Kalman Libeskind, Golan Yokhpaz/Creative Commons
Despite the unprecedented statements of the corporation's employee towards the management - the broadcasting corporation has no intention of suspending, reprimanding or admonishing the anchor of the morning program of the Kana network, Kalman Libeskind, for a column he wrote this weekend in Maariv.
In a column under the title "This is it and the Rolnik report mocking and inciting anyone who is 'other' - even if he is half of the country," Libeskind wrote and explained that "there is no reason for us to finance "This is it" and "The Rolnik report", series produced by the Public Broadcasting Corporation and all their matters To incite, insult and mock the right-wing, the religious, the Mizrahim, the settlers, Netanyahu's supporters and anyone who is not in the 'right' group. Half of Israeli society is required to pay for propaganda that presents it as a disaster."
The column was also shared by Communications Minister Shlomo Karai, who does not hide his ambitions to weaken the corporation and harm it.
"As of today, there is probably no majority in the coalition to privatize the corporation. There are MKs and ministers who oppose it, even if they tell you otherwise.
There is an almost complete harmony between those who opposed the legal reform and those who oppose or quibble about the privatization of the corporation.
"I don't decide on this, I have no authority on the matter. Even the corporation's budget is fixed by law and does not need my approval. I also tried to cut it very recently and the Minister of Finance is proud that he stopped it. At the same time, bills by members of the Knesset concerning the termination of public funding for the corporation or Reducing it, they will receive unequivocal support from me."
Libeskind set a kind of trap for CEO Golan Yochpaz: if he responds, he will be perceived as a "leftist". If he does not respond, he will be perceived as a rascal
The opinion presented by Libeskind is certainly protected under freedom of speech, but it also set a kind of trap for the corporation's management and CEO Golan Yochpaz: if he responds, he will provide the "goods" for the clear voices in the government against the corporation and will be perceived as a "leftist and shut his mouth". If he does not respond, he will be caught Kropps. Finally, the corporation decided to choose the second option.
The corporation depends on the fact that at the legal level, so (the corporation's management claims), there is no procedure that prohibits such criticism. However, it is difficult to ignore the line that connects the lack of attitude to the criticism leveled at me of Ila Hasson's show on the screen here, which shows more than one Attitudes and discourse that clearly serves the Netanyahu government, and the thunderous silence in this case as well.
By not responding to the statements, in a way that is perceived as fear of the government, there is also a problematic message that was sent internally to the employees of the organization, some of them even expressed themselves on the subject on social media. "Are we now allowed to speak "What do we think publicly about the corporation's 19:00 band?" said Lavala! Baranja, a senior employee of the organization. The
Broadcasting Corporation said: "Here, the Israel Broadcasting Corporation is careful to include all the voices in Israeli society in its broadcasts."
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