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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.

Ynet said, “In the absence of a constitutionally defined freedom of speech act in Israel, the right and its observance derives from one legislative act defining the guidelines under which the State can shut down newspapers.”
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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Comment by Ahmed

December 12th 2007 02:56


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Israel already practices self censorship, this probably just formalizes their behaviour. It's hard to justify a war with a free press, imagine if that war is in your own backyard.

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