Libel

After being ordered to pay about 150,000 shekels to Shikma Bressler, Fani Michaeli is also facing another lawsuit for 2.6 million shekels. She now claims that the legal proceedings are taking a heavy toll on her, while she is a mother of two IDF soldiers.

The protest leader won a libel lawsuit against Pany Michaeli; the judge rejected the defense's arguments and ordered heavy compensation and legal costs. In response, screenwriter Meni Assayag and other right-wing activists launched a crowdfunding campaign and launched a sharp attack: "She deserves a cell in Neve Tirza."

Asher Medina claimed on air that "left-wing elements" are behind new parties in the Haredi arena and that the money came "from Kaplan". Attorney Shlomo Elboim rejects the claims and demands an apology and compensation of 10,000 shekels within 12 hours.

The Jerusalem Magistrate's Court ruled in favor of Shikma Bressler, determining that social media posts by Panya Michaeli constituted libel. The defendant must pay compensation and remove the defamatory content.

The Magistrate's Court ruled that Yossi Klein's quotes were distorted, but it was not proven that Netanyahu or the Likud party published the distortion. Judge: "Freedom of speech does not include the freedom to lie." The background to the lawsuit is an opinion piece published by Klein in February 2023 under the headline "Attention: 1933 is already here."

Media personality Barak Seri addressed the verdict in a libel lawsuit filed by Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar. Sa'ar responded with a sharp jab, reigniting the public dispute on the X platform.

The court rejected MK Simcha Rothman's libel suit against Guy Peleg and News 12. This decision highlights how the legal system and media maintain the status quo, turning the Ministry of Justice's version into legal truth.

Journalist Lucy Aharish and actor Tsahi Halevi are seeking damages from Likud activist Rami Ben Yehuda. In his defense against the libel lawsuit, Ben Yehuda argues his comments were part of protected political discourse.

According to the report in the "Central Edition," Rothman said that "the blood of those murdered in Huwara is redder than the blood of those murdered on October 7." He sued Channel 12 News, but his lawsuit was rejected. The court determined that MK Rothman did indeed say what was attributed to him.