Earlier today, Army Radio announced that right-wing commentator Jacob Bardugo, a fervent supporter of former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu, would stop hosting the daily 5 p.m. news show.
According to acting station head Galit Eltstein, this is in order to clearly separate news from opinion at the station.
Bardugo will continue to host a Friday morning program.
Jacob Bardugo speaks the conference of the “Makor Rishon” newspaper, December 8, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
This has led to outrage in Netanyahu’s support circle, and now at least five Likud MKs say they will boycott the station and refuse to be interviewed there: Amir Ohana, Galit Distel-Atbaryan, Yoav Kisch, Keti Shitrit and Ofir Katz.
Netanyahu said Bardugo’s removal from the daily show is “an outrage and further testimony to democracy and freedom of speech being trampled upon by the left. They’re trying to shut up the last right-winger at Army Radio.”
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