Supreme Court docket suspends closure of Military Radio
After final week’s listening to, Israel’s Supreme Court docket at the moment issued a conditional injunction towards the cupboard’s resolution to shut down Military Radio (Galei Tzahal). The cupboard will now be required to justify why the closure of Military radio shouldn’t be annulled.
The three justice panel of Daphne Barak-Erez, Alex Stein and Yechiel Kasher dominated, “A conditional injunction is hereby issued ordering the federal government respondents to return and supply the reason why authorities resolution quantity 3661 of December 22, 2025, which considerations the closure of the Military Radio broadcasting station, shouldn’t be annulled. With out being exhaustive, the response affidavit will concentrate on claims that concern the correctness of the decision-making course of and the style wherein discretion was exercised inside its framework.”
In response to the courtroom’s resolution, the state’s response should be obtained by March 15, 2026, “and will even be introduced ahead.”
This implies shifting the burden of proof to the cupboard, which should now justify the legality of the method of closing the station.
The injunction was issued after a sequence of petitions filed by the Journalists’ Affiliation, the Press Council, the Military Radio Workers’ Committee, and the Motion for High quality Authorities. They petitioned towards Minister of Protection Israel Katz’s resolution to shut the radio station by March 1, 2026 on the newest.
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