Shlomo Karhi in a harsh warning: "The right is on its way to becoming a persecuted majority"

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi sharply attacked the suspension of Ayala Hasson and Eyal Berkovich from broadcasting, warning that the right is on its way to becoming a 'persecuted majority'. Karhi accused the 'thought police of the left' and vowed to continue fighting for freedom of expression.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi sharply attacked the suspension of Eyal Berkovich and Ayala Hasson from broadcasting, warning that the right in Israel is on its way to becoming a 'persecuted majority in its own country'. Karhi published a tweet in which he wrote: 'The thought police of the left are sinking their claws into all of us', and vowed to continue serving as a protective wall for freedom of expression, 'without the High Court of Justice and without the Press Council'. The article notes that Hasson's suspension resulted from a demand by the management of the news division of the Kan 11 corporation that she apologize on air for her statements about Bedouin women and about failures at polling stations in the Arab sector, and that Berkovich was suspended on Reshet 13 after questioning the doctorate degree of MK Ahmad Tibi. The article does not include a response from the bodies that suspended the two.