[HCDX] Kol Israel update; at least 3 more months

["Marie A. Lamb" <malamb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello, everyone.  The recent situation with Kol Israel has been changing
almost daily, but here is the latest.  According to this morning's Jerusalem
Post, they have received a short reprieve, as shown below.  Thanks again
to Doni Rosenzweig for the news!  This is still one to keep watching.

73,

Marie Lamb

Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2002 14:35:34 +0200
From: Daniel Rosenzweig <danielzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Kol Israel update at least 3 more months..
To: Kol <danielzr@xxxxxxxxxxx>

I just arrived in Israel -- and remembered to take the mailing list 
along this time!

Today's Jerusalem Post mentions that the shortwave broadcasts 
will continue for at least the next three months.
http://www.jpost.com/Editions/2002/03/26/News/News.45871.html

Shortwave broadcasts stay - for now
By Gil Hoffman

JERUSALEM (March 26) - After receiving countless
letters from angry Diaspora Jews, the Israel Broadcasting
Authority decided yesterday not to eliminate its 
shortwave broadcasts. The broadcasts are heard in 11 
languages by hundreds of thousands of people throughout 
the world. 

The IBA decided to maintain the broadcasts for at least
the next three months, while it seeks funding from the
Jewish Agency, the Immigrant Absorption Ministry, and
organizations dealing with the Diaspora. Prime Minister
Ariel Sharon and Tzipi Livni, the minister in charge of
public relations in the Prime Minister's Office, pushed to
 save the broadcasts at Sunday's cabinet meeting. 

Livni expressed outrage that at a time when the country
needs to deepen its connection with the Diaspora and
improve its public relations, such an important tool is 
being eliminated to save a little money. 

Minister-without-Portfolio Ra'anan Cohen, in charge of
enforcing the IBA's mandate to broadcast internationally,
said he was compelled to reverse the decision by the
tremendous outcry from readers of The Jerusalem Post
throughout the world. 

"These broadcasts represent the only living connection
between the State of Israel and the Jewish Diaspora,"
Cohen said. "The Diaspora is one of the most important
targets of the IBA, and reaching such an audience
justifies its very existence." 

The IBA board had decided to replace the shortwave
broadcasts with transmission via the Internet and 
satellite, starting April 1. A large percentage of those 
protesting the decision were listeners in countries without 
widespread access to advanced technologies, like Romania, 
Georgia, and Russia. 

The IBA broadcasts daily in English, Russian, French,
Yiddish, Ladino, Spanish, Romanian, Hungarian, 
Georgian, Bukharian, and Mugrabi.




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