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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 371

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The main headquarters in Jerusalem of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation, known as Kan, seen on January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
March 11, 2023, 2:01 pm
No Kan do: How Israel’s public broadcaster ended up in the government’s firing line
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has vowed to drastically cut funding from Kan in a bid to engender competition, but observers say his plans are misguided and dangerous
By Amy Spiro
(L) Yair Katz and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi. (Collage/Flash90)
February 17, 2023, 9:00 pm
Karhi feuds with fellow Likud minister’s son over plans to close 3 radio stations
Communications minister hits out at Yair Katz, who suggests Karhi is seeking ‘revenge against Kan’s employees… because they don’t cheer you on enough’
By ToI Staff
Kan 11 mockumentary 'Checkout,' or 'Kupa Rashit' now on Netflix for Israeli viewers. (Courtesy: Checkout)
February 16, 2023, 8:11 pm
Netflix Israel to air Kan 11 shows, including ‘Checkout,’ ‘Dismissed,’ ‘Cramel’
Public broadcaster programs to be aired for Israeli viewers only, with proceeds heading to new programming
By Jessica Steinberg
Actors, filmmakers, executives, and celebrities attend a demonstration against the government's plans to shut-down public broadcaster KAN, in Tel Aviv on January 25, 2023. (JACK GUEZ / AFP)
February 2, 2023, 12:48 pm
Government said set to freeze its efforts to close Kan public broadcaster
Report says coalition putting aside plans in bid to limit distractions as it tries to push through its contentious judicial overhaul legislation
By ToI Staff
Journalist Ilana Dayan speaks at a Tel Aviv rally against the government's intention to close the Kan public broadcaster, January 29, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 29, 2023, 6:16 pm
Journalists back Kan against budget cuts, say public broadcasting not up for debate
Amid coalition desire to slash Kan’s funds and push Israel’s only public broadcaster out of business, reporters warn against ‘tycoons’ owning all news stations
By Carrie Keller-Lynn
Israeli protesters attend a rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's new far-right government in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on January 21, 2023. (Jack Guez/AFP)
January 28, 2023, 10:43 am
Anti-government protests to begin with minute’s silence for Jerusalem terror attack
Organizers say they ‘share in pain and mourning’ of victims’ families; speakers at Tel Aviv rally to include former police chief Roni Alsheich, who led Netanyahu corruption probe
By ToI Staff
Illustrative: Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi sings in front of President Shimon Peres (C) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former US President Bill Clinton (L) at a celebration in honor of Peres's 90th birthday, in Jerusalem, June 18, 2013. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
January 27, 2023, 9:23 am
Leading music stars join protest against government plan to shut public broadcaster
Stars also hit out at planned judicial overhaul, saying that both steps are attempts to stifle democracy; vow to attend mass protests set for Saturday night
By ToI Staff
Workers from the Kan public broadcaster and supporters protest against the government's apparent intention to close the network, in Tel Aviv, January 25, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 25, 2023, 3:27 pm
Cultural figures protest potential public broadcaster closure, block Tel Aviv road
Actors, directors, writers gather to express their opposition to communication minister’s plan to cut funding and instead rely on free market to produce shows
By ToI Staff
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi speaks during a conference at Reichman University in Herzliya, January 9, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
January 14, 2023, 11:50 pm
Communications minister wants to cut ‘hundreds of millions’ from public broadcaster
Kan’s director says Shlomo Karhi’s push to slash funding would lead to closure of outlet; he vows it will continue broadcasting ‘despite threats to its very existence’
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
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
The control room at the offices of the Kan public broadcaster in Tel Aviv on August 29, 2016. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 28, 2022, 11:02 am
Likud said looking to shut Kan public broadcaster’s news division
Party says move not part of coalition talks; Netanyahu, other party members have long opposed news division; opposition MK: ‘1st lesson in school of dictators… silence the media’
By ToI Staff
From left: Erel Segal, Yinon Magal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Shimon Riklin, in a video posted to Netanyahu's Twitter account on February 13, 2020. (Screenshot)
February 14, 2020, 8:01 am
Netanyahu blasts public broadcaster for suspending anchor who sang in his video
News presenter Erel Segal faces punitive measures after joining PM in clip less than 3 weeks before elections, which Kan news called a violation of company’s ethics
By ToI Staff
Tel Aviv mayor Ron Huldai at the City Exchange Ceremony and raffle January 28, 2019 for the semi-finals of the upcoming Eurovision Song Contest to be held May 14-18, 2019 in Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
February 20, 2019, 3:43 am
Fans furious as Israel plans steep hike to Eurovision ticket prices
Europeans and Israelis hoping to attend the competition in Tel Aviv call the three-fold increase from previous years ‘outrageous’
By ToI Staff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at his office in Jerusalem on June 24, 2018. (AFP Photo/Gali Tibbon)
June 26, 2018, 3:16 pm
PM retreats from split of public broadcaster amid Eurovision cancellation fears
Netanyahu makes decision to amend law dividing Kan into separate entities after AG warns it could harm chance of hosting song contest
By ToI Staff
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