The High Court of Justice invalidated the government's decision to shutter Army Radio in December on Thursday.
The reason, the ruling reads, is that those who made the decision acted in part because they felt the station did not align with their own positions - considerations the court found to be “improper and invalid.”
The court ruled unanimously in favor of petitions filed against the planned closure, striking down the government’s effort to shut the military broadcaster after 75 years on air.
High court moves to block gov. order to shutter Army Radio
The government unanimously approved Army Radio’s closure in December 2025, with the station initially set to cease broadcasting on March 1, 2026. The closure was delayed after the High Court agreed to hear petitions challenging the decision.
“It cannot be that someone in a position of power will decide that because they don't like what a broadcaster is saying, that microphone should be ‘turned off,’” wrote Justice Yechiel Kasher.
“Such governance is unequivocally undemocratic, because a cornerstone of any democracy is the recognition that those in power cannot use it to silence voices they disagree with,” he added.