‘Netanyahu pushed me to create an Israeli Fox News, said I can make a lot of money from it’

In police testimony seen by Haaretz, the prime minister approached billionaire Len Blavatnik with a request to buy a news channel long seen as a thorn in Netanyahu’s side and turn it into a right-wing media outlet https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-netanyahu-pushed-me-to-create-an-israeli-fox-news-1.8919543 #benjamin_netanyahu #israel_police #israel_culture