After an inquiry and suspension lasting several days, it was reported Feb. 17 that journalist Erel Segal will be returning to his show "Kalman and Segal" on the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation Kan. The public channel announced, “Segal was notified that as a journalist working for public broadcasting, he is expected to maintain the journalistic code of ethics and standards.”
Segal’s suspension came as a result of his appearance in a propaganda video for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, alongside two other right-wing journalists, Yinon Magal and Shimon Riklin. Neither of those two men make any effort to hide their blind admiration for the prime minister. This particular video, which appeared on Netanyahu’s Twitter account Feb. 13, shows the three journalists singing Avihu Medina’s famous song “Praise Jerusalem,” together with Netanyahu. On social media, the video came to be known by the moniker, “Bibi [Netanyahu] and the Shofars [mouthpieces].”
