| Owner(s) | Maki |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1937 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Ceased publication | 1975 |
Kol HaAm (Hebrew:קול העם,lit. 'Voice of the People') was a Hebrew-language newspaper inMandatory Palestine andIsrael. It was initially published by thePalestine Communist Party and later by its successor, theIsraeli Communist Party.
Established in 1937, the paper appointed Communist Party memberEsther Vilenska editor in 1943, and chief editor in 1947. Vilenska's second husband, Zvi Breidstein, was also an editor of the paper.
In 1953Kol HaAm and its Arabic-language sister newspaperAl-Ittihad published a controversial article on theKorean War, which resulted in theMinister of Internal AffairsIsrael Rokach, ordering the paper to close for 15 days. The papers filed a petition to theSupreme Court, which ruled that the suspension had been wrongly issued and should be set aside.[1][2] The ruling utilised theDeclaration of Independence in making its judgement on the issue of free speech, the first time the declaration was used as an instrument for interpretation.[1] In doing so, the court reversed the holding in High Court Judgement 10/48Zeev v. Gubernik that the objective of the Declaration of Independence was solely to declare the establishment of the state of Israel.[3] In 1992, the principles of the Declaration of Independence were formally incorporated intoBasic Law: Human Dignity and Liberty,[4] granting the declaration formal constitutional status.
What became known as the "Kol HaAm Decision" also set the precedent that newspapers could only be shut down if there was a "almost certain" danger to national security.[5]
The newspaper ceased publication in 1975.
Writers for the paper included:
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