Netanyahu accuses rivals of ‘a desire to appeal to the media’

1 August 2016, 4:15 pm

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lends his own voice to his party’s ongoing campaign accusing coalition rival Jewish Home of left-wing sympathies.

“I understand that there is a desire among politicians to appeal to certain media outlets and preserve their monopoly,” Netanyahu says, a reference to yesterday’s contentious debate over the new public broadcasting corporation.

“That’s exactly the reason that I have held on to the communications portfolio, because I can withstand the pressure. Our job is not to serve the economic and political interests that give us [de facto political] advertising in the form of news broadcasts, but to do what is right. And what is right for the public interest is competition, competition, and more competition.”