By Anthony at BSST | Project Leader
Much more intensively than last year, ISTV has experienced an attack from several government agencies in recent months with the goal to curtail our efforts and try to silence them.
The Minister of Communications, the Minister in charge of the National Service, the Minister of Strategic Affairs and the Minister of Finance, have all launched attacks against ISTV on false claims based on complaints from right-wing parties.
A number of articles were published against ISTV. Here is one which ISTV has translated into English:
Minister of Communications against Social TV, Channel 20
There has been an attempt to deprive ISTV of the 2017 grant they are entitled to by broadcasting on cable and satellite television and only a legal battle produced results. ISTV has only just recently received the grant.
There is an ongoing attempt to cancel ISTV's National Service members, and ISTV finds itself in the midst of a legal battle that has not yet ended.
These are the conditions of the 'free press' in Israel. ISTV is clearly doing important work. ISTV has recently been working on the plight of asylum seekers in south Tel Aviv, as you can see in this short film here
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