Sign in to baba News

The Desk, the news read to you every hour, is part of News Plus.

or use an email code

News Plus · The Desk

The news, read to you every hour

A short spoken bulletin on the stories that moved in the last hour, from 6:00 to 23:00 Israel time. In English.

Also in News Plus

  • What changed since you read it
  • The daily brief by email
  • Headlines side by side
  • Duki without the daily limit

Sign in to baba News

One account across the web, iPhone and Android — your subscription follows it.

or use an email code

News Plus

Welcome, one more step

The cross-newsroom layer: who covered a story, who didn’t, and how each one worded it. Plus your own news, on every device.

Follow your news

  • Unlimited follows
  • Alerts for what you follow (in the app)
  • Story alerts (in the app)
  • Hide read stories
  • The daily brief by email

See the coverage

  • Headlines side by side
  • Who reported first
  • Every newsroom clip, from every platform
  • Every newsroom photo on a story

Go deeper

  • The whole archive
  • Your reading diet
  • Duki without the daily limit
  • The Desk: the news, spoken every hour
  • Catch Me Up, and what changed since you read it
  • The Live Terminal

Free stays free: the live wire, Not Everywhere, the brief, five follows and five Duki questions a day.

Search stories

Type at least two characters. Results come from every newsroom baba reads.

↑↓ to move · ↵ to open · esc to close

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to save this article and find it on your phone.

or use an email code

General · Full coverage

Lawyer Threatens Channel 14 With Lawsuit Over Defamation

How 2 Israeli newsrooms covered this story — translated into English and compared side by side.

Lean right 1Haredi 1

By חני אדרי

What happened

Lawyer Barak Cohen is demanding an apology and NIS 50,000 from Channel 14 and panelist Yedidya Meir over alleged defamatory statements made on the program 'HaPatriotim.' Cohen claims Meir fabricated an encounter, and if demands are unmet, he will sue for NIS 150,000.

  • 01Lawyer Barak Cohen demands apology and NIS 50,000 from Channel 14.
  • 02The demand follows alleged defamatory statements by panelist Yedidya Meir.
  • 03Cohen claims Meir fabricated an encounter at a gas station.
  • 04The lawyer states the broadcast reached hundreds of thousands.
  • 05Cohen will sue for NIS 150,000 if demands are not met within 7 days.

Summary translated & synthesized from the sources below by baba. Read each original for the full report.

Sign in to baba News

Sign in to keep asking. News Plus removes the daily limit.

or use an email code

News Plus · Ask Duki

Keep asking Duki

A free account gets five questions a day. News Plus lifts the daily limit.

Also in News Plus

  • The whole archive
  • Headlines side by side
  • Who reported first
  • The Desk, every hour

The coverage

2 newsrooms on this story

How it broke

Plus

News Plus · Who reported first

See which newsroom broke it

The order the newsrooms filed in, and how long each side of the press waited before running the story.

Also in News Plus

  • Headlines side by side
  • Story alerts
  • The Live Terminal
  • Unlimited follows
Mentioned
OrganizationsChannel 14
PlacesAtlit

Full coverage · 2 newsrooms

The same event, reported separately by each newsroom. Open a few to compare what each emphasizes — and what they leave out.

SrugimRight · Hebrew2 hours ago
Lawyer Threatens Channel 14 With Lawsuit Over Defamation
Kikar HaShabbatHaredi press · Hebrew4 hours ago
Left-Wing Lawyer Threatens Lawsuit Against Channel 14 Panelist