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What to watch on TV this week: Israeli election satire and a Hersh Goldberg-Polin tribute

TV Time: An election-night battle of comedy shows, plus sea creatures and a celebrity divorce.

'Below' is about a small community in Newfoundland that is menaced by a mysterious giant squid.
KAN News camera director Itzik Barashi.

KAN 11 news director Itzik Barashi killed in bicycle accident on Highway 44

Israel Police officers operate against suspected extremist settler vandals who allegedly targeted a mosque near Nablus, West Bank, published September 1, 2026.

Israel Police arrest eight suspected extremist vandals after graffiti sprayed on West Bank mosque

Minister of Communications Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, June 29, 2026

High Court hears petition as public broadcaster KAN faces risk of having no council, executive


'They are unnatural': Arab channel TV show guest calls for the execution of gay people

Among other things, Badran said that "homosexuals are outside of nature" and that he supports killing them.

Participants celebrate the 42nd anniversary of the Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade in Sydney, Australia, February 29, 2020.

Knesset passes controversial television bill, closes plenum until October 28

The law increases the number of channels broadcast on Israel's Digital Terrestrial Television (DTT) system, known as Idan Plus.

 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.

'Approved a deal and then did nothing': Gantz attacks Netanyahu in rounds of interviews

The National Unity leader's statements come following extensive interviews with major Israeli broadcasters, KAN, Channel 12, Channel 13, and Channel 14.

 Head of the National Unity party Minister Benny Gantz holds a press conference in Ramat Gan, May 18, 2024.

Israel’s Jewish humor show offers a serious message for a dark time: We will survive

Nearly every sketch in the show satirizes an event from millennia’s worth of Jewish and Israeli religious texts and history. Its guiding principle is irreverence. 

 Children and their families supporting the Israeli Broadcasting Corporation "KAN" protest against the new government's intention to close "KAN" and "KAN" education channel, in Tel Aviv, February 3, 2023.

Family of Haymanot Kasau, missing since February, call for country-wide search day

According to statements issued by Kasau's family, intense searches for the girl will be conducted between 10:30 a.m. and 3 p.m. on on Thursday.

A police car

Eliezer Ben-Yehuda’s newspaper comes to life in the new series ‘The Deer’

The Deer (HaZvi in Hebrew) was a newspaper founded by Eliezer Ben-Yehuda, the leading proponent of making Hebrew into the language of the Jewish homeland.

 The Deer series on KAN.

Hostage families appear on Israeli TV show ‘Sorry for Asking’

The questions they were asked ranged from: “Do you dream about them at night?” to “What is the last thing you did together?”

"Kan," the new public broadcaster's logo.

Kibbutz Be'eri dining hall reopens a month after Hamas massacre

Kan also reported that the dining hall is used mainly by those who are working for the Be'eri Printing Press.

 Photos of the destruction in Kibbutz Be'eri taken in the beginning of November 2023.

Zehu Ze! to broadcast special performance on Kan 11 Thursday night

The performance will feature special musical arrangements by composer/musician Amir Lekner, who will also play the piano and flute, as well as a number of other musicians. 

Zehu Ze!

Israel's largest TV channels vow to fight against 'hostile government takeover'

The three channels vowed that, through the joint forum, they "will use all the tools at its disposal to prevent the dangerous move of a hostile takeover of the Israeli media."

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