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Israeli Central Election Committee Clears Channel 14 to Host Candidates
Israel's Central Elections Committee chairman, Justice Noam Solberg, has dismissed a petition seeking to bar Channel 14 from hosting Knesset candidates ahead of the upcoming elections. The legal challenge, brought by advocacy groups, argued that the channel predominantly features right-wing figures and thus constitutes prohibited election propaganda. Justice Solberg rejected the arguments, emphasizing that substantive equality requires providing a reasonable opportunity for participation rather than guaranteeing that all parties actually appear. He noted that the network had invited representatives from various political factions, but some chose to boycott the broadcasts.