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Shlomo Karhi

Dr. Shlomo Karhi is an Israeli lawmaker and academic who is part of the Likud Party and who currently serves as the country's communications minister.

A former member of the Bar-Ilan University faculty, Karhi has sparked controversy on numerous occasions, such as making statements against the LGBTQ+ community, and has also been spearheading a divisive communications reform.

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The coalition advanced a bill to enable government control over television rating method (Illustrative).

Coalition advances bill to enable government control over television rating method

 THE JUSTICES hold a High Court hearing on petitions against the reasonableness standard law, in September.

High Court schedules hearing on establishment of state commission of inquiry into Oct. 7

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 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi seeks every legal means to increase state support for Channel 14, without any constraints on some of its more disturbing content, the writer complains.

Communications Ministry allows new use of cell infrastructure, seeking increased competition

 Equipment seized in Al Jazeera office in Nazareth

Israeli forces storm Al Jazeera bureau in West Bank with closure order

 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi seeks every legal means to increase state support for Channel 14, without any constraints on some of its more disturbing content, the writer complains.

Knesset passes controversial television bill, closes plenum until October 28

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar.

Bill to expand 'Al Jazeera Law' passes Knesset preliminary vote

 A man walks near an Al Jazeera building in Doha, Qatar, May 5, 2024.

Judge approves gov't decision to shut down Al Jazeera's operation in Israel

 Equipment seized in Al Jazeera office in Nazareth

Israel returns Associated Press equipment previously seized for contravening Al Jazeera law

 Equipment seized in Al Jazeera office in Nazareth

Al Jazeera Nazareth branch continues broadcasts after national ban, gets shut down

 AL JAZEERA headquarters in Doha, Qatar: The suit that Al Jazeera has filed at the ICC could shine an embarrassing spotlight on the network itself, says the writer.

Cabinet set to approve Netanyahu, Karhi's decision to close Al Jazeera in Israel

 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi seeks every legal means to increase state support for Channel 14, without any constraints on some of its more disturbing content, the writer complains.

Israel's Channel 14 has a lot of problematic content

 Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends digital journalism Conference at the Reichman University in Herzliya, January 9, 2023.

This is how Israel plans to combat telephone fraud targeting the elderly

 Woman laying her mobile phone down on the table (illustrative)

New law will sanction cell phone companies that don't provide coverage in the West Bank

 High Court of Justice President Esther Hayut and the other Supreme Court justices are seen at a hearing over petitions against the reasonableness standard law, in Jerusalem, on September 12, 2023.

High Court ruling keeps Postal Company chairman in office

  Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen and right wing activists protest against a demonstration of Israeli-Arab students and activists against the Israeli army operation in Jenin, at the Tel Aviv University on January 30, 2023.

Otzma Yehudit MK Almog Cohen interrogated by Lahav 433

 Israelis use the train transportation system after a long weekend on a very crowded Sunday, Karmiel and Beer Sheva stations, on May 28, 2023.

Israel's trains to receive improved cellular reception, WiFi access

 An illustration of israel daily newspapers, including The Jerusalem Post, Maariv and Haaretz. Taken October 13, 2012

Israeli minister targets Haaretz newspaper for 'anti-Israel incitement'

 A Palestinian-Lebanese woman gestures while watching news on television at her residence in Beirut, Lebanon, October 25, 2023

Israel moves to block Lebanese, Hezbollah-affiliated Al-Mayadeen