Shlomo Ben Zvi, the former publisher of the newspapers 'Maariv' and 'Makor Rishon', left Israel with his family and moved his residence to the United States. This is reported by the Walla website's Bernaje channel..
According to one of his associates, Ben Zvi left the Ofra community where he lived to go abroad, and he now lives in Boston, Massachusetts.
When asked what he is doing these days, the insider said that Ben-Zvi is teaching a course at Harvard University in the nearby city of Cambridge. The university did not respond to a request for comment. Walla Please verify the facts and provide details about his role. Another person close to Ben Zvi said that, as far as he knows, he intends to return to Israel in the future - but he could not say when.
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Shlomo Ben-Zvi left Israel a few months after the company he owned, Hirsch Estate, ran into financial difficulties and his media businesses collapsed. After a freezing order was issued at his request for the newspapers, they were sold to businessmen Eli Azur (Maariv) and Sheldon Adelson (Makor Rishon).
Legal proceedings are underway against Ben Zvi in Israel, due to claims about debts he left behind.
The law firm Goldblatt, Gindes, Yariv, which has been representing Shlomo Ben-Zvi since the newspapers' proceedings were frozen, confirmed toWalla, because he does not live in Israel.
