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Bezalel Smotrich speaks with Channel 12 News anchor Dana Weiss during the conference of Channel 12/the Israeli Television News Company in Tel Aviv, September 5, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

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

Dr. Ahmad Mahajna in Petah Tikva, December 14, 2022. (Oren Ziv)

A right-wing witch hunt got a Palestinian doctor suspended. Now the truth emerges

Ahmad Mahajna is still fighting for his job at a Jerusalem hospital following a smear campaign that falsely accused him of supporting terrorism.

By Oren Ziv December 14, 2022

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with the media as he views construction work on the fence between Israel and Jordan in the Arabah valley, southern Israel, February 9, 2016. (Marc Israel Sellem/POOL)

The Bibi effect: How Israeli media became a far-right echo chamber

Netanyahu turned much of the Israeli press into his personal fiefdom during his 12 years in power — with drastic consequences that resonate to this day.

By Pnina Pfeuffer November 24, 2021

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Smoke and flames rise after the Israeli military conducts an airstrike west of Khan Yunis, Gaza Strip, May 11, 2021. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Israel’s top newspapers aren’t concerned with the killing of Palestinian kids

The fate of Palestinian children bombed by Israeli fighter jets in Gaza is barely an afterthought for the Israeli press.

By Edo Konrad May 11, 2021

Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Fountain Hills, Arizona, before the March 22 primary. (Gage Skidmore/CC BY-SA 2.0)

How ‘Israel Hayom’ became Trump’s mouthpiece in the Middle East

Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are major donors to the Republican party and to Donald Trump’s presidency. In Israel, their free daily newspaper Israel Hayom promotes Trump relentlessly, with fawning editorials and selective reporting, which minimizes the scandals that have plagued his presidency. By Refael Afriat When Israel Hayom, now the most widely-read newspaper in Israel, was…

By The Seventh Eye October 21, 2019

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivers a statement to the media in Kfar Maccabiah, Ramat Gan on February 21, 2019. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Netanyahu to be indicted on bribery charges. Here’s what you need to know

The indictment would mark the first time in Israeli history that a sitting prime minister has been charged with a crime. By +972 Magazine Staff Attorney General Avichai Mandelblit announced his intention to indict Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday on criminal offenses in all three corruption cases against him. The attorney general decided to charge…

By +972 Magazine February 28, 2019

Graffiti on the Israeli separation wall dividing the West Bank town of Bethlehem promotes the BDS movement, June 17, 2014. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler)

According to ‘Israel Hayom,’ BDS has nothing to do with the occupation

Israel’s most-read newspaper deletes crucial explanations from an Associated Press article, leaving its readers with zero understanding of why Palestinians might want the world to boycott Israel. The Associated Press published a feature article last week discussing the impact that the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions Movement has had on the Israeli music scene as of…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man September 17, 2018

Screenshot Prime Minister Netanyahu's Facebook post, which derides Israeli media as 'fake news.'

Netanyahu to Facebook followers: Israeli media is all ‘fake news’

The prime minister, who has attacked individual reporters and media outlets for reporting ‘fake news,’ has abandoned any pretense of respect for freedom of the press. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu today described the Israeli print and broadcast media, almost in its entirety, as “fake news” and “liars.” The prime minister posted a list of nearly all the…

By Lisa Goldman March 26, 2018

Iris Gur, mother of conscientious objector Noa Gur Golan, protests in support of her daughter, who sat in prison for 98 over her refusal to serve in the IDF. (Courtesy of Mesarvot)

Israel Hayom’s new target: Conscientious objector’s mother

‘Israel Hayom’ put a high school principal in its crosshairs after she expressed support for her daughter’s refusal to serve in the IDF. This is what a witch hunt looks like. By Yali (Yael) Marom Israel Hayom, the newspaper funded by Netanyahu patron Sheldon Adelson, and the country’s most circulated daily, has found yet another…

By Yali (Yael) Marom November 19, 2017

Illustrative photo of Palestinian citizens of Israel. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

Palestinian citizens of Israel won’t be bullied into silence any longer

A recent campaign against Palestinian journalist Makbula Nasser, who was attacked on the front page of Israel’s most-read newspaper, was meant to strike fear in the hearts of Palestinian citizens of Israel — the fear of speaking out. That may have worked with previous generations. Do you remember the neighborhood bully? The scary one who…

By Rami Younis November 10, 2017

Palestinian journalist Makbula Nassar.

When political persecution hits close to home

+972 Magazine strongly condemns the silencing of and political assault against Palestinian journalist Makbula Nassar by Israel’s most-read newspaper and a senior government minister. By +972 Magazine Israel Hayom, the free daily widely viewed as Prime Minister Netanyahu’s mouthpiece, reached new heights of McCarthyism when it targeted journalist Makbula Nassar, a blogger for Local Call…

By +972 Magazine November 8, 2017

Workers at the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem on June 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Israel revoking Al Jazeera reporter’s credentials — for being a patriot

The Government Press Office is trying to rescind Elias Karram’s press credentials after he expressed support for the Palestinian cause. It hasn’t done the same for uniformed Israeli-soldier reporters. Israel’s Government Press Office announced Wednesday that it was revoking press credentials from a senior Al Jazeera reporter in the country. The GPO cited a statement he…

By Haggai Matar August 17, 2017

Jewish American activist Ariel Gold stands in front of an Israeli checkpoint in Hebron.

‘Israel Hayom’ outs prominent Jewish American BDS activist

Israel’s most widely-circulated newspaper outs Ariel Gold, just months after the Knesset passes law banning entry to anyone who encourages boycotting Israel. Under the headline “BDS activist tricks authorities, enters Israel against protocol,” Israel Hayom, the country’s most widely-circulated daily newspaper, published an article last Thursday that outed Jewish American activist Ariel Gold over her support for boycotting Israel.…

By Yali (Yael) Marom July 9, 2017