The PM attacked the corporation "here" and accused him of dismissing the applicant because of his views: "No journalist or citizen should be afraid to speak freely" • The corporation: "He was not fired"
He will no longer submit to "Seeing the World" // Photo: Dudi Vaaknin
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday attacked the conduct of the public broadcasting corporation "Here", following the cessation of the "See the World" program by journalist Jacob Ahimair. "Jacob Ahimair was fired from the" here "channel because he boldly stated his views. This is an unbearable situation," Netanyahu wrote on Twitter.
Netanyahu accuses the corporation that the decisions to drop the "See a World" program, which came off the screen after 30 years of broadcasting, and the dismissal of long-time and esteemed journalist Jacob Ahimair, are due to political considerations. Following his statement, Netanyahu tweeted that "no journalist or citizen should be afraid to speak freely, the entire media should condemn this reality."
Jacob Ahimair was fired from the "Here" channel because he boldly stated his views. This is an unbearable situation.
No journalist or citizen should be afraid to speak freely, the entire media condemns this reality. pic.twitter.com/VeU4Qv0kVz
- Benjamin Netanyahu (@netanyahu) January 8, 2020
Hence, in response to publications, "Yaakov Ahimair, one of Israel's senior journalists and journalists, the Israel Prize laureate and the founders of public broadcasting, has not been fired from the corporation. "Get off the screen because it broadcasts in the corporation" World Today ", a daily foreign affairs program, which surveys what's happening in the world and analyzes global processes.
