Israel broadcasting authority

Inside Israel's media war: Who shapes the narrative now?

As Israel moves to overhaul its media system, journalists, lawmakers, and critics clash over power, press freedom, and the future of Israeli democracy

|ByRUTH MARKS EGLASH
Israel's media in the eye of the storm.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with Communications Minister Shlomo Kahri in the Knesset. Kahri advocates opening up the media market in Israel.

The case for ending Israel's media monopoly protections - opinion

By loosening regulations and expanding competition, the broadcast reform weakens monopolies and reduces political leverage

|ByOMER DOSTRI
Noa Aharoni’s documentary ‘Eyes Wide Open’ tells the devastating story of the female border observers from the Nahal Oz IDF base, whose warnings about Hamas activity were ignored.

'Public broadcasting is not a luxury': Filmmakers defend KAN documentaries

Speaking out for public funding of quality documentaries

|ByHANNAH BROWN
Israeli journalists gathered last month for an emergency meeting to discuss the government’s proposed reforms to the media landscape.

When governments gag the press, democracies collapse - opinion

Why current government reforms threaten one of Israel’s last democratic safeguards – the media

|ByHANAN MELCER

Histadrut leader threatens pre-election strike

The entire public sector will strike in protest over the firing of hundreds of Israel Broadcasting Authority employees.

APRIL 18, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with Histadrut chairman Avi Nissenkorn

IBA workers block IBC management from entering authority headquarters

APRIL 9, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
IBA HEADQUARTERS is located on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

JPost Editorial: Broadcast news

Israel Broadcasting Corporation employees have announced plans for further protests.

APRIL 1, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
BENJAMIN NETANYAHU and finance minister Moshe Kahlon.

IBC progresses as if there’s no crisis

Despite being at the center of a heated coalition debate that is threatening to send Israel to early elections, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation forges ahead with preparations for its launch.

MARCH 29, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
STAFFERS WORK in the offices of the soon-to-debut Israel Broadcasting Corporation in Modi’in.

Political crisis deepens, Netanyahu and Kahlon fail to reach agreement

The Prime Minister and the Finance Minister convened until late on Tuesday night to discuss the IBA saga that has been threatening to send Israel to early elections, but failed to reach an agreement.

MARCH 29, 2017ByGIL HOFFMAN
Moshe Kahlon and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu [File]

In spite of crisis, IBC continues hiring IBA staff

New broadcaster Kan acquires star journalists

MARCH 24, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
THE ISRAEL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY headquarters in Jerusalem are located in the historic former Shaare Zedek hospital building on Jaffa Road.

JPost Editorial: The English imperative

24/7 coverage produced locally could articulate a unique voice not heard elsewhere.

MARCH 23, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
IBA EMPLOYEES protest outside the Knesset yesterday. The sign reads, ‘Democracy=Public Broadcasting’

Elkin says IBC management ‘needs to be changed’

“It [the IBC] has a budget of NIS 700 million of public money, and it is run without oversight; it runs itself,” continued Elkin.

MARCH 22, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to Zeev Elkin during a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem in June.

PM outraged over pick of IBC’s news anchor

Geula Even-Sa’ar’s appointment is ‘a childish demonstration of defiance,’ associates say.

MARCH 22, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
Gideon Sa'ar (L) and his wife, Channel 1 newscaster Geula Even.

Kahlon refuses to back down in furor over new public broadcaster

Bennett: “The public doesn’t understand it, people do not understand what you are fighting about.”

MARCH 19, 2017ByJEREMY SHARON
Moshe Kahlon