US EditionKnesset Approves First Reading of Bill Expanding Government Control over Media
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Knesset approves first reading of bill expanding government control over media
The bill was published with an unprecedented note stating it had not been approved by the attorney general who warned it endangers Israel's free press and allows political interference, but ministers advanced it despite legal and regulatory objections
The ultra-Orthodox factions are boycotting the votes in the Knesset plenum as part of a protest over the failure to advance the draft law and regulate the status of yeshiva students, which led the coalition to withdraw the legislation in the plenum. However, tonight (between Monday and Tuesday) the Knesset plenum voted, on first reading, in favor of Minister Shlomo Kari's media law, and this with the support of the ultra-Orthodox factions. The u…
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