Omer and Ben, the sons of the iconic singer Allal \u2014 who died in 2024<\/a> \u2014 joined her partner Ruti Allal and the production team onstage to accept the award for Best Documentary Series.<\/p>\n \t Satire show \u201cEretz Nehederet\u201d won four awards, including\u00a0Best Satire and Sketch Show, Best Writing, Satire, Best Costume Design, Best Visual Effects and Special Makeup.<\/p>\n The late actor Alon Abutbul, who collapsed and died<\/a> at a beach last summer, was honored with two awards: Best Supporting Actor in a Drama Series for his role in Yes TV\u2019s \u201cThe German,\u201d and Best Supporting Actor in a Comedy-Drama or Sitcom for Kan\u2019s \u201cYekumot,\u201d also known as \u201cAKA.\u201d<\/p>\n His sister-in-law accepted one award on his behalf, reading a message from his children, while the second award was accepted by \u201cYekumot\u201d creator Roy Kafri, who won for Best Actor in a Comedy.<\/p>\n Tiki Dayan won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her performance in Kan\u2019s \u201cHappy Place,\u201d and Rotem Sela received the award for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy-Drama or Sitcom for her role in Yes Studio\u2019s \u201cBloody Murray.\u201d<\/p>\n \t Kan\u2019s \u201cMy Nephew from Hell\u201d won three awards in the children\u2019s and youth categories, while Kan\u2019s \u201cCramel\u201d was named Best Drama Series for Children and Youth.<\/p>\n \u201cTehran\u201d producer Shula Spiegel presented the award won by \u201cCramel\u201d and paid tribute to her late creative partner, Dana Eden, who died unexpectedly in Athens a few months ago during \u201cTehran\u201d filming.<\/p>\n \u201cI take every opportunity to honor the memory of my beloved partner,\u201d Spiegel said. \u201cOn Wednesday, I stood onstage alone for the first time, and once again reality struck. You weren\u2019t there, dear Dana. Nearly 20 years of extraordinary partnership, years of creating together.\u201d<\/p>\n A memorable moment during the evening was when news anchor Lucy Aharish<\/a> \u2014 who faced right-wing threats earlier this year over criticism she voiced of the government \u2014 presented the award for Best Investigative Program to Ilana Dayan of Keshet\u2019s \u201cUvda,\u201d and spoke about what she described as the weakening of the media over the last few years, and the role of the press in a democratic society.<\/p>\n \t \u201cSince October 7 [2023] these years have required all of us to engage in some soul-searching \u2014 about what truly matters here, about what we chose to focus on, about what we neglected, about the questions we failed to ask, and especially about what we normalized simply because we gave it a platform,\u201d said Aharish. \u201cThe responsibility for what is happening here does not rest solely with the leadership that brought us to these days. It also rests with us \u2014 with every one of us. It lies in what we say, what we broadcast, and, above all, in what we want to leave behind for our children.\u201d<\/p>\n After Dayan was presented with the award for \u201cUvda,\u201d the investigative journalist, who has conducted in-depth interviews with several former hostages, spoke about seeing shocking, difficult materials related to Hamas\u2019s October 7 onslaught. She specifically recalled viewing footage several months ago of hostages Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Carmel Gat, Alex Lubanov, Eden Yerushalmi, Ori Danino and Almog Sarusi in the Gaza tunnels, before they were murdered by their terrorist captors, and knowing that those materials had to be broadcast.<\/p>\n \u201cThese materials must be exposed and published \u2014 above all because an entire machine is working to erase the greatest failure this country has ever known,\u201d said Dayan, referring to pro-government media and social media\u2019s approach to October 7.<\/p>\n \u201cEven amid the madness engulfing us, there is right and wrong, truth and falsehood, and there are facts,\u201d said Dayan. \u201cThe journalist\u2019s one duty \u2014 indeed, our mission \u2014 is to uncover them.\u201d<\/p>\n She called Israel a wounded society after three years of war and trauma, \u201cwith broken politics, terrifying Jewish terrorism, and horrifying violence within our own ranks,\u201d and called upon Israeli society to try and find moments of grace, \u201cto linger over acts of solidarity and beauty that defeat the cynicism.\u201d<\/p>\n
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