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Supreme Court Petition: Retired Judge Moshe Drori’s Appointment as Head of IPBC’s Hiring Committee Must Be Overturned

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Zulat, the Fair Regulation Movement headed by Ms. Liora Nir, and the Association of Ethiopian Jews have petitioned the Supreme Court to overturn the appointment of retired judge Moshe Yair Drori, former vice president of the Jerusalem District Court, as head of the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation’s (IPBC) hiring committee.

The petitioners, represented by Attorney Yifat Solel, claim that this appointment is based on Drori’s political views and activism and constitutes a severe infringement of the public’s trust, both due to his racist and misogynistic statements, his disregard for the principles of transparency, and his public declarations against the media.

The petition emphasizes that this is no mistake or cavalier appointment of a person who is not the best possible candidate, but rather a conscious and deliberate decision aimed at undermining public broadcasting and giving carte blanche to political meddling in the IPCB.

Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has made it his goal to damage public broadcasting since the day of his appointment as a government minister (and even before, as an MK). The appointment in question is part of a broader agenda, a fundamental part of the regime revolution that the Israeli government attempted to promote but was largely blocked due to the Israeli public’s opposition and protests. Drori’s appointment follows the resignation of the previous committee head, who reportedly stepped down due to political pressures from the Communications Minister. This appointment, whose unsoundness cries to high heaven, is yet another attempt by Karhi to advance his political objectives, which contradict the purposes of the law and seek to undermine the independence of public broadcasting and its ability to deliver reliable information to the Israeli public.

The petition further claims that the appointment process failed to meet administrative requirements. To wit, the Review Committee of Appointments per the Government Companies Law-1975 failed to fulfill its duty, submitting an ill-considered opinion to the minister that did not address the adequacy of the appointment or offer advice on Drori’s suitability. Given that the requirements were not met, the matter must be sent back to the committee to complete its work as required by law.

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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.