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Israel Shuts Down Liberal Radio Station For “Incitement” While Moving To Deter Other “Leftist” Media

The civil libertarian community in Israel is alarmed by the government’s decision to shutdown a radio station that has been outspoken in its opposition to the growing plans for war with Iran. The Israeli-Palestinian radio station called “All for Peace” was shutdown after demands from members of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s conservative coalition.

The move is part of a general crackdown on free speech and free press in Israel with hawks moving to block foreign funding for liberal or peace nonprofit groups as well as lowering the standards for libel lawsuits to deter stories in the media. The shutdown of the radio station was celebrated by conservative lawmaker Danny Danon who claimed credit for the shutdown after he complained that the station’s opposition to the government’s military actions and planning constituted “incitement” against the government. He called for shutting down any “leftist” media organizations that allowed themselves to becomes “an instrument of incitement.” Of course, the government would determine what views constitute incitement. It is an open embrace of “content-based” censorship that is anathema in the United States and other nations committed to the rule of law.

The interest in using libel laws fits a broader trend in the West in the use of both defamation and hate speech laws to crackdown on unpopular speech. We have been following this trend with great concern.

Source: Boston

16 thoughts on “Israel Shuts Down Liberal Radio Station For “Incitement” While Moving To Deter Other “Leftist” Media”

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  4. There is less and less good about our one sided relationship with the Israeli government every day. Our good friend has become a cancer.

  7. rafflaw 1, November 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    This is how one of our best allies treats their citizens? I thought only Muslim countries oppressed their critics? Isn’t Israel a Democracy? Of course, that couldn’t happen here, could it?
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    That could never happen in our future!!!!!!!!!

    It has already happened in our recent past and our current now.

    So relax, kick back, and smell the toxic pepper spray … uh … I mean roses.

  8. Raff,

    There’s a long standing tradition: All you need to be our ally is to be against whatever we’re against at the time.

    Notice that attitude towards human rights or even positive action towards things we “support” is missing from that. (Heck by that standard, we couldn’t be allied with ourselves).

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  11. This is how one of our best allies treats their citizens? I thought only Muslim countries oppressed their critics? Isn’t Israel a Democracy? Of course, that couldn’t happen here, could it?

  12. Could this action be a test-run in anticipation for the planned “Occupy the White House” take-over in 2012?

  13. I have a deep and abiding respect for the Israelis and all they withstood and accomplished … this latest move is most disappointing.

  15. The movement by Israeli’s for greater economic equality has frightened Netanyahu and his wealthy backers. That is the real motivation for this action.
    It is akin to the coordination done by Homeland Security against OWS. Given Israel’s parliamentary system and their growing disaffection with the Likud
    governments policies, this is possibly the last gasp of this noxious Israeli political party.

  16. Danny I can’t agree more. Those Germans who spoke out against the arrests of Jews and other undesirables were inciting violence against the govt. Good thing people like him were around then to shut them up! Keep up your fine work, sir!!!

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