Israel broadcasting authority

High Court freezes broadcasting law, orders answers on legislative defects

In September, Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara asked the High Court of Justice to freeze the Broadcasting Law until it rules on 11 petitions challenging it.

OCTOBER 29, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026

Israeli radio journalist Gideon Kutz. October 11, 2019.

Israeli public broadcasting icon, journalist Prof. Gideon Kutz dies at age 78

Kutz served for four decades as Voice of Israel's correspondent in Paris and was one of the most recognizable voices of Israeli public broadcasting in the French and European arena.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2026|ByMOSHE COHEN

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 9, 2025

Communications c'mtee approves splitting Karhi's media legislation amid legal adviser's opposition

Under the split, the first part of the bill will deal mainly with restructuring Israel’s broadcasting oversight system, including laying the groundwork for a new media regulator.

MAY 25, 2026|BySHIR PERETS

Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

Israel's broadcasting law poses 'grave risk,' A-G says, urging High Court to hear petitions

In a preliminary High Court response, the attorney-general said the government bypassed legal safeguards in the Broadcasting Law and asked for early intervention to halt a rare governance breakdown.

FEBRUARY 3, 2026|BySARAH BEN-NUN

Public broadcasting like KAN is key to a democracy - editorial

We endorse the president’s support for the broadcaster - our democracy needs a diversity of programming.

FEBRUARY 9, 2023ByJPOST EDITORIAL

FILE PHOTO: Employees work in the offices of Kan, the new Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2016.

Herzog comes out in support of public broadcasting amid shutdown plans

Herzog expressed the importance of public broadcasting, especially with upcoming political anniversaries.

FEBRUARY 8, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

Grapevine February 1, 2023: A clenched fist

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 31, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG with Magen David Adom paramedic Fadi Dekidek.

Will Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation be closed by budget cuts?

The situation with the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation is déjà vu for those who remember the fate of the Israel Broadcasting Authority.

JANUARY 22, 2023ByGREER FAY CASHMAN

An emergency meeting of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, on January 23, 2023.

Communications Min: Public broadcasting budget to be massively reduced

Karhi and the Likud have spoken in the past about their intention to privatize Kan and open it to competition.

JANUARY 15, 2023ByMAARIV ONLINE

Nurit Hirsh: Israel's beloved songwriter, making hits for over 60 years

If you fancy two hours of peace, for us and for all of Israel, you might not even need any help from on high. Just wangle a ticket for the Hirsh/Sutton spectacular before the run finishes.

NOVEMBER 12, 2022ByPAMELA PELED

Can Israel's new Fox News-style channel bring Netanyahu back to power? - analysis

Will the new Channel 14's ideological bend keep it from being accepted into mainstream Israeli television culture?

NOVEMBER 29, 2021ByGIL HOFFMAN

Opposition head Benjamin Netanyahu at the opening broadcast of Channel 14, November 27, 2021.

Netflix may be required to make original Israeli content

Authorities in charge of regulating television, cable, and radio broadcasting will be combined into a single unified media regulator under the recommendations made by the Folkman Committee.

JULY 27, 2021ByZEV STUB