ISRAEL: Radio Tel Aviv 102FM sports reporter Ron Kaufman apologized on the air Wednesday for calling Israel’s lawmakers “drek” (the Yiddish word for “crap”) and “scumbags.” The government had threatened to sue the station … WEST BANK: Israeli troops raided Palestinian radio station Radio Bethlehem 2000, seizing their equipment, saying their transmissions were disrupting communications at Ben Gurion International Airport … DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO: Authorities continue to investigate the murder of Radio Star reporter Bruno Koko Chirambiza, found stabbed to death on a street in Bukavu. He’s the third journalist killed there in just over a year … SENEGAL: The broadcast group Walfadjri, based in the capital of Dakar, was shut down by police and their equipment seized, allegedly for failure to pay royalties.