Paper: Netanyahu threatened publisher in secret talks

11 January 2017, 7:54 pm

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Haaretz, quoting sources involved in the reported secret talks between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yedioth publisher Arnon Mozes, reports that the prime minister threatened the media baron during their talks.

During the conversations, tapes of which the police reportedly have hours of, Netanyahu told Mozes “if he smears him, he will take care of him,” in the language of the paper.

The paper also reports that Mozes complained to Netanyahu that he wouldn’t let him destroy his family business built by his grandfather.

However, Mozes told Netanyahu he would be willing to fire Igal Sarna, who sits on the Yedioth editorial board and is seen as a prominent enemy of Netanyahu, but doing so would be complicated, according to the report.