Minister Stern demands NIS 1 million in compensation from Network 13: "The character assassination harmed the appointment of the chairman of the Jewish Agency"

The "shredder storm" is back, and is about to be clarified in court.

Intelligence Minister Stern filed a lawsuit against Network and News 13: "The channel has relieved itself of the duty to check, verify and cross-examine defamatory information before it is broadcast."

Stern to Walla!

Brenze: "I stand by the facts"

David Wertheim

05/04/2022

Tuesday, 05 April 2022, 10:09 Updated: 10:32

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The second incident to which the indictment refers is an item published in the 13th news edition according to which a Chen officer claimed to have told Stern that an officer had tried to harass and he smiled

The Minister of Intelligence, Maj. In the amount of one million shekels.

Stern is suing the channel over what has been called the "crusher affair," in which he made a statement in an interview with Golan Yokfaz and Anat Davidov on 103fm, according to which as head of the ACA he made anonymous complaints, which he claimed were not properly understood. Stern the day after the call in an interview with News 13, "Checked it today and it was not found that I versioned, nor did I say that I versioned complaints of sexual harassment, yes I did version anonymous complaints on other issues.

" 1 allegation that he testified before him about sexual harassment,

And he demanded that she not complain.

"If you talk about what was here in the room, in the army you will no longer stay."

The second incident to which the indictment refers is an item published in the 13th news edition according to which a Chen officer claimed to tell Stern that an officer tried to harass and he smiled. According to Stern, he was not the one to handle the complaint, According to him, these are events 25 years ago, today they may have been treated differently but he did not threaten or sweep anything.

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Elazar Stern at a meeting of the movement's faction, February 2013 (Photo: Yoav Dodkevich)

In those days Stern was the leading candidate to replace the former chairman of the agency and now President Bozi Herzog in office, but eventually his appointment was dropped due to the storm that created

Stern claims that "Channel 13 gave rise to false allegations against the minister without verifying them, ignoring denials and contradictory testimonies and even exaggerating them beyond what was said. "While leading a defamatory and unrestrained media campaign that harmed meat, his dignity, his family and his good name."

As you may recall, in those days Stern was the leading candidate to replace the former chairman of the agency and now President Bozi Herzog in his position.

From the statement of claim that reached Walla!

Brenze: "The defendants did not follow the rules of 'responsible journalism' outlined in the ruling, but on the contrary - they did not take measures to verify the allegations they heard and acted negligently and biasedly and even in bad faith and obsession against the plaintiff ...

"The character assassination that Network 13 committed on the minister, on the basis of false allegations that no effort was made to investigate them, caused extensive, significant and ongoing damage and harmed the minister's chances of being appointed head of the Jewish Agency."

Guy Lerer Elazar Stern (Photo: Screenshot, Screenshot)

"Channel not time for requests"

According to sources close to Stern, "In the months that have passed since the publication, the channel has been given several opportunities to correct the injustice but it did not respond to requests, demonstratively ignored the truth, and continued to let the plot it created hurt Stern's flesh."

Minister Stern also commented on the matter and told Walla!

Brenze because: "I fight sexual harassment, today and for the rest of my adult life. I have never silenced complaints or threatened a soldier. There has been no such incident in my office and this is certainly not my way. The truth is important, and defamation must not be published without scrutiny, so I stand by the facts. We as a society must not move to the agenda when false publications produce our consciousness. Such a plot has a high price, public, family and personal. To say the least, I see the importance of critical, investigative and revealing media, certainly in the case of sexual assault and harassment. "

Network response 13 has not yet been received. In News 13 they chose not to comment.

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