Erik Shitelman

Rapid founder and CEO Erik Shitelman is fighting for the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball club and demands an apology after a defamatory segment on Sport 5, a channel controlled by his rivals, the Recanati family. He is suing for 640,000 shekels from each party, totaling 1.8 million shekels, and promises to donate the proceeds to sports fans and IDF soldiers.