Shlomo Karhi

Communications c'mtee approves splitting Karhi's media legislation amid legal adviser's opposition

Under the split, the first part of the bill will deal mainly with restructuring Israel’s broadcasting oversight system, including laying the groundwork for a new media regulator.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 9, 2025
MK Shlomo Karhi (Likud).

High Court cancels Karhi’s removal of KAN search chairwoman, orders appointment process to advance

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks at the Knesset, March 23, 2026; illustrative.

Smotrich: 'Establishing settlements destroys idea of Palestinian state in our heartland'

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends the Special Committee for the Communications Law at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament on December 9, 2025

High Court hears petitions over Comms. Minister Karhi's handling of KAN council


Likud MK: 'If we don’t respect the rule of law, there will be anarchy'

He remarked on Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi's recent comments stating he would not follow the High Court's orders with regard to Israel's public broadcaster KAN. 

Likud MK Moshe Saada speaks at the Knesset. June 25, 2024.

Karhi says he will not follow High Court orders, after court blocks dismantling of KAN

Karhi claimed the order was unconstitutional based on his own assessment. He does not hold a law degree.

 COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Shlomo Karhi attends a Knesset National Security Committee meeting, last month. He should be congratulated for his persistence and success in taking down a channel that supports Hamas, the writer argues.

Individuals leaving Israel should not face criticism - opinion

One of the basic rights of the individual in a liberal democracy is the right to emigrate. Anyone who finds the situation unbearable has the right to leave without being branded a traitor.

 COMMUNICATIONS MINISTER Shlomo Karhi speaks during a meeting of the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee earlier this month. He argues that public broadcasting is an anomaly in the free market of democratic states, the writer notes.

Grapevine December 19, 2024: Wanted: A constitution

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and first lady Michal Herzog, with bar and bat mitzvah youngsters who have lost a parent to terrorism.

KAN are not the enemy: Ministers acting against Israel’s democratic character - opinion

These initiatives illustrate how some ministers have forgotten what is supposed to happen in a democracy – ideas are not meant to be controlled.

TRANSPORTATION MINISTER Miri Regev once stated: 'What is a public broadcaster worht if we cannot control it?'

Karhi presents revamped program for partial Kan privatization

Kan's news branch will be shut down, its main news radio station will be privatized, and its budget will cut to NIS 500 million.

 The Knesset Economic Committee meets at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 18, 2024.

European Broadcasting chairman: KAN privatization will harm country’s democratic foundations

“Public service media play an indispensable role in fostering societies," EBU chairman, Noel Curran, wrote.

 View of the offices of Israel's public broadcaster KAN in Jerusalem. January 31, 2023.

Israel's participation in Eurovision under threat due to KAN's privatization

A bill proposal is being pushed by Communications Minister MK Shlomo Karhi to privatize Israel’s Public Broadcasting Corporation.

 A street advertisement for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019 in Tel Aviv, Israel, January 24, 2019

A-G's office has 'serious concerns' that the government is silencing Israeli public broadcasting

Baharav-Miara's office warns that the communications minister's bill to privatize Kan could stifle media independence and shut down government criticism.

 The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Jerusalem January 31, 2023.

Gov’t says it is cutting all ties with the ‘Haaretz’ newspaper

This decision came "in light of the recent statements by the publisher of ‘Haaretz’, Amos Schocken, who expressed support for terrorism and called for sanctions against the government".

A "Haaretz" newspaper being read in the middle of Times Square.