Media Note: Kan Bet News Suddenly Balancing Reporting On Deal
Dr. Aaron Lerner 1 May 2024

For months almost every hourly news bulletin on Kan Reshet Bet Radio
featured a recording of a relative of a hostage saying that a deal must be
made at any cost.

Sound bytes from ex-brass and former government officials advocating a deal
at any cost were also featured.

At the end of Passover Reshet Bet began to also have sound bytes from
relatives of hostages and ex-brass and former government officials who feel
that the priority is to defeat Hamas and/or that defeating Hamas is the best
way to free the hostages.

This alternative view was first lightly sprinkled between the constant
recordings for a deal at any cost.

The mix has continued to shift, so much so that by this afternoon the news
bulletins have an equal mix of views supporting both stands.
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