Yesh Atid's petition to declare Channel 14 an "active body in the elections" was rejected - voila! 2022 election

2022-10-13T08:46:21.947Z

The chairman of the election committee stated that the party did not prove that the channel engages in "election activity" and obliged it to pay NIS 20,000. "The legislator saw before his eyes the right to freedom of political expression"

Yesh Atid's petition to declare Channel 14 an "active body in the elections" was rejected

The chairman of the election committee, Judge Amit, stated that the party did not prove that the channel engages in "election activity" and required it to pay legal expenses of NIS 20,000. "The legislator saw before his eyes the right to freedom of political expression."

Bini Ashkenazi

13/10/2022

Thursday, October 13, 2022, 11:11 am Updated: 11:36 am

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On video: Arel Segal at the demonstration of Channel 14 employees in front of the Ministry of Finance, Tel Aviv, October 11, 2022 (without)

The chairman of the election committee for the 25th Knesset, Chief Justice Yitzhak Amit, today (Thursday) rejected the petition of the Yesh Atid party to declare Channel 14 "an active body in the elections". This, after stating that the party did not prove that the channel engaged in "election activity" Yesh Atid will pay NIS 20,000 in court costs, half of which goes to Channel 14 and half to Likud.

"Media bodies have an important position when it comes to exercising freedom of political expression, especially during elections," the judge wrote. The debate is such that their voice will prevail over all the other voices in the 'market of opinions' while harming equal opportunities in the elections."

Yesh Atid's petition was rejected.

Prime Minister Lapid (photo: official website, screenshot)

"In this case, I am not required to determine whether the activity of Channel 14 is caught in the magnetic pole of 'election propaganda,' and this in view of the definition of 'election activity,'" Amit clarified.

"It seems that the legislator saw before his eyes the right to freedom of political expression, and accordingly narrowly defined what that 'election activity' is. As seen in this case, Yesh Atid did not show that the activity of Channel 14 on which it voted, falls within the scope of this narrow definition."

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Yesh Atid's petition to declare Channel 14 an "active body in the elections" was rejected - voila! 2022 election

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