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01.08.2023 - 08:47 / deadline.com
Anti-government protests in Israel are raging after controversial legislation to weaken the Supreme Court was passed, and now the very future of the nation’s thriving TV sector feels under threat.
Benjamin Netanyahu’s controversial judicial reforms, which have led hundreds of thousands to take to the streets for months on end, were rubberstamped last Monday and have caused uproar both domestically and on the international stage as the most right-wing government in Israel’s short history tightens its grip. Meanwhile, dozens more laws look set to impinge on rights in areas such as LGBTQ+ reform over the coming months, in a nation that has long been seen as one of the more progressive in its region.
Beyond the judicial overhaul, which will remove the Supreme Court’s power to reverse government decisions it deems unreasonable, major changes to the TV and news sectors are planned. While not entirely surprising, these proposals have alarmed the local broadcasting and production community, who have banded together to express their outrage.
The proposals, which are expected to pass but not for months, include the significant reduction of local original content quotas, the creation of a new regulator whose members would largely be chosen by the government and which could meddle with Israeli content, and the cancellation of the requirement for networks to obtain independent licenses in order to broadcast news content.
If the proposals pass in their current form, public broadcaster Kan 11 – no friend of the incumbent government – will also be banned from making money via advertising, while there are provisions to make it easier to sell off the network’s assets.
Bizarrely, the new laws would also forge a first-of-its-kind
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Jason Aldean stood by the footage used in his controversial video for “Try That in a Small Town.” However, the video has since been edited to remove clips from Black Lives Matter protests in Atlanta.
Jason Aldean's new music video appears to have received a subtle reedit. In the wake of controversy surrounding the country star's «Try That in a Small Town» visual, select imagery of Black Lives Matter protests has been removed.
Jason Aldean‘s new music video appears to have received a subtle reedit. In the wake of controversy surrounding the country star’s “Try That in a Small Town” visual, select imagery of Black Lives Matter protests has been removed.
Jason Aldean's new music video appears to have received a subtle re-edit. In the wake of controversy surrounding the country star's «Try That in a Small Town» visual, select imagery of Black Lives Matter protests has been removed.