Judge Moshe Drori June 12, 2019/Flash 90, Flash 90
A few weeks ago it was reported that the Minister of Communications, Shlomo Karai, decided to appoint retired judge Moshe Drori as the chairman of the search committee of the public broadcasting corporation "Kan".
This is after the resignation of retired judge Nechama Netzer from this position.
Drori became famous for having previously attacked the prosecutor's office in connection with the Netanyahu cases and expressed support for the coup d'état.
Drori even recently served on behalf of the government as the chairman of the "Spy Committee" to investigate the Pegasus affair, and did not respond to the request to freeze its work during the war.
We will remind:
in accordance with section 29 (a) (1) of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Law, the chairman of the tracing committee is appointed in consultation with the president Supreme Court.
The search committee is responsible for recommending the appointments of members of the Board of the Broadcasting Corporation and the Chairman of the Broadcasting Corporation.
The chairman of the search committee has the authority to appoint the other two members of the committee independently.
However, the legal counsel's response to the request of the creators' organizations to the Acting President of the Supreme Court, Uzi Fogelman, implies that he faces another rift related to his appointment: "On January 11, 2024, the Acting President of the Supreme Court replied to the letter of the Minister of Communications, and in this context, the Acting President brought For the minister's review, as the appointing authority, relevant information regarding the possibility of the appointment," the answer reads.
In this context, it should be noted that Karai did not deny in the past his desire to weaken the broadcasting corporation, and even promoted legislative procedures on the issue.
It was also claimed against the minister that his ambitions are to dissolve the existing council.
In fact, the corporation's management officially said that Krai was "preparing the ground for taking over the organization".
Shlomo Karai is a guest on Tik Tok, May 2023/Reuven Castro
"You are exactly channels of panic"
Now, the creators' organizations are calling on President Fogelman, the administration of the courts and the legal counsel at the Ministry of Communications to publish all the relevant information regarding this appointment, this "in light of the public criticism about the person appointed and his connections to political parties, and the need for the holder of this position to be clean-handed."
The letter sent by the representatives of all the organizations, including the Film and Television Producers Association, the Israel Actors and Actresses Association, the Screenwriters Association, the Directors Association, and the Documentary Forum - states: "Since the Public Broadcasting Corporation constitutes about 50% of the television and production industry in Israel and greatly influences its existence And the future of an Israeli creation, the chairman of the search committee is a key position that has a tremendous impact on the future of thousands of creators, actors, directors, crew members, producers, screenwriters and more in particular, as well as on the nature of public broadcasting in Israel in general."
The organizations attach to the letter a number of Drori's recent statements, as supporting evidence for their claims and the insinuation that this is a political appointment.
Among other things, Drori said: "...well, I know panic channels do what they want, the truth is not a candle at their feet. You are exactly panic channels, I don't think a single word of yours is true. I don't believe you, that's all."
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"Over 50% of the population is not represented in the High Court"
The authors also attach to the letter a petition submitted after the 7/10 massacre by senior security officials, including former Shin Bet chief Nadav Argaman and former Air Force commander Amir Eshel regarding the appointment of the "Spy Committee". The petition reads as follows: "The petitioners claim that the government, The Minister of Justice and the Chairman of the Committee Drori "act in coordination, in a cynical and calculated manner, racing forward on the way to achieving their common goal.
They do not intend to stop the committee's work even when the guns of war are roaring, Israeli citizens are confined to their homes due to rocket fire, are conscripted into the reserves or accompany their loved ones to rest.
" , over 50% of the population is not represented in the High Court".
And also "The prosecutor's office marked Netanyahu as a target, and all means were kosher from its point of view to achieve it" - this in an interview on Gadi Taub's show.
The creators also point out that in section 30 of the law it is written that "no one who has a personal or business relationship with a minister of the government, who is engaged in political activity or party activity, or who has engaged in political activity or party activity in the five years preceding the date of the nomination ".
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