Guy Pelag's NIS 1 Million Lawsuit Against Yinon Magal

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The evidentiary hearing in the NIS 1 million lawsuit brought by Guy Pelag and Channel 12 News against Yinon Magal ended in a sharp confrontation. Magal argued that the publication was written as satire and that viewers understood it was a joke. A day after the hearing, Magal attacked Channel 12 News and the court in a broadcast on 103FM, claiming that the lawsuits against him were meant to silence him.

During the hearing, Amnon Abramovitz came to testify, and the parties met at the court. A Channel 14 presenter insisted that it was a joke. Pelag revealed the personal price he paid as a result of the publication, saying: "Even five million would not compensate me for what that terrible man did to me."

Magal said on air that the lawsuits against him were meant to hit him personally, and compared the proceedings to the Dreyfus affair. The lawsuit is for the sum of one million shekels.