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Thursday, March 30, 2017
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Thursday, March 30, 2017
PM, Kahlon strike compromise deal on embattled broadcaster
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GooglePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon reach a compromise over the future of Israel’s new public broadcasting cooperation, ending a coalition crisis that has threatened to bring down the government and force new elections.
According to the deal, the corporation set to begin transmission on April 30 will be allowed to go ahead, albeit with a slight delay, but it will lose its news division, and a separate broadcast entity will be established to deal with all state-funded current affairs offerings.
A statement from the Prime Minister’s Office says the new news corporation will be staffed entirely by former IBA employees.
— Raoul Wootliff
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