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Radio broadcasters seen in the offices of Army Radio, the national IDF radio station, in Jaffa, March 27, 2014. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash 90)
November 12, 2025, 4:32 pm
Moving to shut Army Radio, Katz declares war on an unlikely pillar of independent media
Planned closure of iconic military station marks latest in series of government efforts to reshape Israel’s news landscape, raising fears of shrinking press freedom
By Stav Levaton and ToI Staff
Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a rally in support of the government’s planned judicial overhaul outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, April 27, 2023. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)
June 29, 2023, 2:11 am
Lashing ‘propagandists,’ justice minister refuses to back bill protecting reporters
Yariv Levin lays into channels 12 and 13, says Israeli media atmosphere worse than totalitarian regime, rejects proposal that would increase penalties for assaults on journalists
By ToI Staff
Former Supreme Court justice Hanan Melcer speaks during a conference in Tel Aviv, June 29, 2021. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
November 29, 2022, 9:35 pm
Israel Press Council chief warns of attacks on freedom of press under new coalition
Hanan Melcer vows council will ‘do everything in its power’ to prevent any curbs on media freedoms, after report says Likud looking to shutter public broadcaster’s news division
By ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin (C) attends a conference of the Israel Press Council in the city of Lod, on March 4, 2018. (Avi Dishi/ Flash90)
March 4, 2018, 9:37 pm
Rivlin urges dialogue to defuse coalition crisis over draft law
President says continued infighting over ultra-Orthodox army exemption will deepen tensions between religious and secular
By Raoul Wootliff and ToI Staff
President Reuven Rivlin speaks at an Israel Press Council gathering in the city of Lod, on March 4, 2018. (Avi Dishi/Flash90)
March 4, 2018, 9:12 pm
Rivlin defends free press amid Netanyahu onslaught
President calls journalism a ‘necessary institution’ of democracy, urges press to emulate his childhood journalist heroes: Jabotinsky and Superman
By Raoul Wootliff
Former Israeli Supreme Court Judge Dalia Dorner attends a session of the Committee on the Status of Women at the Knesset, September 9, 2013 (Flash90)
November 11, 2016, 9:09 pm
Press Council head ‘concerned’ by PM’s attacks on media
Dalia Dorner says democracy weak in face of political threats against ‘gatekeepers,’ after Netanyahu slams top journalist for TV exposé on his inner circle
By Raphael Ahren and ToI Staff
Minister Ofir Akunis on August 30, 2015. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 5, 2015, 1:22 am
Akunis quits IBA post after PM nixes clause that bans airing of political views
Minister in charge of state broadcasting legislation resigns following public outcry over controvesrial section, will stay on as science minister
By Marissa Newman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right), September 3, 2015 (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
September 4, 2015, 11:51 am
After outcry, PM to cancel IBA ban on airing political views
Netanyahu says he’ll work to nix controversial clause in state broadcasting law, maintains ethical guidelines need not be part of legislation
By Marissa Newman
A woman sits next to the grave of a fallen soldier from the 1973 Yom Kippur War, in the Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem (Michal Fattal/Flash90)
May 4, 2014, 1:32 pm
Loss for words
The press begins process of marking Memorial Day; ahead of kidney transplant, Binyamin Ben-Eliezer says he’s physically fit
By Ilan Ben Zion
Israeli soldiers are seen close to settlers who appear to attack a photographer's car, near the West Bank settlement of Beit El, on March 7, 2014. (AFP)
March 17, 2014, 8:41 pm
IDF ignores violence against press, NGO charges
Foreign Press Association says defense establishment turns blind eye to attacks on journalists by settlers, soldiers
By ToI Staff
Labor MK Binyamin Ben-Eliezer. (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash90)
February 17, 2014, 9:22 pm
Labor chooses Ben-Eliezer as presidential candidate
Party selects veteran former defense minister; Yachimovich withholds support
By Lazar Berman
Former Israeli Supreme Court Judge Dalia Dorner attends a session of the Committee on the Status of Women at the Knesset, September 9, 2013 (photo credit: Flash 90)
February 13, 2014, 7:19 pm
Ex-Supreme Court Justice Dalia Dorner bids to be first female president
Press Council head says even if her candidacy fails, it will boost chance for woman to win in future; Uzi Landau may run too
By Adiv Sterman
The crime scene outside the Bank Hapoalim in Beersheba where four people were killed by a local gunman on May 20, 2013. (photo credit: Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
November 14, 2013, 4:14 pm
Ethics watchdog overturns rebuke of Haaretz columnist
Gideon Levy wins appeal after being rapped for suggesting that former border policeman committed massacre in bank due to his military service experience
By Stuart Winer
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