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Israeli public broadcasting icon, journalist Prof. Gideon Kutz dies at age 78

Kutz served for four decades as Voice of Israel's correspondent in Paris and was one of the most recognizable voices of Israeli public broadcasting in the French and European arena.

Israeli radio journalist Gideon Kutz. October 11, 2019.
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 9, 2025

Communications c'mtee approves splitting Karhi's media legislation amid legal adviser's opposition

Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.

Israel's broadcasting law poses 'grave risk,' A-G says, urging High Court to hear petitions

Israel's media in the eye of the storm.

Inside Israel's media war: Who shapes the narrative now?


Elkin says IBC management ‘needs to be changed’

“It [the IBC] has a budget of NIS 700 million of public money, and it is run without oversight; it runs itself,” continued Elkin.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu listens to Zeev Elkin during a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem in June.

PM outraged over pick of IBC’s news anchor

Geula Even-Sa’ar’s appointment is ‘a childish demonstration of defiance,’ associates say.

Gideon Sa'ar (L) and his wife, Channel 1 newscaster Geula Even.

Kahlon refuses to back down in furor over new public broadcaster

Bennett: “The public doesn’t understand it, people do not understand what you are fighting about.”

Moshe Kahlon

New broadcasting corp. wastes no time hiring IBA senior staff members

The IBC, whose establishment has been the subject of a heated debate threatening to cause a rift in the government, has started hiring its senior staff.

STAFFERS WORK in the offices of the soon-to-debut Israel Broadcasting Corporation in Modi’in.

The ax falls on the IBA

This also means an end to English-language broadcasts on Israel’s public service, such as the IBA News.

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

Time running out for Israel Broadcasting Authority

Kahlon says that he will find a way to help as many IBA employees as possible to find work at IBC or other governmental offices.

IBA HEADQUARTERS is located on Jerusalem’s Jaffa Road.

Nightly English TV news broadcasts to start Sunday

The nightly half-hour news broadcasts have been arranged through a syndication agreement between ILTV and METV (Middle East Television).

IBA EMPLOYEES protest outside the Knesset yesterday. The sign reads, ‘Democracy=Public Broadcasting’

Meretz MK: Why is Netanyahu still communications minister?

Police are expected to question Netanyahu this week for a third time regarding the case.

Zahava Gal-On

IBA closure delayed, opposition keeps Knesset up all night

Officially, the law is meant to allow the government extra time to prepare for the change in public broadcasting, but Kan said it is ready to begin working.

"Kan," the new public broadcaster's logo.

Muezzin, Kotel bills frozen until after Trump inauguration

The fact that the bills have been set aside for the coming weeks does not necessarily reflect on how the coalition will choose to move forward after that point.

Western Wall