Report: Army Radio to freeze all contact with journalists from next week Employees at Israel’s military radio network said dozens of on-air hosts at Army Radio and its affiliated music station, Galgalatz, had been told their contracts could be suspended as soon as next week, a claim later rejected by the Defence Ministry. The row follows a cabinet decision, taken unanimously two days earlier, to adopt defence minister Israel Katz’s plan to close Army Radio, with transmissions due to cease by 1 March. In a message shared among staff, presenters, who work on a freelance basis,  said halting their contracts would in effect begin dismantling the broadcaster within days. Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government has been critical of Army Radio and Kan, sometimes accusing them of being biased against state institutions.