01.06.2011                      28.Ijar, 5771                      Jerusalemtag; Tag 43 des Omer

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Anchor under fire for 'Arab discrimination' comment during Netanyahu speech

Dozens of viewers complain about comment added by Yonit Levy of Channel 2 television about the status of Arabs in Israel – said during the prime minister's speech to Congress.

The Second Television and Radio Authority is looking into viewer complaints alleging political bias expressed by an Israeli news anchor during the broadcast of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's speech to the U.S. Congress last week.
Dozens of viewers complained about a comment added by Yonit Levy of Channel 2 television after her simultaneous translation of Netanyahu's statement that out of 300 million Arabs in our region, "less than one half of one percent are truly free, and they're all citizens of Israel."…