Activists Place Closure Orders on Channel 14 and Ali Pre-Military Academy Over Yair Golan's Remarks

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Democrats chairman Yair Golan demands that Channel 14 be required to sign the Press Council's ethics code, and if it does not, he will work to shut it down. According to him, he will stop funding the Ali pre-military academy: "Why should we fund that?"

In response to the statements, young members of the religious Zionist movement on Sunday placed symbolic closure orders and barriers at the entrance to Channel 14's studios and the Bnei David Ali pre-military academy. The orders stated that they would take effect in 72 hours, after the elections. The order placed at the channel's entrance stated that the channel would be closed due to "inciting media," allegedly on the instruction of Communications Minister Gilad Kariv.