The Independent (especially it’s i100 brand) often goes for BuzzFeed-style clickbait headlines, such as this, published on Dec. 11th:
Here’s the entire article, which includes, first on the list, a ‘bizarre law’ in Israel:
So, does Israeli law legalize illegal radio stations if they have operated (illegally) for more than five years?
Well, no actually.
To be clear, there was such a law, passed by the Knesset in 1999, designed to retroactively legalize what was then a pirate station known as Channel 7 (Arutz Sheva). However, that law was overturned by the Supreme Court in 2002. (Also, see here, and scroll down to Oron M.K. v. Government of Israel). The court decided that the law “infringed on their lawful competitors’ freedom of occupation” and was therefore invalid.
File this under: Another UK media claim about Israel…that is simply untrue.
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