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Journalist Oren Nahari speaks at the Sapir Prize for Literature award ceremony in Tel Aviv, on January 2, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
August 13, 2026, 6:48 pm
Veteran journalist Oren Nahari dies of ALS at 70, days after final radio broadcast
Nahari said farewell to listeners on Saturday, citing worsening illness; journalist founded public broadcaster’s foreign affairs show in 80s, covered key events at turn of 20th century
By ToI Staff
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
Anchors and presenters of Now 14, the TV news channel in Israel formerly at Channel 20. (Courtesy Channel 14)
January 14, 2022, 3:20 pm
Repositioned news channel 14 aims for mainstream while keeping pro-Netanyahu script
The former Channel 20 is trying to make itself into a true conservative alternative to news channels 12 and 13, but critics say doing so will mean breaking with the former PM
By Jessica Steinberg
A television showing Channel 1, displaying a message reading "Our broadcast has ended." (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)
May 14, 2017, 3:53 am
With emotional Eurovision farewell, Channel 1 signs off
Over 200 million worldwide viewers watch Israel part with its oldest channel, before station fades to screen announcing: ‘Our broadcast has ended. 1968-2017’
By Raoul Wootliff
Ron Kampeas
May 11, 2017, 11:22 pm
Ron Kampeas
The day the newscast died
Channel 1 simply was Israel: austere, serious, faithful, and with the camaraderie and purpose that meant ‘home’
A studio at the offices of Israel Radio in Jerusalem on the night of the radio station's last broadcast on May 10, 2017. (Noam Revkin Fentonr/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 9:33 pm
At 7:04 p.m., after 81 years, Israel Radio fades to music
As part of changeover to new public broadcaster, the ‘Voice of Israel’ will only broadcast tunes, and news on the hour, until Monday
By ToI Staff
Israeli broadcast authority employees outside the IBA headquarters in Jerusalem, on May 10, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 10, 2017, 4:48 pm
Netanyahu criticizes ‘shameful’ handling of Channel 1 news closure
Denying involvement, PM says he learned of abrupt shuttering of decades-old broadcast authority through media
By ToI Staff
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (R) speaks while posing for photos with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov in the Treaty Room of the State Department in Washington, (AFP PHOTO / MANDEL NGAN)
May 10, 2017, 2:25 pm
Broadcaster shakeup forces Israel Radio off air after 81 years
Trump hosts Russian FM amid row over Kremlin influence; Netanyahu speaks with Putin ahead of Abbas visit to Russia
By Gavin Rabinowitz
Employees of the Channel 1's Mabat news broadcast sing Hatikvah during their final news broadcast on May 9, 2017 (Screencapture/Facebook/Channel 1)
May 9, 2017, 10:28 pm
With two hours’ notice, and after 49 years, Channel 1 news goes off the air
In dramatic send-off, ‘Mabat’ anchor bursts into tears, employees sing ‘Hatikvah,’ as nightly staple of public broadcasting is abruptly shut down by government
By Marissa Newman
Israel Broadcast Authority employees holds signs as they protest against planned dismissals in Jerusalem on August 30, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
August 4, 2016, 2:25 am
Knesset passes controversial delay for new public broadcaster
In late-night vote, lawmakers push off launch of new corporation, which will take over Channel 1 and Israel Radio, until April 30, 2017
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on July 31, 2016. (Ohad Zwigenberg/Pool/Flash90)
July 31, 2016, 8:19 pm
Cabinet session devolves into fracas over journalists’ loyalties
‘What’s the point if we don’t control it?’ one minister asks ahead of a vote on launch of new public broadcaster
By Haviv Rettig Gur
Anat Dolev. (Flash90)
February 6, 2016, 10:06 pm
Veteran Israeli radio host Anat Dolev dies at 52
Colleagues pay tribute to presenter who ‘broadcast to her last day,’ as she succumbs to months-long illness
By ToI Staff
Moti Kirschenbaum seen on November 9, 2004. (Moshe Shai/ Flash90)
September 27, 2015, 2:06 pm
Hundreds say goodbye to TV pioneer Moti Kirschenbaum, 76
President Rivlin eulogizes one of founders of public broadcasting in Israel; longtime colleague Yaron London: He can never be replaced
By ToI Staff
Arab Israeli TV presenter Lucy Aharish (YouTube screenshot)
April 20, 2015, 1:11 pm
A survivor of terror, Israel’s first Arab news presenter is done being a victim
Lucy Aharish, chosen to light a torch on Independence Day, tells of her journey from Dimona to prime-time television
By Elhanan Miller
A child who was sexually abused or raped during the Holocaust. From 'Screaming Silence' documentary film. (photo credit: courtesy)
April 15, 2015, 2:14 pm
Holocaust film reveals long-hushed child sex abuse
Airing on eve of Holocaust Remembrance Day, documentary shines light on a topic historians have largely avoided
By Renee Ghert-Zand
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