denied having anything to do with the letter, and police believe that it was sent by a man called Moshe Alon.
The cyber department of police’s Lahav 433 special crimes unit has recently told the Rishon Lezion Magistrate’s Court that during the investigation, “DNA samples were collected for comparison to the seized threat letter.”
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Apr. 7, 2021 5:59 AM
For months, Naftali Bennett tried to persuade listeners that his priorities had changed completely – no more right versus left, no more of those shopworn disputes that will never be settled, no more hackneyed arguments that will never end in agreement. “If it’s not about jobs then it’s not interesting,” was his slogan.
Every speech of his during the election campaign opened with a personal anecdote: I met Miriam, I spoke with David, I heard about her/his difficulties, the business that collapsed, the shattered dreams, the fear of the future.