The knights of freedom of speech declare: "Of course we are not opposed to Arutz-7. They should broadcast freely, but only in a legal manner."; "They disregard the law, and then complain when they are brought to trial."
This argument removes the subject of Arutz-7 from the context in which it was created.
Public broadcasting in Israel, or in other words, the use of national (and military) resources for radio and TV broadcasts, have been placed totally at the disposal of the Left, and anti-Jewish and post-Zionist approaches. Innumerable examples can be given of the way in which Kol Israel (the Voice of Israel) has broken the law by giving "equal" representation (as required by the Broadcasting Law) to the various sectors of the population. Public broadcasts are always dominated by members of the extreme Israeli Left, while holders of other views are always relegated to a minor role.
The national radio station, Arutz-7, was established against this background. The station's success gives striking evidence that there is a very broad public that has finally found a platform representing it properly.
If so, the State of Israel broke the public broadcasting law, shut the mouths of the national public in contravention of the law, and forced them to seek solutions in the form of the Eretz Hatzvi ship [from which Arutz-7 broadcast its signal - ed.].
In this impossible situation, without budgets and without a well-oiled public machine, Arutz-7 succeeded in creating a media channel with standards that left the institutionalized channels far behind. It was demonstrated that it is possible to run a quality Israeli media channel, which broadcasts only Hebrew songs, avoids profanity, provides a broad range of culture, and faithfully represents the public loyal to the State of Israel and to Jewish values.
Now, from the public broadcasting dunghill that has made nonsense of the law, the knights of the law are calling these pioneers "criminals".
It is not clear how this affair will end, but the basic conditions in force since the station was established will not change. Public broadcasting is still controlled (like the other nodes of power in Israel) by the extreme Left, and there is still need for a real expression of the feelings of the broad public. It is therefore clear that, in the end, Arutz-7 will resume its broadcasts. Perhaps it will be called Arutz-8, or perhaps we'll all go and purchase radios that receive transmissions directly from satellites.
It's not clear what will happen, but those who have become accustomed to the fresh breeze that emerged from the radio every time it was tuned to Arutz-7 will not be satisfied with the rotten fumes produced by the range of channels provided by Big Brother.
This argument removes the subject of Arutz-7 from the context in which it was created.
Public broadcasting in Israel, or in other words, the use of national (and military) resources for radio and TV broadcasts, have been placed totally at the disposal of the Left, and anti-Jewish and post-Zionist approaches. Innumerable examples can be given of the way in which Kol Israel (the Voice of Israel) has broken the law by giving "equal" representation (as required by the Broadcasting Law) to the various sectors of the population. Public broadcasts are always dominated by members of the extreme Israeli Left, while holders of other views are always relegated to a minor role.
The national radio station, Arutz-7, was established against this background. The station's success gives striking evidence that there is a very broad public that has finally found a platform representing it properly.
If so, the State of Israel broke the public broadcasting law, shut the mouths of the national public in contravention of the law, and forced them to seek solutions in the form of the Eretz Hatzvi ship [from which Arutz-7 broadcast its signal - ed.].
In this impossible situation, without budgets and without a well-oiled public machine, Arutz-7 succeeded in creating a media channel with standards that left the institutionalized channels far behind. It was demonstrated that it is possible to run a quality Israeli media channel, which broadcasts only Hebrew songs, avoids profanity, provides a broad range of culture, and faithfully represents the public loyal to the State of Israel and to Jewish values.
Now, from the public broadcasting dunghill that has made nonsense of the law, the knights of the law are calling these pioneers "criminals".
It is not clear how this affair will end, but the basic conditions in force since the station was established will not change. Public broadcasting is still controlled (like the other nodes of power in Israel) by the extreme Left, and there is still need for a real expression of the feelings of the broad public. It is therefore clear that, in the end, Arutz-7 will resume its broadcasts. Perhaps it will be called Arutz-8, or perhaps we'll all go and purchase radios that receive transmissions directly from satellites.
It's not clear what will happen, but those who have become accustomed to the fresh breeze that emerged from the radio every time it was tuned to Arutz-7 will not be satisfied with the rotten fumes produced by the range of channels provided by Big Brother.