The Calcalist newspaper reported Sunday morning that the investor who is negotiating to receive the option to buy the controlling shares in the El Al company is national-religious yeshiva student Eli Rosenberg.
Rosenberg is an American with Israeli citizenship. He is managing the contacts on behalf of his family business. His father, Naftali, is a businessman who oversees many real estate sites in the US, including several hotels. Naftali is reportedly behind the attempt to acquire Israel’s national airline, but cannot do so himself as he is not an Israeli citizen.
The negotiations are far from concluded as the government continues efforts to rescue El Al from the financial crisis it has faced during the coronavirus pandemic.
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