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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 495

Army Radio

A soldier-reporter for Israel's Army Radio, on November 11, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
November 28, 2024, 8:10 pm
Coalition push to privatize state media continues with bill to sell off Army Radio
Likud MK Nissim Vaturi’s proposed law echoes language found in controversial legislation, panned by press advocates, to sell off the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation
By Sam Sokol
Yoav Kutner at his Tel Aviv home. (Yael Kutner)
October 24, 2024, 5:03 pm
Israeli music guru Yoav Kutner says artists are muzzled over fears of political fallout
The media man’s tumultuous life, which includes losing his memory and a bout with cancer, didn’t strip him of his optimism even as he fears for Israel and bemoans conformist artists
By Tamar Mor Sela
Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich leads a faction meeting at the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 29, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 1, 2024, 11:50 am
Far-right minister Smotrich: ‘Settlements in Gaza not among goals of war’
Religious Zionism leader’s comments follow backlash against conference that called for establishing Jewish settlements in Strip; criticizes Ben Gvir’s threats to leave government
By ToI Staff
Footage of a tunnel in Gaza uncovered by the IDF on January 16, 2024. (Screen capture/X)
January 22, 2024, 10:39 pm
IDF blasts Israeli radio into Gaza tunnels in bid to soothe hostages
Families of hostages held by Hamas hope kidnapped Israelis will be able to hear prerecorded messages from loved ones over Army Radio
By Reuters
Israeli settlers hurl stones at Palestinians during the annual harvest season near the Israeli settlement of Yitzhar in the West Bank on October 7, 2020. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
December 24, 2023, 2:49 pm
Hardline MKs demand review of alleged IDF report on settler violence
Right-wing members of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee rail against ‘comprehensive and false’ campaign against settlers, say it causes ‘enormous political damage’
By Sam Sokol
A soldier-reporter for Israel's Army Radio, on November 11, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 11, 2023, 11:11 am
Gallant to keep Army Radio running, appoint commander ‘with military background’
Bucking long-held plans to shutter station, defense minister instead aims to reduce number of soldiers covering politics, increase number covering military matters
By Emanuel Fabian
A soldier-reporter for Israel's Army Radio, on November 11, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
September 5, 2023, 10:33 am
Gallant reportedly to keep Army Radio running, won’t privatize station
Bucking long-held plans to shutter station, defense minister will instead reduce number of soldiers covering politics, increase number covering social and military matters
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) with Foreign Minister Eli Cohen (R) and MK Almog Cohen in the Knesset on March 13, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2023, 7:55 pm
Netanyahu said devising plan to split Otzma Yehudit if Ben Gvir bolts coalition
Prime minister’s team reportedly approaches members of far-right faction in bid to maintain government majority in case of defection
By ToI Staff
Danny Zaken broadcasts from the Kol Yisrael studios in Jerusalem, November 2016. (Wikimedia Commons/CC BY-SA 4.0)
February 27, 2023, 11:10 pm
Gallant taps new interim head of Army Radio, despite intention to close station
Danny Zaken, who previously worked for IDF-controlled outlet, will serve as station’s commander for six months
By Emanuel Fabian
Israelis protest against the Israeli government, at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, on January 7, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
January 10, 2023, 1:22 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 10: Ministers rethink public broadcaster; new Jewish Agency boss
Political correspondent Tal Schneider looks at government’s possible plans for Kan and Army Radio; Diaspora reporter Judah Ari Gross on JAFI head Doron Almog, immigration numbers
By ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a digital journalism conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, January 9, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 9, 2023, 6:19 pm
New communications minister says ‘no place’ for public broadcasting in Israel
Shlomo Karhi declares Kan network should be axed, IDF-operated Army Radio should be privatized, accuses media of being ‘too biased to the left’
By ToI Staff
Israeli journalist Hadas Shtaif seen at the Lod Magistrate's Court on December 12, 2019. (Flash90)
November 24, 2022, 12:26 am
Israeli journalist suspended after tweet linking terror attack to Ben Gvir statement
Army Radio police correspondent Hadas Shtaif barred from reporting on bombings for a day after suggesting that Otzma Yehudit chief’s visits to Temple Mount could spark attacks
By ToI Staff
Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, May 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 18, 2022, 10:32 pm
AG rejects Gantz’s bid to appoint new Army Radio head before elections
Baharav-Miara says absence of permanent chief is ‘inappropriate’ but Defense Ministry failed to provide arguments justifying changing the law
By Tobias Siegal
Palestinians visit the site where veteran Palestinian-American reporter Shireen Abu Akleh was shot and killed, in the West Bank city of Jenin, May 18, 2022. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
July 4, 2022, 4:36 am
Al Jazeera: Bullet that killed Abu Akleh examined at US embassy; Israelis present
Results of forensic analysis expected Monday, network reports; fatal round is returned to the Palestinian Authority
By Aaron Boxerman and ToI Staff
Protesters hold candles and a photo of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed while covering clashes between IDF troops and Palestinian gunmen during an IDF raid in Jenin, in Haifa on May 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
July 3, 2022, 2:48 pm
Israel to examine bullet that killed Abu Akleh, with Americans present, says IDF
Army spokesperson appears to dismiss Palestinian claims US experts would examine the shell that killed Al Jazeera correspondent; PA transferred bullet to US on Saturday
By Aaron Boxerman
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