Supreme Court Justice Yechiel Kasher has ordered the police to respond within 21 days and provide an update on the status of a complaint filed by civil society organizations against channel 14 about four months ago.

Last week, the organizations—the Democratic Bloc, the Zulat Institute, and the Fair Regulation Movement—petitioned the High Court of Justice against Channel 14, the Israel Police, the State Attorney, and the Attorney General, demanding a criminal investigation against the channel. The petition claims that since October 7, 2023, the channel has systematically and continuously broadcast content that constitutes incitement to genocide, violence, and racism against the Palestinian population in Gaza.

The petitioners documented approximately 250 statements from the channel's broadcasts, which they claim demonstrate a clear editorial line rather than isolated slips of the tongue. Examples include calls to erase Gaza, defining all casualties in Gaza as "terrorists" in a counter on the channel's website, and allusions to the use of nuclear weapons. The petition notes that statements from the channel were even used in a complaint filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice in The Hague.

The petition was filed after earlier appeals to authorities yielded no results. The petitioners argue that the authorities are "withdrawing their hands from the hot potato" and that their silence could be interpreted as legitimizing violent and racist discourse. They are asking the Supreme Court to order an investigation of the channel, its owners (Yitzchak Mirilashvili), senior editors, management members, and the broadcasters themselves, on suspicion of violations of three laws: incitement to genocide, incitement to violence, and incitement to racism.

Channel 14 refused to respond to the news about the filing of the petition.