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Former IBA director-general Joseph Barel dies, aged 79

Barel was passionate about the importance of an English-language news broadcast, and the prevelence of such today shows he was ahead of his time.

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IDF soldiers at the national military cemetery on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on Memorial Day, May 1, 2017‏

The Voice of the Nation is silenced

FILE PHOTO: Employees work in the offices of Kan, the new Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2016.

Kan reports rise in ratings

AVI MOSKOWITZ (left) toasting life with a Beer Bazaar patron.

Grapevine: The Polish connection


IBA workers block IBC management from entering authority headquarters

IBA HEADQUARTERS is located on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Opposition MKs accuse PM of ‘trying to take over the media’

“This worthless agreement was approved by the attorney-general, although no decent one would have approved it.”

Isaac Herzog

Public broadcasting compromise to face High Court challenge today

The agreement is unlikely to be canceled by the court, because Netanyahu received a stamp of approval from Attorney- General Avichai Mandelblit.

BENJAMIN NETANYAHU and finance minister Moshe Kahlon.

Analysis: Publicly broadcasting weakness before a fight?

Eight years later, just ahead of March 31, Netanyahu made a deal preventing the new Israel Broadcasting Corporation from being able to control its news division.

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Public Broadcasting staff protest Netanyahu-Kahlon deal

The Netanyahu-Kahlon deal helped stave off early elections, pending legislation that will pass in the Knesset in a special recess hearing to be held on Wednesday.

FILE PHOTO: Employees work in the offices of Kan, the new Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Tel Aviv, Israel November 3, 2016.

Analysis: Netanyahu's Pyrrhic victory

All the deal did was switch one group of journalists in the unemployment line with another.

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IBA workers petition for further closure delay

But whatever happens, the Eurovision will still be broadcast on Channel 1.

THE ISRAEL Broadcasting Authority’s building, located in Jerusalem.

In spite of crisis, IBC continues hiring IBA staff

New broadcaster Kan acquires star journalists

THE ISRAEL BROADCASTING AUTHORITY headquarters in Jerusalem are located in the historic former Shaare Zedek hospital building on Jaffa Road.

Yet another ‘poke in the eye’ by IBC broadcaster Kan

Keren Neubach, the journalist politicians love to hate, named radio host.

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Minister: Freedom of press won't be harmed, broadcast law moving forward

“We stand by what we committed to, there is an agreement and legislation will arrive. We won’t allow any harm to be done to democracy, to freedom of expression, or freedom of the press.”

Moshe Kahlon