Boaz Golan Called the Change Bloc a ''Cancer''; Lawmaker Petitions Channel 14 Regulator

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Boaz Golan, host of the program ''The Open Studio'' on Channel 14, called voters for the Change Bloc ''cancer in the heart of the country'' during a discussion on forming the government, according to Ice. According to Israel Hayom, the panelists sitting beside him were not shocked by the remark.

According to Maariv, following the criticism he received, Golan backed down and issued a clarification. According to Ice, he claimed he meant those who sit with Arab Islamist party members in the Knesset, and wrote: ''I will continue to call them cancer.''

According to Israel Hayom, the incoming Knesset member from Yisrael Beytenu petitioned the Second Authority for Television and Radio in a sharp and urgent letter, demanding that a violation proceeding be opened. In the letter she also spoke of her personal battle with illness.