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    Israeli TV station shutdown averted

    By AMY TEIBEL | Associated Press – Tue, Jan 24, 2012

    JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli TV station critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its shutdown over a debt to the government has been averted.

    Channel 10 was due to go dark this week after lawmakers rejected its request to defer payment of an $11 million royalty bill. Critics charged that this was part of a broader government campaign to muzzle the press.

    But a spokesman for the station said Tuesday that broadcast regulators have voted to extend its license until the end of the year. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

    Regulatory agency spokeswoman Liat Cohen confirmed that regulators threw Channel 10 a lifeline on Monday. The attorney general's office said earlier in the month that the debt should not compromise freedom of expression.

    THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. Check back soon for further information. AP's earlier story is below.

    JERUSALEM (AP) — An Israeli TV station critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says its shutdown over a debt to the government has been averted.

    Channel 10 was due to go dark this week after lawmakers rejected its request to defer payment of an $11 million royalty bill. Critics charged that this was part of a broader government campaign to muzzle the press.

    But a spokesman for the the station said Tuesday that broadcast regulators have voted to extend its license until the end of the year. He spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue.

    Regulatory agency spokesman Liat Cohen confirmed that regulators threw Channel 10 a lifeline on Monday. The attorney general's office said earlier in the month that the debt should not compromise freedom of expression.

     

    8 comments

    • Darryl
      Darryl  •  4 mths ago
      A TV station can't pay its bills and somehow this becomes international news because it can be twisted into an anti-Israel story. It seems like the AP spends all day trying to come up with stories to hate on Israel.
      • Gorilla
        Gorilla 4 mths ago
        There is an endless supply of anti semites on the planet slinging propaganda in any subtle way possible to pollute the minds of people everywhere. Too bad that children are taught to hate.
      • Cracker Barrel
        Cracker Barrel 4 mths ago
        Critical of Israel DOES NOT EQUAL anti semites, no matter how much AIPAC tries to tell you that
      • Native
        Native 4 mths ago
        The Torah is about hate, killing, and taking people's lands. Jews need to get out of the victim card use and be honest people and realize that they are racist and their religion teaches them to be racist.
    • Banana Kiwi
      Banana Kiwi  •  4 mths ago
      Channel 10 is my favorite news channel, and it's not critical of Netanyahu (even if it was it still would be my favorite)... Yahoo! News you need to get your facts straight...
    • Native
      Native  •  San Diego, California  •  4 mths ago
      I guess Public Broadcasting would not have a chance in israel.
    • PatrickB
      PatrickB  •  4 mths ago
      Israel: a democracy at work. God keeps close watch over His chosen people.
    • A Yahoo! User  •  4 mths ago
      You mean the Israel that commits War Crimes? The one that supports assassinating the President of the USA because "he doesn't support Israel"? Last time I checked the ONLY Nation the President needs to support is THIS one. Why do support this garbage?
      • Banana Kiwi
        Banana Kiwi 4 mths ago
        I like how when one Jewish-American retard calls for the assassination of Obama it becomes the fault of all the Jews and Israelis...
    • Jerry
      Jerry  •  Lansing, Michigan  •  4 mths ago
      The 9th amendment to the Basic Law: The Knesset (1985) empowers the Knesset Elections Committee to bar politicians from running for membership in the Knesset if they advocate for 3 things - against Israel as a Jewish State, against Israel as a democratic state, and for racism. Unfortunately, advocating for equal rights has been interpreted as an example of advocating against Israel as a Jewish State because by definition a Jewish State would give special rights to the Jewish people. Thus this law inhibits the freedom of speech of politicians.
    • e w
      e w  •  4 mths ago
      Israel is a theocratic dictatorship, the same as the Muslim countries.
      "As long as people believe in absurdities, they will continue to commit atrocities."
      ---------------VOLTAIRE
      It must be something in the water of that region, the center of religious bigotry and hatred, insanity and revenge and oppression.
    • ICEMAN
      ICEMAN  •  Rudersdal, Denmark  •  4 mths ago
      Yisrael - racist.
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