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News 12 Drops $3 Million Libel Suit Against Eli Tzipori After Mediation
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First reported by Walla · Jun 14, 2026
What happened
News 12 dropped its 3 million shekel defamation lawsuit against Eli Tzipori after a court-approved mediation deal. Tzipori will pay nothing, but he agreed to stop calling the channel “Al Jazeera 12” and said he does not believe it is connected to Al Jazeera. The case joins several other civil and criminal proceedings against him.
- 01News 12 withdrew its 3 million shekel libel suit after mediation.
- 02Tzipori will pay no compensation but must stop using “Al Jazeera 12.”
- 03He signed a clarification denying any real link between News 12 and Al Jazeera.
- 04Neither side was required to apologize or remove old posts.
- 05Tzipori faces several other major defamation cases and a criminal indictment.
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