Two bills to repeal the Broadcasting Law submitted to the Knesset

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Two private bills, each consisting of a single section, that would cancel the Broadcasting Law were submitted to the Knesset just after it was sworn in. One was submitted by MKs from six parties of the Change Bloc, and another by the Democrats faction. The Broadcasting Law passed in the Knesset in July, and has meanwhile been frozen by the High Court of Justice until a hearing before an expanded panel.

Both bills claim that the legislative process for the law contained material flaws. The bills were submitted at the initiative of opposition Knesset members, after the High Court of Justice's interim order.

At the same time, the Knesset approved the composition of the arranging committee, headed by Roy Folkman, whose proposal prevailed over that of Likud.