חוק השידור הציבורי הישראלי (תיקון מס' 8) (תיקון), התשע"ח-2018Law on Israeli Public Broadcasting (Amendment No. 8) (Amendment), 2018 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law was passed in its second and third readings on 19 July 2018. This Law amends the Israeli Public Broadcasting Law (Amendment No. 8) (Amendment), 2017, which was intended to establish a separate public news corporation from the Broadcasting Corporation, which would be dedicated entirely to news broadcasts and current affairs programs. The effective date of Amendment No. 8 was set for 15 May 2017, but a number of petitions were filed regarding it, in relation to some of which the Supreme Court issued a conditional order suspending the entry into force of the amendment, except for two sections concerning the absorption of employees from the Broadcasting Authority into the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation and into civil service. The amendment that was passed cancels the sections of Amendment No. 8 relating to the splitting of the corporation, so that a separate news corporation will not be established. In addition, in accordance with the provisions of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Law, 2014, Educational Television is supposed to end its broadcasts on 15 August 2018. Therefore, a provision was added according to which 40 positions will be allocated in the corporation for the benefit of Educational Television employees, in addition to the number of positions allocated under the Law for the absorption of employees from the Broadcasting Authority and from Educational Television. In addition, the Law extends by one year the period during which the Broadcasting Corporation may hire employees of Educational Television without a tender, so that this provision will apply until 15 May 2019.

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