Radio

Katz alleges Army Radio workers misled High Court in bid to halt closure

In a response to the High Court, Defense Minister Katz accused Army Radio workers of presenting false claims amid legal challenges to the station’s closure.

Minister of Defence Israel Katz visits the Mahaneh Yehudah Market in Jerusalem, on September 2, 2025.
An Israeli soldier holds an Army Radio microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025

Israel's Supreme Court to hear petitions against Army Radio's closure in January

 View of the IDF's Army Radio station headquarters in Jaffa, November 12, 2025

Israel's cabinet to vote on Army Radio closure proposal on Sunday

An illustrative image of an amateur radio.

How Israel's amateur radio operators used quiet diplomacy, saved lives on Oct. 7 - opinion


A round up of the most 'meshuga' Jewish news in NY Jewish communities

Orthodox talk radio host Heshy Tischler interrupts press conference, calling NYC health official a “Jew hater.”

People walk on a street less than a mile away from Young Israel orthodox synagogue in New Rochelle, New York, U.S., March 10, 2020.

Mirit Harari dies at age of 52 after battling cancer for two years

In February 2019, Harari made headlines when she shared her personal experience with dealing with the disease in a Facebook post.

Mirit Harari.

Antisemitic Polish priest banned by a well-known Canadian parish

“We are grateful to the archbishop and his diocese for taking this principled and very important step to recognize that there are just some people in the world that you want to try and avoid."

A Catholic nun prays in front of a picture of Pope John Paul II in the Latin Patriarchate in Jerusalem's Old City

Greenblatt: Peace plan asks Israel to pledge land for Palestinian state

“Can the Israeli government declare the extension of sovereignty? The answer is yes,” Greenblatt said.

U.S. Envoy for Middle East negotiations Jason Greenblatt on a visit in Israel

Time to take Army out of Radio

What does endless current-event news and talk shows have to do with defending the homeland?

A SOLDIER from Army Radio at the station in 2013.

Howard Stern under fire, video resurfaces of shock jock donning blackface

The video was featured in Stern's New Year’s Rotten Eve Pageant, which aired on pay-per-view in 1993.

Howard Stern

Drop Dua Lipa songs from Israeli radio, petition demands

'It is not fitting that a radio station affiliated with the IDF continue to broadcast her songs'

62nd Grammy Awards – Arrivals – Los Angeles, California, U.S., January 26, 2020 – Dua Lipa

Joe Biden: You ain't black if you can't choose between me and Trump

Biden said on the the US broadcaster Fox News to an African-American co-host that ‘If you have a problem figuring out whether you’re for me or Trump, then you ain't black.'

Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks on the second night of the second U.S. 2020 presidential Democratic candidates debate in Detroit, Michigan

Grapevine: David Ehrlich & Yaron Enosh

It was the last time that he and many of the 100 guests saw Ehrlich. No one knew at the time that Ehrlich would die in his sleep on March 22.

Israeli actor, director, playwright, and acting teacher, Hagai Luber, speaks during an artists' conference in Tmol Shilshom Cafe in Jerusalem

Grapevine May 8, 2020: Broadcast woes

In the midst of the coronavirus crisis, Likud MK Dr. Shlomo Karai on Monday of this week submitted two bills calling for the privatization or closure of Army Radio and KAN Public Broadcasting.

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