Petition Seeks Ban on Channel 14 Interviewing Likud Candidates
Translated & summarized from TheMarker by baba
A petition was filed with the Central Elections Committee requesting that Channel 14 be prohibited from interviewing candidates from the Likud and allied parties until the elections. The petitioners cite election law prohibiting propaganda within 60 days of an election, arguing the channel serves as a propaganda tool for the Likud. The petition seeks to ban interviews and calls for support for these parties.
The story in 5 lines · by baba
- A petition asks the Central Elections Committee to ban Channel 14 from interviewing Likud candidates until elections.
- The petition cites election law prohibiting propaganda within 60 days of an election.
- It claims Channel 14 primarily features candidates from the "Netanyahu bloc."
- The petitioners want to stop explicit calls to vote for these parties on the channel.
- The petition describes Channel 14 as a propaganda body serving the Likud.
A petition filed with the Central Elections Committee on Tuesday asks its chairman, Judge Noam Sohlberg, to issue an order compelling Channel 14 to cease broadcasting programs featuring candidates from the Likud, Otzma Yehudit, and Religious Zionist parties until the elections. The petitioners also seek an order prohibiting presenters, interviewees, and spokespeople on the channel from calling to vote for or support these parties.
The petition is based on election law, which forbids election propaganda on television and radio in the 60 days preceding an election. It is argued that Channel 14 primarily provides a platform for candidates from parties within the "Netanyahu bloc" and broadcasts explicit calls to vote for the Likud. "Channel 14 is a propaganda body serving one faction, the Likud, and one person at its head," the petition states.
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