The Sephardi Orthodox Shas Party says it refuses to participate in any Knesset meetings or votes over statements made by the new chairman of Channel 10.
Rami Sadan, who is reportedly close to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was named to the position on Monday.
He is reported to have made racist comments against Shas several days ago during a Channel 10 directors meeting.
“Let’s admit the truth, I, like you, am in the elite, hate the Shas movement and the thief Aryeh Deri. But we, as the elite, need to expand the channel’s circles, and appeal to Shas’s audience, to Massuda from Sderot,” Sadan is quoted as saying.
Deri is Shas chairman and currently serves as interior minister. “Massouda from Sderot” is a derogatory way to describe a woman of Mizrahi descent living on Israel’s periphery.
Sadan denies making the comments, though Channel 10 News CEO Golan Yochpaz reportedly confirms the remarks.
— JTA
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