Jerusalem – The Israeli parliament has passed a law banning journalists working for the country’s public broadcast authority from expressing their opinions on air.
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The law, passed early Thursday in the middle of the night, drew criticism from journalists, who accused the government of trying to stifle dissent.
The law says broadcasts should “avoid one-sidedness, prejudice, expressing personal opinions, giving grades and affixing labels.”
The Israel Press Council urged parliament to cancel the law, saying it violates free speech.
Cabinet Minister Ofir Akunis said the law only applies to newscasts. He told Channel 2 TV that some journalists critical of the government “aren’t being professional and are doing it for political reasons.”
It remains unclear how the law will be enforced.
The Ashkenazi people took in all primitive Sphardim and now they pay the price. .. they are killing the state as a Jewish democracy
Israel was very successful in banning religious or right-wing broadcasts several years ago. However Leftists who have more chutzpah and will not stop their Leftist one-sided bigotry and will fight it till the end. They will win because Israel supreme court consists of their kind of radical leftists judges.