Published: 2 August 2016
Last updated: 4 March 2024
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been redoubling his efforts to squash the new public broadcasting corporation before it is even born in his quest to control the media.
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Media matters - Naomi Chazan - The Times of Israel 01.08.16
These days, Israeli media outlets are totally preoccupied with themselves - or, more precisely, with a bevy of officially driven initiatives designed to alter their status and constrain their autonomy. By sowing confusion in this complex market, Israel’s ultimate media commissar, PM and Minister of Communications Benjamin Netanyahu, stands to gain even more control over the scope, content, and tone of public discourse in the country.
Cabinet session devolves into fracas over journalists’ loyalties - Haviv Rettig Gur – The Times of Israel 31.07.16
‘What’s the point if we don’t control it?’ one minister asks ahead of a vote on launch of new public broadcaster.
War of words between Habayit Hayehudi, Likud heats up - Chaim Levinson – Haaretz 01.08.16
Likud accuses Naftali Bennett of preserving left's hegemony in the media; Habayit Hayehud attacks Netanyahu for undermining Israel's security. [APC = Armoured Personnel Carrier]
Freedom of the Press 2016: Israel - a Freedom House Report
‘Israel declined from Free to Partly Free due to the growing impact of Israel Hayom, whose owner-subsidised business model endangered the stability of other media outlets, and the unchecked expansion of paid content—some of it government funded—whose nature was not clearly identified to the public.’
What’s driving Israel’s media crackdown? March 1, 2016
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