ISRAEL’S NEW JOURNALISM BILL COULD DEAL FATAL BLOW TO FREEDOM OF PRESS
December 11th 2007 10:14
The Israeli Press Council said on Sunday that it would be filing a formal rebuttal to Interior Minister Meir Sheetrit's new journalism bill.
Ynet reported, “The council's objections are mainly directed at section 7 of the bill, which would allow district courts to either halt or completely stall a newspaper's publication, should it prove to have compromised Israel’s security or national welfare.
The duration and restrictions put on newspapers cited under the bill would be at the court’s discretion alone, as the publishers would have no right to appeal the court’s decision.
The council claims that the bill could potentially hand a fatal blow to freedom of the press in Israel.
- From MediaBlab news service by Peter Olszewski via Factiva
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