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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 646

Nir Hefetz

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends his trial on corruption charges at the District Court in Tel Aviv, Israel, Monday, Jan. 27, 2025. At left is his lawyer Amit Hadad. Center is his personal physician, Dr. Zvika Berkowitz. (Yariv Katz/Pool Photo via AP)
January 27, 2025, 6:49 pm
Netanyahu accuses police of extorting ‘false testimony’ from state witnesses
Back on stand after break due to surgery, PM, with his doctor present, tells judges he was ‘very disappointed’ they ignored his postoperative needs in refusing to cancel some hearings
By Jeremy Sharon
Hadas Klein and Nir Hefetz appear separately in the Jerusalem District Court for their testimony in Benjamin Netanyahu's corruption trial. (Flash90)
November 28, 2022, 1:57 pm
4 indicted for online threats against key witnesses in Netanyahu corruption trial
Individuals charged with making series of abusive comments against Hadas Klein and Nir Hefetz, including post stating ‘on the day you die we will rejoice’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara on the night of the Israeli elections, at the party headquarters in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2020 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
October 20, 2022, 1:29 am
Sara Netanyahu heard calling ex-Shin Bet chief Diskin a ‘moron’ in recording
Tape airs of former PM’s wife complaining that security service only ‘covers its ass,’ ex-aide Hefetz details Yair Netanyahu’s attempts to meddle in sensitive security decisions
By Ash Obel and ToI Staff
Anchors and presenters of Now 14, the TV news channel in Israel formerly at Channel 20. (Courtesy Channel 14)
January 14, 2022, 3:20 pm
Repositioned news channel 14 aims for mainstream while keeping pro-Netanyahu script
The former Channel 20 is trying to make itself into a true conservative alternative to news channels 12 and 13, but critics say doing so will mean breaking with the former PM
By Jessica Steinberg
Illustrative: Former Prime Minister's Office manager Nir Hefetz, (center) and Israeli media tycoon Shaul Elovitch (left back) and Eli Kamir (right back) seen at the courtroom for the extension of their remand in Case 4000, at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court, February 26, 2018. (Flash90)
January 9, 2022, 3:03 pm
High-profile cases shine harsh light on Israel’s draconian interrogation tactics
As they dominate headlines, former Netanyahu aide Nir Hefetz and businessman Moshe Hogeg allege their testimonies were extracted cruelly; rights activists say that’s nothing new
By Chen Shalita
Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Cabinet Secretary Tzachi Braverman during the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, January 29, 2017. (Ohad Zwigenberg/POOL)
December 29, 2021, 11:43 pm
In recording, ex-cabinet chief admits shredding docs before Netanyahu departed as PM
But former premier’s Likud party says Tzachi Braverman was referring to personal documents and copies of originals that were already digitally archived
By ToI Staff
Nir Hefetz arrives for a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Jerusalem District Court, December 29, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 29, 2021, 3:12 pm
Key state witness ends testimony, says was ‘very difficult’ to go against Netanyahu
Nir Hefetz, a former aide to ex-premier, wraps up 5 weeks of hearings in high-profile corruption trial, telling reporters: ‘I only went with the truth’
By Michael Bachner and ToI Staff
Nir Hefetz at the Jerusalem District Court, on December 28, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
December 28, 2021, 8:16 pm
Ex-aide: Netanyahu pushed Adelson to set up Israel Hayom ‘to take down’ Yedioth
Nir Hefetz tells court that the former PM would threaten the publisher of Yedioth Ahronoth by claiming he had ‘personal information’ about him
By ToI Staff
Nir Hefetz at a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem on December 27, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 27, 2021, 5:45 pm
Ex-aide testifies Netanyahu saw newspaper publisher as his ‘true opposition’
Nir Hefetz says at cross-examination that former premier blamed all Israeli negative coverage on Yedioth Ahronoth’s Arnon Mozes, wanted to threaten him
By ToI Staff
FILE -- Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Nir Hefetz arrive at the weekly cabinet meeting held in the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Dec 13, 2009 (Yossi Zamir/Flash 90)
December 22, 2021, 2:48 am
Ex-Netanyahu aide says at trial: ‘He shredded everything, even grocery lists’
Key witness for prosecution in graft case, Nir Hefetz, says he and PM’s associates used to delete electronic messages for fear of recriminations
By ToI Staff
Nir Hefetz seen as he arrives for a court hearing in the trial against former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, at the District Court in Jerusalem, December 13, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 15, 2021, 10:30 pm
Key witness says he made media demands for Sara Netanyahu under premier’s name
Hefetz says he was conflicted about testifying against former PM’s wife: ‘She has many beautiful qualities’; says neither he nor Netanyahu thought they were doing anything illegal
By ToI Staff
Nir Hefetz at the Jerusalem District Court in Jerusalem on December 7, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 7, 2021, 5:00 pm
Ex-aide testifies Netanyahu ‘tried to rob state funds for personal needs’
Nir Hefetz says then-PM knew he was in ‘criminally problematic place’; backtracks on claims of being pressured by police: ‘I was in negotiations’
By ToI Staff
Nir Hefetz at the District Court in Jerusalem on December 6, 2021 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 6, 2021, 2:35 pm
Ex-Netanyahu aide testifies: I left my job when I felt PM wasn’t fit to serve
State witness Nir Hefetz tells court about 2017 security incident that he asserts endangered thousands; also says his interrogation was ‘more persecution than investigation’
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Nir Hefetz, former spokesman of Benjamin Netanyahu, is pictured outside a Jerusalem court house, on November 16, 2021. (JACK GUEZ / POOL / AFP)
December 6, 2021, 6:59 am
Police detain, confiscate gun from man who threatened key Netanyahu trial witness
Veteran Likud activist Moti Naftali suspected of shouting ‘Nir Hefetz should die, Nir Hefetz should not live’ during protest outside Jerusalem court
By Shalom Yerushalmi and ToI Staff
Nir Hefetz seen as he arrives for a court hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on December 1, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 1, 2021, 5:01 pm
Netanyahu trial witness says interrogators threatened to destroy his family
During cross-examination, Nir Hefetz describes the ‘vile’ conditions of his detention that caused him to break after 11 days and turn state witness against his former boss
By ToI Staff
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