The Israel Broadcasting Authority voted 13-4 last week to back its new Director General, Yosef Lapid, who has been involved in a public debate over his dismissal of two top staff members allegedly because of their leftist political views. Journalist groups have accused Lapid of political “purges” because he refused to renew the contracts of radio interviewer Yaacov Agmon and television producer Mordechai Kirschenbaum. Lapid, a Likud appointee, insists that his motives were professional, not personal. The journalists union intends to take up Kirschenbaum’s case and has instructed him to stay on the job until the union has dealt with the matter.
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