Ofer Golan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s long-standing advisor and spokesman, will step down after a decade working for the Netanyahu household, the pair introduced in a joint assertion on Wednesday.
They expressed mutual appreciation for his or her long-standing partnership, with Netanyahu thanking him and saying, “Over time, Ofer has been a associate within the journey. He acted with nice professionalism and dedication, with full dedication and discretion, and made a major contribution to me with clever recommendation and customary sense.”
Golan believes in Netanyahu’s mission
“I’m ending my position with monumental appreciation for the Prime Minister and with fervent religion in him,” Golan mentioned, emphasizing his religion within the Prime Minister’s mission.
“I’ve seen firsthand his unimaginable capability to skillfully navigate between needs, constraints, and desires, whereas uncompromisingly safeguarding the nice of the nation and its residents,” he added.
“I noticed how the Prime Minister runs the nation with awe, and I watched in amazement how with nice energy of spirit he brings about historic strikes which have formed, strengthened, and fortified the State of Israel – and in reality, redefined it,” he defined of his work alongside Netanyahu.
Golan additionally thanked the Netanyahu household, saying that he wished to “personally thank the Prime Minister’s spouse, Mrs. Sara Netanyahu, and all of the relations, for a decade of joint and intensive work.”
“I’ve been granted full belief, extraordinary closeness, and heat therapy which have change into an inseparable a part of my skilled and private path. I thank the Netanyahu household for the privilege of standing by their facet even in essentially the most difficult moments, out of a deep sense of true partnership,” he concluded.
Golan’s witness harassment case
Again in February, Golan had an indictment filed in opposition to him by State Legal professional Amit Aisman for reportedly harassing Shlomo (Momo) Filber, the state’s witness within the trial instances in opposition to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
He was indicted alongside Yonatan Urich, who served as a strategic adviser and inventive director on the Likud’s election headquarters, and Israel Einhorn, who served because the celebration’s spokesman.
In 2018-2019, a police investigation was performed, by which Netanyahu was additionally questioned within the “Case 4000” affair. As a part of this investigation, Filber, who was additionally the previous director-general of the Communications Ministry, served as a state witness.
Every week after the indictment, Golan and Urlich requested Choose Dror Kleitman to cancel it, citing abuse of course of. They argued that regulation enforcement violated primary authorized safeguards on the outset and later sought to retroactively legitimize these steps, undermining the integrity of the case.
Sarah Ben-Nun contributed to this report.
