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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 652

Ofer Golan

Aides Yisrael Einhorn (left) and Jonatan Urich (center) with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in 2019. (Courtesy)
February 11, 2025, 3:34 pm
3 senior Netanyahu aides indicted for witness intimidation in PM’s corruption cases
Prosecutors allege the three men sent a car with a loudspeaker to the home of a state witness to play messages critical of his testimony
By Jeremy Sharon
(R-L) Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, digital adviser Topaz Luk, and Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 21, 2023, 10:40 pm
3 ex-Netanyahu aides may face charges for allegedly harassing witness in his trial
Jonatan Urich, Ofer Golan and Yisrael Einhorn to be charged, pending hearing, for allegedly sending van with loudspeakers to home of Shlomo Filber and blaring accusations of lying
By ToI Staff
(R-L) Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, digital adviser Topaz Luk, and Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 27, 2022, 8:47 pm
Likud rapped for paying legal fees of probed Netanyahu aides
Party funding used to cover costs of representation for, among others, Yonatan Urich and Ofer Golan as they were investigated on suspicion of intimidating state witness
By ToI Staff
(R-L) Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, digital adviser Topaz Luk, and Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 11, 2022, 1:43 pm
Supreme Court okays search of Netanyahu ex-aides’ phones in witness harassment case
But panel of 9 justices slams police for illegally initiating review of Yonatan Urich’s and Ofer Golan’s phones, saying legislation needed to ensure privacy in future probes
By ToI Staff
Topaz Luk, social media adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, arrives with the premier at the Knesset, September 15, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 22, 2020, 9:30 pm
Netanyahu aides fined for violating quarantine
Social media adviser Topaz Luk, foreign policy adviser Reuven Azar ordered to pay NIS 5,000 each; Luk sues ex-PM Barak, journalists for claims he staged footage at anti-PM rallies
By ToI Staff
MK Yifat Shasha-Biton at a Knesset coronavirus committee meeting on July 19, 2020. (screen capture: Knesset livestream)
September 21, 2020, 10:55 pm
Knesset virus committee chief: PM should ‘get it together,’ stop casting blame
After Netanyahu intimates her actions contributed to case surge, Likud MK urges him to focus on solutions, ‘not shirking responsibility and slinging mud and filth’
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives for a Likud party meeting at the Knesset, May 25, 2020. (Flash90)
September 21, 2020, 9:25 pm
Netanyahu defends quarantine-breaking aides, chiding ‘selective enforcement’
Premier’s social media adviser, spotted filming protest, says he’s sorry to ‘become a tool for attacks on the prime minister,’ will pay fine
By ToI Staff
Topaz Luk, left, and Ofer Golan are seen at a protest against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu near his official residence in Jerusalem on September 21, 2020. (Screen capture: Twitter)
September 21, 2020, 11:28 am
Netanyahu aide spotted appearing to break quarantine to film anti-PM protest
Topaz Luk accused of ‘staging a scene’ of coronavirus deniers protesting near premier’s residence as part of efforts to discredit rallies; Likud says he was going to COVID-19 test
By ToI Staff
(R-L) Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, digital adviser Topaz Luk, and Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 21, 2020, 3:04 pm
Court okays police search of Netanyahu aides’ phones in witness harassment case
Tel Aviv District Court overturns lower court’s ruling, approves search of four devices; attorneys for officials say they will appeal to Supreme Court
By ToI Staff
Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager and Netanyahu family spokesman, arrives at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 19, 2020, 7:14 pm
Court rejects 3 of 4 search warrant requests for Netanyahu aides’ phones
Judge finds that police based bids on material found in previous, illegal review of devices, during investigation of alleged harassment of state witness against PM
By ToI Staff
Spokesperson for the Likud party and for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Jonatan Urich, arrives at a conference organized by the Makor Rishon newspaper and the Bnei Akiva youth movement at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, November 11, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
December 25, 2019, 1:34 pm
Supreme Court questions validity of police warrant to search PM aides’ phones
Judge rules magistrate’s court should make decision on whether request to access phones of Netanyahu’s party spokesman and campaign manager is based on illegally obtained material
By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff
Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager and Netanyahu family spokesman, arrives at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 19, 2019, 4:23 pm
Court green-lights police searches of Netanyahu aides’ phones
Ofer Golan and Jonatan Urich, accused of intimidating a state’s witness, are expected to appeal to Supreme Court
By ToI Staff
Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager and Netanyahu family spokesman, arrives at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 7, 2019, 3:30 pm
Netanyahu confidants appeal against police searches of their phones
Ofer Golan and Jonatan Urich accuse investigators of using harassment allegations against them as pretext to get dirt on the prime minister
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the Christian Media Summit in Jerusalem on November 3, 2019. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 3, 2019, 10:34 pm
Netanyahu backs aides in harassment probe, says police conduct ‘not okay’
PM also defends his justice minister’s attack on state prosecutors and judiciary, says no institution above reproach
By ToI Staff
(R-L) Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, digital adviser Topaz Luk, and Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 3, 2019, 4:57 pm
PM aides accused of witness tampering may face upgraded charges
Ofer Golan and Jonatan Urich now suspected of witness intimidation, which carries a heavier maximum punishment; pair claims case should have been closed
By ToI Staff
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