Thousands of children and parents demonstrated today (Friday) at the Tel Aviv Cinematheque plaza against the closing of the Public Broadcasting Corporation, including against the closing of "Educational Center".
They called on the minister of communications and the government to cancel the plan to close "Kan" - and shelve the Karai reform.
"Honorable minister, believe in Israel and in the representation of all the ethnicities and cultures in Israel that are in the corporation. We are not going anywhere until you are grandparents," said screenwriter Avner Bernheimer, creator of the series "Mikfi Milano".
The event was moderated by Kevin Rubin, and the best young actors from the Israeli television series of Kaan Educationally came on stage to speak.
"Long days of stress and uncertainty"
"Thank you to the good people in front of and behind the camera who give us quality and interesting content. Without the audience there is no educational program," said Rubin.
"You made the corporation what it is. Don't give up on your education. Don't give up on your future. It's exciting to see how much you care. And thank you to your parents who taught you how to treat people with respect."
"Without the audience there are no constraints."
Kevin Rubin (archive), photo: Efrat Eshel
In the meantime, the journalist Golan Yokhpaz, who serves as the CEO of the public broadcasting corporation "Kan 11", sent a message to his employees: "In recent weeks, we have gone through long days of tension, uncertainty and concern for the future of all of our workplaces.
Despite the upheaval - you never stopped working and excelling.
The listening surveys for our radio stations, which were published this week, made it clear that the stations here are leaders in Israel, the volumes of browsing on the digital platforms continued the upward trend that has been registered since the World Cup, and the series 'Eichmann, the lost recordings' was sold in a historic deal to the content giant Amazon Prime Video."
"Tremendous support from millions."
CEO of the corporation Golan Yochpaz, photo: Gideon Markovich
"This is a tremendous support not only from the millions of viewers of the corporation, big and small, but also from our colleagues, and together with them from our creative partners, producers, artists, singers, writers, people from the television industry and a number of public figures and organizations in Israel and the world - who took part in an unprecedented show of solidarity Of its kind. The real threat to the continued existence of the corporation hangs in the air, and it may return quickly and in a much more aggressive manner. The job of all of us is to continue to stand guard over public broadcasting, to continue making quality content for all the people of Israel."
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