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High Court: Broadcasting in territories illegal
Judges ask State to explain why it won't establish special broadcasting authority in West Bank. Left-wing group: Our stance has been reinforced
The High Court of Justice on Thursday ordered the State to explain within 10 days why it won't work to establish a special broadcasting authority in the West Bank area.
According to the law, the Second Authority for Television and Radio cannot impose its authority in the territories, and therefore a tender for a license to broadcast in the territories is illegal.
The Gush Shalom left-wing organization claimed in a petition filed with the court Thursday that there was no legal foundation for a settlers' radio station, which they claimed would be politically biased.
The discussed station is owned by Zvi Shalom, the brother of former Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom (Likud). The establishment of the settlers' radio station has been put on hold since January 2008.
A Gush Shalom official said in response, "The court has reinforced our stance that the tender procedure was faulty."
