Channel 14 controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2024
Dispute over Naftali Bennett recording
The channel aired what it described as an exclusive recording of former prime minister Naftali Bennett discussing whether a Palestinian state could be debated in several years. Bennett denied the interpretation and called the report fabricated.
2024
Rights groups seek investigation into Gaza-war statements
Three Israeli civil-rights organizations asked government and broadcasting authorities to investigate statements they said endorsed genocide, indiscriminate killing, mass deportation or starvation in connection with the Gaza war.
2023
Ari Shamai comments during judicial-reform protests
Commentator Ari Shamai made inflammatory remarks about opponents of the judicial reform and subsequently called for the release of Yigal Amir, the convicted assassin of Yitzhak Rabin. He was suspended from The Patriots, while protest groups called for an advertising boycott.
2021
Reporter dismissed after missile-strike remark
Reporter Kobi Finkler was fired after saying during a live broadcast that a missile had fallen on a soccer field in a large Arab locality and expressing regret that it had not caused mass casualties.
2018
Interview with convicted school arsonist
An interview with Yitzhak Gabbai, convicted for setting fire to a Jewish-Arab bilingual school, prompted public condemnation. The channel and interviewer Boaz Golan apologized, and the Second Authority initiated a violation procedure.
2017
Penalty over exclusion of Reform and Conservative representatives
The Cable and Satellite Broadcasting Council fined the channel 100,000 NIS after it refused to host representatives of Reform and Conservative Judaism. A subsequent appeal to the Jerusalem District Court was rejected.
2015
Regulatory penalties over programming outside the heritage mandate
The channel was fined for broadcasting an election rally and later for airing news flashes before it had full authorization to provide news programming.