Keshet 12-Reshet 13 dispute moves to labor court: urgent request to delay Danknar's entry into role

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Keshet 12 filed an urgent request with the Labor Court for orders that would prevent Itai Danknar from taking up the post of CEO of Channel 13 News as early as next week. According to Bizportal, Keshet claims Danknar is in breach of a four-month cooling-off commitment, while Bizportal reports that he intends to take up his post as early as next week.

According to Globes, Keshet is demanding enforcement of Danknar's employment agreement, which sets a four-month cooling-off period from the end of his employment, and a ban on him and Reshet 13 starting any engagement until March 4, 2027. According to TheMarker, Danknar wrote in correspondence with Keshet that he proposed a compromise because he feared Keshet would jeopardize his new job, and that he did not want Keshet to harm his rights, but did not think Keshet's demand was reasonable, fair or lawful.