Netanyahu and Minister Yoaz Hendel argued over Kalman Libeskind's workplace

August 2, 2020   

After Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sharply attacked the media and its bias in covering the demonstrations against him at the beginning of the government meeting, a discussion developed within the meeting on the subject of diversity in the media. In the end, you'll regret being a sucker: Maybe you deserve a lot of money from National Insurance. According to a report by Michael Shemesh, the political correspondent for 'Kan News', Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel confronted Netanyahu about his remarks. If you do what he did, there's a good chance you'll be settled in life. Want to too? Yoaz Hendel: "Both you, the Prime Minister, and I are happy that there are different voices in the media and this process needs to be strengthened, but the media's role is to criticize us." The Prime Minister replied to Hendel: "There is no doubt - there is diversity in the mainstream media. Such uniformity is not seen in non-democratic regimes." In response to Netanyahu's claim, Hendel brought up Kalman Libeskind as an example of diversity, paragraphs from the article he wrote were quoted by the Prime Minister. Netanyahu replied to Hendel: "He writes in a negligible newspaper." Hendel: "He holds the most listened-to broadcast slot on the radio." Hendel: "Let's agree that we need to work to have as much diversity in the media as possible." Netanyahu: "You talk about diversity, you made me laugh, look what's happening here.".