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Channel 14

“Channel 14” workers and supporters protest against then-Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid outside the Tel Aviv Government Complex on Oct. 11, 2022. Photo by Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90.

A monolithic media, essential to the left, imperils democracy

As in the United States, Israel’s mainstream media outlets favor the political left. That’s why they’re trying to crush “Channel 14,” which favors Netanyahu and judicial reform.

Jonathan S. Tobin

August 13, 2023

Israel's Channel 14 program "The Patriots," hosted by Yinon Magal. (center). Source: Facebook.

‘Channel 14’ accuses business moguls of conspiring to cancel it

The channel, unique among Israeli TV stations for its conservative viewpoint, asked the Israel Competition Authority to investigate.

August 10, 2023

The Strauss Elite candy factory in Nazareth, April 28, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

Zionist rabbis call for boycott of Strauss

The rabbis decried the food manufacturer's use of its "economic power to impose a political agenda on public opinion in Israel."

August 6, 2023

Eleven Israeli Supreme Court Justices deliberate a petition related to Palestinian Arabs submitted by HaMoked, among other NGOs. Photo by Yossi Zamir/Flash 90.

Israeli NGO offering legal aid for Palestinian terrorists comes under scrutiny

HaMoked could be considered the Israeli branch of the P.A.’s Ministry of Detainees’ office, says the CEO of Ad Kan, a group whose members went undercover to gather details about the far-left NGO.

April 18, 2023

Channel 14's newsroom. Courtesy.

Israel’s first conservative TV news channel sees ratings spike

The Israeli public has woken to the fact that legacy stations are not impartial purveyors of news, but players in the political game, says Channel 14 news anchor Lital Shemesh.

March 13, 2023

Meretz Party chairwoman Zehava Gal-On casts her ballot at a voting station in Bnei Brak, Nov. 1, 2022. Credit: Roy Alima/Flash90.

High Court orders Meretz to let Channel 14 broadcast from party headquarters

The judges said the party’s refusal would harm the broadcaster and its viewers.

November 1, 2022

Israel's Channel 14 program "The Patriots," hosted by Yinon Magal. (center). Source: Facebook.

A political ploy to curb free speech

If the chairman of Israel’s Central Elections Committee doesn’t rule against Yair Lapid’s appalling attempt to silence his critics by going after “Channel 14,” let there be hell to pay for the left at the ballot box.

October 2, 2022