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Channel 20 correspondent Kobi Finkler during a May 19, 2021 broadcast. (Screen capture/YouTube)
May 20, 2021, 11:21 pm
Right-wing channel axes reporter who lamented lack of Arab Israeli casualties
Kobi Finkler says days of reporting without sleep led him to say ‘unfortunately it did not lead to many deaths’ after rockets from Lebanon hit empty soccer field in northern town
By TOI staff
Right-wing journalist Shimon Riklin during a Channel 20 broadcast in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2020. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)
January 18, 2021, 4:02 pm
Right-wing Channel 20 wins tender to move to channel 14, likely boosting ratings
Move expected to benefit network by placing it alongside Israel’s 3 major channels on TV remotes; unclear if station, sometimes likened to Fox News, will rebrand
By TOI staff
Anti-Netanyahu protesters disrupt a broadcast by Channel 20 at Habima Square in Tel Aviv, September 29, 2020. (Screenshot: Twitter)
September 30, 2020, 10:16 am
Anti-Netanyahu protesters attack right-wing TV crew, disrupt broadcast
Union of Journalists condemns incident during Tel Aviv rally; Black Flags protest group highlights reporter’s headbutting of demonstrator, urges probe
By Michael Bachner
Screen capture from video of a Channel 20 interview with Yitzhak Gabai, a right-wing Jewish extremist, as he explained how he torched a Jewish-Arab school in Jerusalem. The show was broadcast on November 11, 2018. (Channel 20)
November 12, 2018, 12:07 pm
Channel 20 slammed for amicable interview with torcher of Arab-Jewish school
Right-wing station issues apology after arsonist Yitzhak Gabai cheerfully declares live on air that he doesn’t regret setting fire to bilingual institute in Jerusalem
By Stuart Winer and TOI staff
US Ambassador to Israel David Friedman in Jerusalem on August 22, 2018 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 20, 2018, 4:00 pm
US envoy: Abbas pay to family of terrorist who killed Ari Fuld is unconscionable
After PA officials tell ToI that Jabarin family will get monthly stipend, Ambassador Friedman says such payments must stop ‘if there is to be any hope of peace’
By TOI staff
Khalil Jabarin, who fatally stabbed Israeli Ari Fuld in a West Bank terror attack on September 16, 2018 (Screenshot/Twitter)
September 19, 2018, 7:40 pm
PA hasn’t yet paid family of terrorist who killed Fuld, but they’ll be eligible
Official denies Israel TV report that claimed the Jabarin family already received an advance, but says there’s no secret ‘about our support for our prisoners’
By Adam Rasgon
A view of the television studios of the Knesset Channel, at the Knesset, Jan 19, 2011. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
May 31, 2018, 6:17 pm
In reversal, Channel 10 wins rights to broadcast Knesset TV
State regulator awards parliamentary channel to RGE Group production company, following court order blocking right-wing competitor from bid due to irregularities in tender
By Raoul Wootliff
Maj. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot (R) with then Defense Minister Ehud Barak, in June 2010 (Ministry of Defense/Flash 90)
December 26, 2017, 3:21 pm
IDF chief comes under fire for meeting with Ehud Barak
Army says two only discussed security matters in parley day before former prime minister warned Netanyahu’s policies could cause soldiers to disobey orders
By Raoul Wootliff
Channel 20 employees protest in front of the government building in central Tel Aviv against the impending closure of the channel, on December 25, 2017. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
December 25, 2017, 6:09 pm
Dozens of Channel 20 workers protest over possible closure
After right-wing station violates license terms, Justice Ministry recommends limiting news broadcasts; owner says enterprise may no longer be viable
By TOI staff
A view of the television studios of the Knesset Channel, at the Knesset, Jan 19, 2011. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
December 7, 2017, 6:24 pm
Right-leaning Channel 20 loses rights to broadcast Knesset TV
Following court decision against station, state regulator forced to look at competitor that placed second in tender
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
Screen capture from video of an interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, broadcast on Channel 20, July 13, 2017. (YouTube/uz72777)
September 7, 2017, 1:44 pm
Right-wing Channel 20 faces closure over news offerings
After interviewing Netanyahu twice, focusing on current affairs, station could be shut down for breaching the terms of its license; ministers vow to block move
By Marissa Newman
View of Channel 2 newsroom in Neve Ilan studio outside Jerusalem, April 7, 2017. (Isaac Harari/Flash90)
July 20, 2017, 12:43 am
Court blocks right-wing station from producing Knesset Channel
Responding to petition from competitors who had also vied for contract, judges find broadcast tender process was flawed
By TOI staff
Screen capture from video of an interview with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, broadcast on Channel 20, July 13, 2017. (YouTube/uz72777)
July 16, 2017, 4:58 pm
Channel 20 faces probe for interviewing Netanyahu
Conservative station that is not authorized to broadcast news items hosts PM, who slams mainstream media for hounding him over series of scandals
By Stuart Winer
Likud MK Oren Hazan speaks in the Knesset, December 7, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 19, 2017, 6:01 pm
Likud MK Hazan sanctioned (again) for harassing MK
Scandal-plagued lawmaker banned from plenary, committee meetings for a week; admits to setting ‘trap’ in coordination with TV channel
By Marissa Newman
A view of the television studios of the Knesset Channel, at the Knesset, Jan 19, 2011. (Isaac Harari/FLASH90)
May 4, 2017, 4:36 pm
Right-leaning Channel 20 wins rights to broadcast Knesset TV
Station to begin transmissions of parliament sessions in July after beating out competitors in tender
By Raoul Wootliff and TOI staff
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