On the other hand, they claim that "the channel refused to reach a compromise and commit to giving positive coverage and a specified screen time to the reformist leftist organizations. The court ruled that this is discrimination in the provision of services"
The Israeli Magistrate's Court ruled this morning (Tuesday) that Channel 14 violated the anti-discrimination law by not broadcasting reformist and conservative content.
In doing so, the HMS accepted the claim of the Reform Movement (the Reform Center for Religion and State) and ordered the channel to compensate it for NIS 160,000.
Judge Elad Lang justified his ruling by saying that "in the channel's broadcasting license, the culture of the Jewish public was defined in all its elements, streams and varieties , and that the channel is a public resource.
On the other hand, they claim that "the channel refused to reach a compromise and commit to giving positive coverage and a specified screen time to the reformist left-wing organizations. The court ruled that this is discrimination in the provision of services."
The struggle of the reformist movement in the channel has been going on for a long time.
In the past, the movement submitted several requests to the channel and the council - and the movement even threatened to go to court on the issue.
In addition to this, with the amendment of the law that allowed the channel to broadcast news, it was announced in Vala Barangay that the reformist movement even submitted an objection to the approval, because according to them "the broadcasts on the channel are about the purity of Orthodoxy, and there is no proper combination of reformist, conservative and pluralistic content".
"The Patriots" panel, Channel 14 (Photo: screenshot, Channel 14)
A history of exclusion
As mentioned, the criticism of the underrepresentation and coverage of the reformist movement has followed Channel 14 since it was under Channel 20. In 2017, the Cable and Satellite Council examined the representation of the reformist and conservative currents on the channel, following public complaints and an investigation that revealed that they were almost completely excluded from the channel's broadcasts.
At the same time, the council asked to receive data on interviewees and items that were offered to the channel and rejected in the past.
After the council's inspection and the joint agreement of the chairman of the council at the time, Dr. Yifat Ben Hai Segev, the CEO of the Reform movement Rabbi Gilad Karib, the CEO of the traditional movement Yizhar Hess, as well as a management representative from Channel 20 - it was decided that "within a month, Channel 20 will have to give Representation for these currents, at a rate similar to their rate in the population."
On behalf of
Channel 14
, it was stated in response: "We will appeal against Pesad.
This is an unfortunate interference with freedom of expression.
Dark days for a democratic country, in which a court dictates to journalists through fines, what,
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Shlomo Karai