The reform is not dead yet, it is only reorganizing, so have made clear politicians of a certain kind, who are convinced that they will be able to reverse public opinion about the legal revolution with better advocacy. In the meantime, there are those who are still working on repairing the damage to their image caused in the previous round of public struggle. For example, the Kohelet Forum – that large parts of the Justice Minister's bombastic changes are based on ideas written by the research institute.
"Real Time", photo: Kan 11
Just like the other reform leaders, Kohelet is convinced that the image of an evil organization funded by American billionaires and working to weaken public institutions in Israel stems from a lack of understanding and mismediation of their ideas to the public. In order to change the narrative, Kohelet leaders agreed to allow "Real Time," Kan's investigative program, to walk around their offices and ask complicated questions. Kohelet members may have forgotten that they recently published a position paper that called for a fatal blow to the budget for the corporation's original productions – a document of ideas that the Minister of Communications tried to promote. Kohelet's recommendation to carry out a reform after which there would be no programs such as "Real Time" was not implemented, but the corporation did not forget.
In the opening episode of the seventh season, which aired last night, Assaf Lieberman held lengthy talks with Kohelet's economist, Michael Sarel, who expressed grave concern about the realization of his friends' fantasies. But Lieberman was ready for any answer from Rubin and repeatedly interrupted evasive attempts. Too many times Robin was caught with his pants down, hiding information, getting into trouble with Watabaut (including a bizarre comparison between gays and a swastika tattoo), and sprinkled a lot of remorse, mistaken confessions, and partial apologies.
"Real Time", photo: Kan 11
Kohelet hoped to whitewash her name through research and cooperation with the interviewer, but fell into a trap. Instead of reassuring, as Robin had desired, the episode only intensified concerns and questions.
Real Time - Kohelet Forum, Kan 21:15, 11:<>
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