Exposure: Channel 12 submitted the report on the PM to the censor – and it was rejected

Channel 14 reveals: Contrary to Channel 12's claim that the report on Netanyahu's visit to the Emirates is not the censor's concern, a senior figure at the channel forwarded the information to the military censor – who rejected it due to a security risk. Despite the rejection, the report was broadcast while the plane was still outside Israel. The Shin Bet and Mossad filed a complaint.

Channel 14 reveals new details in the affair of the publication of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's secret visit to the United Arab Emirates. Contrary to Channel 12's claim that it was a political report not within the military censor's purview, at least one senior figure in the newsroom forwarded the information to the censor before publication – and it was rejected due to the security sensitivity involved in revealing the movement of the prime minister and his entourage while they were still on their way back to Israel. Despite the rejection, Channel 12 chose to publish the report. The broadcast aired at 21:38, while the plane carrying Netanyahu and the delegation members landed in Israel only at 22:27 – about 49 minutes later. Following the incident, the Shin Bet filed a complaint with the chief military censor demanding that Channel 12 be prosecuted, claiming the publication endangered the prime minister's security, the operation, and forces in the field. The Mossad also treated the incident severely, stating the exposure constituted a 'serious security threat.' The delegation included, alongside Netanyahu and his wife, the head of the Mossad, the head of the National Security Council, the prime minister's military secretary, the head of the Shin Bet's security division, and air and security teams. The article presents an apparent contradiction between Channel 12's claim that the report is not within the censor's domain and the very act of submitting it for approval.