Communications Ministry

A television control room, illustrative photo by Flash90.
Right-wing TV station ordered to include Reform, Conservative Judaism
A public television channel with a right-wing Zionist slant asks for permission to start a nightly newscast. Israel’s Communications Ministry says sure, but only if they start including ‘every stream of Judaism.’ By Raanan Shemesh Forshner Israel’s Council for Cable TV and Satellite Broadcasting (CCSB), part of the Communications Ministry, accepted last week a request…
By +972 Magazine December 27, 2016
An Israeli Border Police officer harasses a Palestinians journalist covering clashes between Palestinian protesters and Israeli security forces outside Ofer Military Prison, near Betunia, West Bank, August 3, 2016. (Flash90)
The Israeli gov’t must stop threatening to defund media outlets
+972 Magazine stands in solidarity with our colleagues at Israel Social TV, who are being targeted for political reasons by two government ministries. Israel’s Communications Ministry appears to have its crosshairs on “Israel Social TV,” one of a very small number of independent media outlets providing on-the-ground coverage of social and political struggles in Israel…
By +972 Magazine October 9, 2016
The ‘Palestine 48’ morning show, broadcast from Nazareth. (From ‘Palestine 48’ Facebook page)
Netanyahu threatens new TV station for Palestinian citizens of Israel
The new satellite station, ‘Palestine 48,’ aimed at Arab citizens of Israel, presents an opportunity to use the community as a bridge between Israel and Palestine, a member of its board says. Israeli Communications Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday declared his intention to shut down a brand new television station, “Palestine 48.” A day later,…
By Haggai Matar June 19, 2015
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