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The battle over Channel 13 reveals how Netanyahu has for years recruited foreign tycoons to help him reshape the media and kill critical coverage and journalistic independence
On the day the staggering scale of Assaf Rappaport and his three partners' exit from Wiz became clear – the Israeli startup was sold to Google in March 2025 for $32 billion – some dared to hope that part of the vast windfall might be directed toward the public struggle against the coalition of destruction and dictatorship that's dragging the country downward. A Tel Aviv liberal, involved from the outset in the battle over Israel's democratic character, was involved in that whole mind-boggling deal? There could hardly have been better news for the exhausted masses protesting in the streets for over two years and in dire need of a shot in the arm.
