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Israel’s Mr. TV Criticizes Occupation of West Bank & Gaza

HeadlineMay 31, 2005

In Israel, one of the country’s best known television personalities is making headlines for his criticism of Israel’s actions in the Occupied Territories. The man — Haim Yavin — is known in Israel as Mr. TV. He was the longtime anchor of the news on Israel’s Channel One. Until this week, most Israelis had never heard him express his opinion on political matters. But that has all changed this week with the broadcast of a new film he personally shot about settlements in the West Bank and Gaza. During the film, Yavin says “Since 1967, we have been brutal conquerors, occupiers, suppressing another people.” The New York Times reports that the film has been so controversial that Yavin’s own employer — the state-run Channel One — refused to air the film. Instead it is airing on the commercial Channel 2.

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