Rivlin says delay in broadcaster launch undermines democracy

President Reuven Rivlin says a government decision to push off the opening of the public broadcaster to 2018 — rather than 2017 — compromises Israel’s democracy.

“Without a public broadcaster, we will be a democratic state with a certain disability,” says Rivlin. “Woe to us if we reach a situation in which there is no public broadcaster in Israel.”

Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a press conference after a session of the EU Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/John Thys)
Israeli President Reuven Rivlin speaks at a press conference after a session of the EU Parliament in Brussels on June 22, 2016. (AFP Photo/John Thys)

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