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Hefetz's cross-examination phase begins: "Netanyahu told me - Moses is trying to overthrow me"
As the hearings progressed, the state witness in the Alps cases once again testified about his part in the 2000 case, and today he will begin to be questioned by the defense.
He spoke about the prime minister's attitude toward the Yedioth Ahronoth publisher and said that Sarah and Yair led to the dismissal of a media consultant who offered to hug Bennett: "It was with shouts and curses."
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Yael Friedson
Tuesday, 30 November 2021, 09:00 Updated: 12:43
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In the video: Nir Hefetz on the delicate stand in the 4000 case (Photo: Roni Kanfo)
Nir Hefetz, a state witness in the Alps cases, testified today (Tuesday) once again in the Jerusalem District Court about his part in the 2000 case, the Netanyahu-Mozes case.
His testimony in this case began yesterday, with the completion of the main investigation in the 4000 case, the Bezeq-Walla !.
The main investigation into his case is also coming to an end today, and he will begin to be cross-examined by the defense.
Because of the lawsuit, the testimony of former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's engagement adviser is supposed to substantiate the bribery intentions attributed to him in the 4000 case, as well as shed light on his involvement in the 1000 case (the gifts affair) and the 2000 case (the Netanyahu-Mozes affair).
In his testimony today, Hefetz recounted how Netanyahu perceived the actions of Noni Mozes, owners of Yedioth Ahronoth and the Vynt website, in the years in which the case was being handled and in the vicinity of the election campaigns.
He said that Netanyahu told him that Mozes was "trying to overthrow him," and that he himself did not see any possibility of changing the nature of the newspaper's coverage.
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An object in his testimony, today (Photo: Flash 90, Yonatan Zindel)
Hefetz also said that in the 2015 election campaign, Netanyahu's entourage did not address Yedioth Ahronoth. "I took into account that Yedioth is a 'lost case,'" Hefetz said, describing the experience of Eran Tiefenbrunn (editor of Wint at the time, now editor of Walla! "I do not believe Steffenbron would have dared to go to a meeting without Moses' knowledge, but ask him, he is a prosecution witness here," Hefetz added.
The state witness described a situation in which a strategic adviser who worked in Netanyahu's election campaign was fired under the influence of Sarah and Yair Netanyahu. According to Hefetz, Sara and Yair led a line demanding that they attack Naftali Bennett and Ayelet Shaked, while the adviser offered to "hug" them. "There was a storm led by Sarah and Yair, especially Sarah, shortly before the election, and he was fired during the shouting and cursing conversation. On the same day, Benjamin Netanyahu sent him on his way. He is an honest man so he sat at home and no one knew about it," he said.
"The counselor was fired for shouting and cursing."
Sarah and Yair Netanyahu (Photo: Flash 90, Hadas Porush)
During the discussion, a telephone conversation took place between Hefetz and Arnon Milchen, after Netanyahu and his family asked Hefetz to convey messages to Mozes regarding the distribution of Israel today.
Hefetz referred to his statement in the same conversation, "Return to 85,000 (copies of Israel Today)": "A significant part of the fire between Israel Today and Yedioth Ahronoth and Netanyahu was around the number of copies that Israel Today will distribute this weekend. Netanyahu will claim that he is being blackmailed and I will get into trouble. "
Hefetz explained that after being asked to provide figures on the extent of Israel's distribution this weekend, he offered a compromise proposal: two weeks in which no negative news items against the Netanyahu family would be published in Yedioth Ahronoth.
This, he said, was in order to create peace so that they would leave him alone.
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A key witness at trial
Hefetz, who accompanied the Netanyahu couple for years, is considered a key witness in the trial, and in particular in the 4000 case. Most of his testimony to the police concerned the pressure exerted on the Walla!
To skew the coverage in favor of the Netanyahu family.
He also revealed to investigators a four-way meeting between Netanyahu and the controlling shareholder in Bezeq-Walla!
Shaul Alovich, which was held at a very critical moment in the criminal timeline, as the investigators portrayed it.
The existence of the meeting was crossed by further evidence.
The object itself was not present at the meeting, but provided evidence from events that occurred around it and testified to software.
Yesterday he recounted what led him to sign a state witness agreement with the prosecution, describing the pressures exerted on him, the difficult detention days, said he was in physical and cognitive weakness that made it difficult for him to think, and stressed at the end that he decided to hand himself over to the lawyer. For analysis. "
The courtroom (Photo: Reuven Castro)
What is Netanyahu accused of?
In the 1000 case
(the gifts affair), Netanyahu is accused of receiving benefits from businessmen Arnon Milchen and James Packer worth about NIS 700,000, while he served as prime minister. The main gifts were cigars, champagne packages and jewelry.
In addition, it was alleged that Netanyahu acted in Milchen's favor in three matters, in which the businessman sought his intervention: he approached US Secretary of State John Kerry to extend the businessman's visa, he approached Finance Minister Yair Lapid to extend the exemption. A tax for returning residents, and he worked to promote a merger of "Keshet" and "Reshet" - ostensibly at Milchen's request. According to the lawsuit, these acts damaged the image of the public service and the public's trust in it.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust.
File 2000
The Netanyahu-Mozes affair deals with talks between Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Noni Mozes. The deal is Mozes, so he is accused of bribery. On the other hand, the ombudsman was also convinced that Netanyahu did not intend to complete the bribe deal, but continued the talks with Mozes to improve his coverage in the Yedioth group, and there are some actions for that purpose.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused of fraud and breach of trust.
The 4000 case
(Bezeq-Walla affair) The most serious case for the prime minister deals with regulatory benefits worth hundreds of millions of shekels, which Netanyahu allegedly granted to Elowitz.
In return, according to the indictment, Elovich acted to skew the coverage on the Walla! Website, which was under his control.
In this case, Netanyahu is accused of bribery.
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