courts have recognized the principle of freedom of speech as applying to all forms of ex-pression as well as types of content. It therefore applies to freedom of the press and freedom to make a political speech. The courts determined that freedom of speech includes the right to receive information and to react to it; the right to speak and to listen as well as to demonstrate. Freedom of expression, it was held, is not only the freedom to express accepted opinions, it is also the freedom to express divergent opinions that are disliked by the majority; the freedom to praise but also to criticize the government. 2 Aharon Barak, Inter-pretation in Law 461-62 (1993) (in Hebrew).

Although freedom of expression extends to a wide range of contents and formats, Israeli courts have recognized that an ex...

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