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Journalism out, hasbara in: How Israeli TV news joined the Gaza war effort
Tectonic shifts in Israeli broadcasting have played a key role in shaping the country’s nationalist and militaristic discourse, with Oct. 7 marking their apex.
By
Eyal Lurie-Pardes
March 6, 2024
Why the New York Times is behind the times on Israel-Palestine
A recent editorial criticizing Israel's new government reflects the same blind spots that have dogged America's 'newspaper of record' for decades.
By
Maha Nassar
December 21, 2022
[Video] ‘Israeli forces impersonating news crews endangers journalists’
Undercover Israeli troops, reportedly impersonating a news crew, arrest a Palestinian student leader at a major West Bank university. Israeli journalists’ union issues strong condemnation. [Update appended below] According to a number of reports in the Israeli and Palestinian media, undercover Israeli security forces impersonated a news crew in order to arrest a student leader…
By
Haggai Matar
March 7, 2018
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‘I was arrested for asking the PA to stop intimidating journalists’
Amro, a Palestinian activist known for opposing settlements in the West Bank city of Hebron, was arrested by the Palestinian Authority for criticizing its recent arrests of journalists. Upon his release, Amro called on Mahmoud Abbas to revoke or revise a new law that’s been used to target journalists and activists. By Oren Ziv/Activestills.org A…
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Activestills
September 10, 2017
The media’s role in shaping Jewish-Israeli attitudes toward Arabs
Whenever members of the Israeli government make outrageous statements or accusations against the Arab or Palestinian population, they are rarely challenged by the press that broadcasts those allegations into homes. The Knesset, Israel’s parliament, recently held a conference on the media’s role in perpetuating incitement against Arabs in the country.
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Social TV
September 6, 2017
Netanyahu scandal exposes corruption in the Israeli press
The alleged dealing between Netanyahu and the publisher of ‘Yedioth’ reveals the driving force behind Israel’s biggest newspapers — a type of corruption that couldn’t exist in media outlets with truly independent journalists. By Shuki Tausig Israeli media this week revealed secretly recorded conversations between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the publisher of the country’s best-selling…
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The Seventh Eye
January 8, 2017
‘When the media doesn’t talk to Arabs, coverage of them is negative’
New research finds a direct correlation between negative media coverage of Arab society in Israel and the exclusion of Arab voices and interviewees in that coverage. By Oren Persico The participation of Arab interviewees in Israeli news items relating to Arab society in the country has a correlation on the content and tone of the reporting, new…
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The Seventh Eye
October 16, 2016
‘Thou shall not discriminate’: New rules for Israeli journalists
The Israel Press Council approves a change to ethics rules that forbids journalists and media outlets from discriminating against and excluding certain populations from their coverage. Among those opposing the change: the editor of ‘Israel Hayom’ and the publisher of ‘Haaretz.’ By Oren Persico The Israel Press Council last month approved a change to the…
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The Seventh Eye
October 2, 2016
IDF Censor redacts 1 in 5 articles it reviews for publication
The Israeli military censor has redacted, in full or in part, over 17,000 articles since 2011. While fewer articles have been censored in 2015 and 2016, the new IDF Censor is attempting to redact already-published information with alarming frequency. The Israeli Military Censor has outright banned the publication of 1,936 articles and redacted some information from 14,196…
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Haggai Matar
September 26, 2016
A letter to our readers: On censorship
From military censorship to the government deciding who is and isn’t a journalist, Israeli authorities use various tools to interfere with the press. An important disclosure to our readers. When +972 Magazine was formed by a group of journalists and bloggers over five years ago, its founders decided that the site would not have an…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
February 15, 2016
What keeps the IDF up at night? Depends on where you get your news
Seven leading Israeli news outlets went to the same briefing with a senior defense official, and wrote six entirely different stories about it. In an era when few people read beyond the headlines, how we understand the world around us is increasingly polarized. Most people do not read past the first few sentences of online…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
January 27, 2016
How respectable journalists are joining attacks on Israel’s Left
The country’s top investigative news program airs a hidden-camera sting operation carried out by a shady right-wing organization, and fails to ask the tough questions and give the necessary context. Uvda, Israel’s most prominent investigative television news program, dedicated its 600th episode on Thursday to joining the massive-and-growing campaign against the Israeli Left and human rights NGOs…
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Haggai Matar
January 9, 2016
Palestinian journalists say Israeli forces are targeting them
Palestinian photojournalists, and some Israelis too, say they are being deliberately attacked by soldiers, police and even regular people on the street. The rubber-coated bullets, pepper spray and being denied access on grounds of ethnicity are nothing new, yet veteran Palestinian photographers say something is different this time. By Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Following the…
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Activestills
November 7, 2015
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