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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

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

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

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


Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev is on the war path

Regev issued a statement in which she said that she would not waste public funds on yet another elitist station that does not reflect the demographic composition of the nation.

Culture Minister Miri Regev

Barkat petitions High Court against proposal to launch new public broadcasting network in Modi'in

Barkat and Knesset lobby want the new network to be established in Jerusalem.

Jerusale mayor Nir Barkat announces he has registered to the Likud party in video message

The banned behind: Bar Refaeli's new commercial censored for inappropriate content

The broadcasting authority took issue with the up close shots of Refaeli's derriere and claimed that in one of the scenes, Refaeli appears to be completely nude.

Hoodies summer 2016 commercial featuring Bar Refaeli

MK Ilan Gilon fails in bid to save IBA from closure

A special Knesset Committee headed by Yesh Atid MK Keren Elharrar discussed the issue in depth, and in principle accepted the recommendations of the Landes committee with certain amendments.

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Suspected Palestinian hackers interrupt TV broadcast with ominous message

"Stay in your homes, the story is not over...there is more to come," read the ominous text.

Palestinian hackers break into Channel 2's broadcasting

Media Comment: The 'joke' is on us

The powers that be decided that only Hayehudim Ba’im will go on air at the end of this month. Why? We don’t know exactly.

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Bittersweet vision

Uncertainty plagues the Israel Broadcasting Authority’s radio service for immigrants and audiences from abroad.

Shmuel Ben-Zvi, former director of Radio Reka

Media Comment: The IBA loses one more

Ayala Hasson-Nesher's IBA departure leads to some very serious questions concerning whether the IBC will be able to attract quality people to its ranks.

Ayala Hasson

IBA grants departing Hasson her swan song

The IBA is to close down at the end of March 2016, at which time a new, more streamlined and cost-efficient public broadcasting service is to be launched.

Ayala Hasson

Media Comment: Necessary media legislation

"One of the major flaws of the present legislation is that it threw out the previous clause in the law which laid down the principle that the IBA has to broadcast to the Jewish Diaspora."

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