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  • Law Limiting Free Newspapers: Changing the Freedom of the Press?

    03/19/2014 5:16:55 PM PDT · by Eleutheria5 · 5 replies
    Arutz Sheva ^ | 20/3/14 | Hezki Ezra & Tova Dvorin
    Six MKs from a variety of Knesset parties proposed a controversial bill on Wednesday that would limit the distribution of free newspapers - including the popular daily Yisrael Hayom. The bill, which was proposed by MKs Eitan Cabel (Labor), Robert Ilatov (Yisrael Beytenu), Ayelet Shaked (Jewish Home), Elazar Stern (Hatnua), Ariel Atias (Shas) and Yoel Razvozov (Yesh Atid), seeks to ensure "true and fair competition between newspapers." Analysts predict the law is likely to cause a brouhaha in the government, and that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu will act to prevent it from passing. The law's opponents argue that the bill,...