R’ Shmuel Ben-Atar of the now-defunct Kol HaEmet radio station was released from prison today, Wednesday, after serving six months of a nine-month sentence. One-third of his term was removed for good behavior.
As was reported by YWN, Atar entered prison after Chanukah after being convicted of operating a pirate radio station.
R’ Atar on Tuesday met R’ Shlomo Benizri who entered Massiyahu Prison, beginning a 4.5 year sentence.
(Yechiel Spira – YWN Israel)
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In most Middle Eastern countries owning an illegal station that broadcasts anti-government propaganda gets you executed or “disappeared”.
One of the most vivid contrasts between American and Israeli civil rights traditions is that in America an “underground” radio is a style (format, genre) of content, whereas in Eretz Yisrael it refers to the fact the station is banned on the basis of content.
#1 Arutz Sheva is off the air for years. In Democratic Israel only Left media may be aired and only the Left have the right to Free Speech.