The Journalists' Organization: "The fact that this is the first bill submitted by someone who was a journalist for many years and the editor-in-chief of a widely circulated newspaper is amazing and unbelievable"
MK Boaz Bimsot, a former panelist at "Olan Shishi" and editor of the "Israel Hayom" newspaper for 5 years, while the newspaper was all mobilized in support of Likud Chairman Netanyahu, submitted his first bill as a member of the Knesset - and it is hard not to see how if it passes , will not harm the freedom of the press.
Bismuth submitted an amendment to the Privacy Protection Bill, 1991-1991, in which he seeks to add to the definition of "infringement of privacy" the act of publishing a recording of a person in public that pertains to sensitive information as defined in Chapter B of the law, and without the person's consent. Accordingly, it is proposed to state that also This act will constitute a civil wrong and a criminal offense.
Bismuth said: "In the technological age in which we live, any person can record a conversation with sensitive content and publish it publicly.
The amendment to the law will ensure that the publication of a recording of a person's sensitive and intimate matters will also be considered a publication that constitutes an infringement of the individual's privacy and modesty."
Boaz Bismuth, swearing in of the government, December 29, 2023 (Photo: Reuven Castro)
This is an amendment that will apply to conversations that violate privacy by publishing sensitive information, apparently similar to the one that took place at the time between the Prime Minister's son, Yair Netanyahu, while he was roaming with his friends - including the son of businessman Kobi Maimon - in the Prime Minister's surviving car between strip clubs and was recorded Another
memorable case is that of a recording between "Rabbi" Guy Hovra and strategic advisor Israel Bacher in the first round of elections in 2020, a round that led to the political floundering in the last three years. Before the elections, the political commentator of News 12 Amit Segal revealed a recording in which Israel Bacher, the advisor of Yo Blue and White Rabbi Benny Gantz quotes MK Omar Yanklewitz as saying that Gantz is "stupid, a complete zero, he is not fit to be prime minister." Bacher himself stated that "Ganz is dangerous to the people of Israel" and that "he does not have the courage to attack Iran." Who The one who transmitted the recording and even recorded it himself, as it turned out, was Rabbi Guy Hobra.
Later, the "Ovda" anchor, Ilana Dayan, revealed the tapes showing that Netanyahu allegedly knew about the publication of Bacher's tape, even though he claimed otherwise.
The journalists' organization responded: "The organization strongly rejects MK Boaz Bismut's bill, which limits the freedom of the press and harms the general public.
Part of our work is publishing tapes that sometimes reveal what various parties prefer to remain in rooms - from dark and corrupt deals to injustices done to the weak - children, the elderly and other disadvantaged populations.
Handing over the right to approval, or banning the recording, in the hands of the recorded is giving a reward to the corrupt and wrongdoers.
The fact that this is the first bill submitted by someone who was a journalist for many years and editor-in-chief of a widely circulated newspaper is amazing and unbelievable."
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