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Nir Hefetz appearance in court delayed by a week amid revelations of fresh evidence against the former PM; former aide expected to testify to widespread meddling in media landscape
Hefetz says Netanyahu himself was Elovitch's top choice, describes how he conveyed messages from mogul to then-PM; prosecutors clarify Hefetz not sent to talk to ministry director
0 shares Supporters of the Socialist Party wave flags during a rally of their party in Tirana, Albania, April 22, 2021. (AP) For nearly a year, one of the most outspoken defenders of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has maintained near-total radio silence. On May 24, 2020, Jonatan Urich, a Likud spokesman, close adviser to the premier and chum of Netanyahu’s bluntly outspoken son Yair, fired off four tweets in support of the prime minister, who was making history that day as the first sitting head of the government in the country’s history to go on trial. Then he stopped tweeting, ...