Bezeq owner, ex-Netanyahu adviser remanded until Sunday in Bezeq case

Shaul Elovitch, the majority shareholder in the Bezeq telecommunications company, and Nir Hefetz, a former media adviser for Prime Minister Netanyahu, are remanded until Sunday.

A third suspect, media adviser Eli Kamir, suspected of being a go-between linking Hefetz, and possibly Netanyahu, to Bezeq, in exchange for a massive retainer is remanded until Wednesday.

The decision, handed down by the Tel Aviv Magistrate’s Court, comes despite attempts by the suspects’ lawyers to argue that a leaked text exchange — published yesterday — between a judge and one of the investigators in the case invalidated the state’s bid to hold them in custody.

Elovitch is suspected of providing favorable coverage to Netanyahu and his family — along with possible other illicit benefits — in exchange for the enactment of policies that benefited him greatly.