""Lies and falsehoods": Tzachi Braverman demands compensation and an apology from Michael Shemesh

November 10, 2024   

The Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, Tzachi Braverman, sent a warning letter this morning (Sunday) to journalist Michael Shemesh and CEO of 'Kan' Corporation Golan Yochpaz, following the report that he is allegedly involved in a suspicion of blackmailing an officer who worked with the bureau. In the letter, Braverman demands that Shemesh retract his statements - and that they be removed from wherever they were published, along with publishing an apology and financial compensation in the amount of 100,000 shekels. Braverman's lawyer, Attorney Hor Ariel Nizri, wrote: "My client is astonished by your publications, as the things are untrue, extremely serious, and even cross the civil threshold into the realm of actual incitement, which gives my client the right to sue even by virtue of a breach of statutory duty, when you chose to spread false and untruthful words, actual incitement during wartime under the guise of a journalistic report. "From the entirety of what is stated in the publication in general and in particular in the parts where my client is mentioned, difficult and serious things are brought forward Against my client, which not only amounts to defamation of the existing high standard and perhaps even a new and despicable standard, based on what is clear to everyone, that it was done maliciously and with the intention of harming, alongside the timing in which you chose to publish the things and even without requesting a response before publishing the things, a fact which in itself indicates a lack of good faith, once again." The lawyer emphasizes: "My client is distressed that a malicious attempt has been made to attribute to him actions that did not exist and were not created, and from which serious allegations of wrongful acts on the part of my client arise while there are no bears or forests. "My client is striving for full cooperation between the parties to assist in the goals of the war these days." According to Michael Shemesh's report in Kan News, Braverman allegedly possesses sensitive documentation of an officer who worked with the bureau, which raises concerns about an attempt to blackmail the officer. Braverman strongly denied the claims and claimed: "This is a pile of lies." This is a request that reached the Chief of Staff several months ago, in which the claim was raised that Braverman allegedly possessed, in one way or another, sensitive documentation of that officer. The concern raised by the complaint is that the Prime Minister's Office is trying to blackmail the officer by obtaining the documentation and using it in one way or another.