Following Shlomo Sharaf's statement, the channel's employees received an email from the management sharpening the procedures.
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Shlomo Sharaf
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Efrat Eshel
Following the scandal created by Shlomo Sharaf, after saying on the broadcast last night (Saturday) about the actor Avdiel Arroyo from Panama "Now I'm kicking him out, now I'm putting him on a plane. Send him home a waste of his time. Egoist, give a pass to Gol," he added: " Panama? He should go eat bananas ", he was suspended and received a threat in a lawsuit from Maccabi Petah Tikva, which declared, among other things:" After this statement we will not allow Mr. Shlomo Sharaf to enter Maccabi Pet's home games, we will contact Sport 5 to inform them about this and We are expected to sue Shlomo Sharaf for defamation and racism for this unfortunate statement. "
Surfers did not spare their anger either, and dozens of angry comments flooded the network: "" Shlima, you have been a commentator for a long time, it can not be hidden, but sometimes you have to know when to retire at the peak, and you did not know to retire at the peak, which led full and affair Racism.
I expect the sports channel to fire Shlomo Sharaf immediately, "" "The year is 2020 and Shlomo Sharaf sends a foreign player to return to Panama and eat bananas live. Home is a dark racist" and more.
Now the director of the sports channel, Tomer Turgeman, also sent an email to all the employees, in which he clarified what is allowed and what is not allowed on the broadcast: "Dear employees of the sports channel," reads the email, "The sports channel is home to all sports fans in Israel. We want viewers and surfers. Ours will feel and know that they are the most important thing for us, that with us they can feel comfortable, no matter what origin they belong to, what their faith is, what their political opinion is or what their sexual and gender identity is.The value of human dignity is the most important value for us.
"As employees of the sports channel, we have a responsibility for every word we say on the broadcast, for every text we write on the site and for every post we post on social media. Consider your words carefully. Think about the people who watch you and read you across the screen. Be sensitive to them. Remember your every statement, too. If you say it with humor, it can hurt another person deeply.
"Avoid racist, misogynistic statements or expressions that contain any kind of discrimination or disparaging and abusive statement in any sector of Israeli society, and in general. Exercise discretion, consideration and respect for colleagues, subjects of coverage, competitors and, in fact, everyone at all times.
"The sports channel will not tolerate any statement that offends the dignity of a man and a woman. Any such statement will be answered severely. Always remember: 'And love your neighbor as yourself.'"