חוק התקשורת (בזק ושידורים) (תיקון מס' 82 – הוראת שעה), התשפ"ה–2025Communications Law (Telecommunications and Broadcasting) (Amendment No. 82 – temporary provision), 2025 · automatic translation · suggest a correction

Official summary of the law (Knesset)

The Law determines, by temporary provision, that each year for a period of 5 years, a budget of 1.4 million new shekels will be allocated in the annual budget laws to encourage the production of programs in the Georgian language. The Law applies to a program in the Georgian language, most of whose creators, most of whose performers, most of the technical-engineering staff who took part in its production, and most of the production staff are residents of Israel who were born in Georgia or at least one of whose parents was born in Georgia, and which will be broadcast in Israel on channels at least half of whose broadcasting time is in the Georgian language, provided that the total broadcasting time of these channels is not less than 12 hours a day, six days a week. The Law further determines that the Council for Cable and Satellite Broadcasting will distribute the said budget in accordance with support criteria that it will establish, and that in distributing the support funds, the Council will examine the suitability of the local production to one or more of the objectives established in the Law, including enabling members of the Georgian community to express the community's sentiments, traditions and culture; providing relevant information to members of the community to help them cope with various bodies in Israel, including government ministries; and presenting the Israeli way of life, in order to assist in the absorption of community members in Israel. In addition, the Council will take into account, when distributing the support funds, the broadcasting hours during which the productions will be broadcast on the said channels.

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Sponsors

Simon Moshiashvili, Yinon Azoulay, Shalom Danino, David Bitan, Ofir Katz, Moshe Gafni, Tzvika Foghel, Tally Gotliv