The decision to release hundreds of prisoners, including the opposition leader, was reached in the context of a National Dialogue which took place last week.
Reporters Without Borders says it deplores the repeated verbal attacks on crime reporter Guy Peleg in recent months by Prime Minister Benyamin Netanyahu and his Likud party.
The new House of Lords Committee on Democracy and Digital Technologies will this week open its inquiry by taking evidence from Baroness O’Neil, a leading expert on ethics and the role of trust and accountability in politics and the media.