Netanyahu government moves to shut down Israel's Army Radio station
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Defense Minister Israel Katz had proposed that Army Radio, broadcasting since the early days of the state, will be shut down by March 1.
..Its original purpose, Katz said in a statement, had been to broadcast for Israel’s soldiers but that with time it served as a platform for views that “attack the IDF (Israel Defence Forces) and the IDF soldiers themselves.”
Army Radio is among two state-funded news outlets in Israel, the other being public broadcaster KAN that operates a television news channel, several radio stations and a popular digital platform. Both are editorially independent.
Katz said an army-operated station broadcasting to civilians was an anomaly for any democracy. Netanyahu said in remarks to the cabinet session, “I think it exists in North Korea and maybe a few other countries, and we probably don’t want to be counted among them.” ...