Aharon Barak on the Israel Broadcasting Corporation (Twitter)
During the interview, Barak tried to promote a constructive discourse to find compromises and corrections regarding the legal system, if only to prevent the extreme reform that could bring about regime change in Israel.
He also said similar things about the corporation
Former Supreme Court President Aharon Barak gave an extensive interview last night (Saturday) to the news companies of Channels 12 and 13, and expressed his concern about the consequences of the legal revolution led by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Minister of Justice Yariv Levin.
However, News 13's court reporter Baruchi Kara published Today there is a segment that was not included in the interview that was broadcast yesterday, in which Barak explains that the tyranny of the majority of the new government takes other forms, not only the destruction of the legal system, but also, for example, the intention to close the public broadcasting corporation.
In response to the question what he thinks of the official intention of the Minister of Communications Shlomo Karai, Not denied by Netanyahu, to close the Israel Broadcasting Corporation, Barak said that "it's terrible and terrible, just terrible and terrible.
I don't believe that's what they will do.
I don't believe this is what he will do."
During the interview, Barak tried to promote a constructive discourse to find compromises and amendments on the issue of the judicial system, if only to prevent the extreme reform that could bring about regime change in Israel.
He also said similar things on the issue of the corporation: "If you (the D.V. coalition) are not satisfied with the corporation, let's see what is there, what inappropriate things have been done by the corporation. We will examine it, in the spirit, with an open heart and a willing mind... (but) The desire to close is the tyranny of the majority. 'I am now the majority and we will do what we want.'"
Shlomo Karai, June 9, 2021 (Photo: Flash 90, Olivier Fitosi)
Former supreme president Barak is not the only one who warns against the possible consequences of harming the corporation.
Last week, the European Broadcasting Organization (EBU) sent a sharp letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu in which they warned against harming Han 11.
The CEO of the European Broadcasting Union, Noel Curhan, expressed in a letter to Netanyahu, a copy of which he also sent to President Yitzhak Herzog, in view of what he defined as the "recent statements of The Israeli Minister of Communications, Shlomo Karai, challenged the freedom of the press and threatened the news division of the corporation."
According to the CEO of the European Broadcasting Union - "Without a functioning news division, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation will no longer meet its obligations as a public broadcasting body, which calls into question the legitimacy of the organization to membership in the EBU".
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