After Ayala Hasson's apology: The corporation faces a legal problem

Despite Ayala Hasson's apology and the ethics committee's acceptance of it, the news director of the public broadcasting corporation imposed an additional condition for her return to broadcasting. The article raises legal questions about the director's authority, bypassing the ethics committee, and the obligations of a publicly funded body.

Despite Ayala Hasson's apology for her remarks in an interview on Radio Galei Israel and the acceptance of her apology by the ethics committee of the public broadcasting corporation, the news director imposed an additional condition for her return to broadcasting: reading a dictated apology word for word. Hasson published the WhatsApp correspondence, which stated that her appearance was conditional on reading 'this apology.' Since then, she has not broadcast, without a hearing or a reasoned decision. The article raises legal questions about the director's authority to bypass the ethics committee, the administrative law obligations applicable to a statutory corporation, and selective enforcement compared to the corporation's treatment of presenter Roni Koven, who said live on air 'bring a Haredi so we can beat him together' and was not removed. The author, a lawyer, analyzes the legal options available to Hasson, including an appeal to the labor court.