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Following Zulat’s Petition: Retired Judge Drori Resigns as Chair of the Selection Committee for the Public Broadcasting Corporation Council

A major victory for free media in Israel! We recently petitioned the High Court of Justice alongside the Fair Regulation Movement and the Ethiopian Jewish Association, represented by Dr. Attorney Yifat Solel, challenging retired Judge Moshe Drori’s appointment as chairman of the selection committee for the Public Broadcasting Corporation. As a result, he chose to resign and leave the position, rather than defend his appointment before the Supreme Court.

In our petition, we noted that retired Judge Drori is known for his misogynistic and racist statements, and that his appointment was political in nature. We also highlighted his public declarations against media outlets and his disregard for principles of transparency – emphasizing that such a person cannot lead the selection committee. For example, we cited his inappropriate comments about Ethiopian immigrants and an Ultra-Orthodox girl who had been raped for years – as well as his remarks about media outlets, which he labelled as “panic channels.”

Dr. Attorney Solel: “This is an important victory in the fight against the abolition of free media in Israel. Communications Minister Karhi attempted to usurp the control of the Public Broadcasting Corporation through an inappropriate appointment of the chair of the selection committee. Our petition to the High Court exposed not only Judge Drori’s troubling past but also his improper conduct since his appointment. Therefore, Judge Drori chose not to defend his appointment, as he would have had to face these serious allegations in the Supreme Court. Minister Karhi must understand that we have no intention of allowing him to destroy the independent media and subjugate it to political and economic interests. We will continue to safeguard free media, which is the lifeblood of democracy.”

 

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Dr. Maha Sabbah Karkabi

 

Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. She holds a Ph.D. in Sociology from Tel Aviv University (2015), a postdoctoral fellowship at the Center for Gender Studies, SOAS, University of London (2015-2016), a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Sociology at Tel Aviv University (2016-2017), and a postdoctoral fellowship Ph.D. at the Humphrey Institute for Social Research, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (2018-2020).
Dr. Maha Karbahi’s areas of interest focus on the connection between social change, family behavior, and gender inequality in societies in the process of change and specifically in Palestinian Arab society in Israel. Her research draws attention to the study of family life and employment, using a combined “ethnic lens” and “gender lens” and paying attention to the perspective of Palestinian Arab women, a group characterized by intersections between multiple marginal locations, which over the years has remained hidden from the research eye. Dr. Karkabi-Sabah’s research is published in professional journals and chapters in scientific books that are considered pioneers in family research, work, and gender equality.

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Prof. Frances Raday

Professor Emeritus in the Lieberman Chair in Labor Law, in the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University and serves as a full professor in the College of Management’s academic track, where she also serves as chair of the graduate program and as honorary president of the Concord Center for International Law Absorption. Radai was a member of a working group of the UN Human Rights Council on discrimination against women. In addition, she is a prominent and feminist human rights activist.

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Dr. Rawia Aburabia 

Faculty member of Sapir Academic College’s School of Law, received her PhD from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Her research deals with the interface between law, gender, minorities, and human rights. Has published in leading journals on the subject of the matrimonial laws pertaining to Muslim women in Israel. Her book Under the Law, Outside Justice: Polygamy, Gendered Citizenship, and Colonialism in Israeli Law is expected to be published as part of the Gender Series of Kibbutz Meuhad Publishing House.

Dr. Aburabia has extensive experience in international human rights and public law. She has worked as a jurist for the Association for Civil Right and has been invited as a specialist to address such international forums as the United Nations and the European Parliament on the subject of indigenous communities and minority rights. She has interned with Human Rights Watch in Washington DC, and has been a member of the executive board of Amnesty International. In 2018, she was selected by the magazine Globes as one of the 40 most promising young persons in Israel under the age of 40.

 

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Ron Kessler

With over two decades of experience in the field of digital content, Ron has participated in numerous political and social campaigns. He helped run the digital activity of senior public officials, and worked in various NGOs. Ron is a fundamentally optimistic man, who believes that Israel can be changed and so can people. Lives in Tel Aviv.