New leaks from conversations between Benjamin Netanyahu and Yedioth Ahronoth publisher Arnon Mozes reveal the prime minister discussing which journalists are unacceptably hostile to him, and the newspaper mogul pondering how to marginalize them, in the latest dramatic developments in a corruption investigation that threatens Netanyahu’s hold on power.
Before it was disclosed on Sunday that Yediot Aharonot publisher Noni short for Arnon Mozes was the Israeli mystery man involved in corruption allegations against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, there was another important Arnon who, according to media reports, was intricately involved.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s lawyer on Friday dismissed the notion that there was anything criminal in the prime minister accepting gifts of expensive cigars for years from a Hollywood producer and businessman, and said the prime minister had nothing to fear, either, from a second series of corruption allegations.