B'Tzalmo Filed Complaint Against Raviv Drucker: "Severe Racism"
B'Tzalmo CEO Shai Glick filed a complaint to the Second Authority and to the Unit for Combating Racism in the Ministry of Justice, following Raviv Drucker's remarks on the program "Ezor Bechira", in which he…
Assessment
Shai Glick of B'Tzelem is using the legal and regulatory system to challenge a specific instance of what he calls racism on Israeli television. The complaint targets journalist Raviv Drucker for referring to Yosef Haddad as an 'Arab Mohammed' on a political program. This moves a public insult into a formal complaint with two agencies, the Second Authority and the Justice Ministry's anti-racism unit. The outcome will test how these bodies handle accusations of racist speech by media figures against Arab Israeli public voices.