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Thursday, March 30, 2017
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
Kahlon vows new public broadcaster won’t be politicized
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleFinance Minister Moshe Kahlon says Israel’s new public broadcasting cooperation ensures press freedoms and would be free from political intervention.
At a Tel Aviv press conference officially announcing the compromise deal reached with the prime minister earlier today, Kahlon says the new broadcaster “guarantees free press, free speech and conservative budgetary spending.”
Kahlon says his long-simmering conflict with Netanyahu over the pubic broadcaster “was over principles, not over ego.”
He reiterates that “public funds will not be wasted, and the agreement will not affect the framework of political journalism.”
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