Court Awards Natan Zahavi NIS 871,500 in 103FM Contract Case

Tel Aviv District Court Judge Limor Bibi ordered 103FM to pay broadcaster Natan Zahavi NIS 796,500 plus NIS 75,000 in legal costs, for a total of NIS 871,500. The court accepted Zahavi's breach-of-contract claim over 27 months of unpaid compensation during his suspension, but rejected his defamation and moral-rights claims. Zahavi had sought NIS 2.6 million after the station suspended him in 2022 over offensive on-air remarks about Haredi public representatives and tefillin. The ruling also ordered the parties' broadcasting agreement canceled.