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Screenshots from the websites of Jusoor News and the Center for Peace Communications. Background image shows the ruins of Rafah, southern Gaza Strip. (Doaa Albaz/Activestills)
The viral Arabic media outlet hiding its ties to Israel
Jusoor News says it reflects the pulse of the Arab street. But leaked files suggest links to Israeli intelligence and a pro-Israel agenda with deep roots.
By Yossi Bartal and Amin Al Magrebi July 13, 2026
IDF Spokesperson, Brigadier General Effie Defrin, December 12, 2025. (IDF Spokesperson's Unit Facebook page; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
Inside the Israeli army’s propaganda wing
Psy-op campaigns, selective leaks, exclusive reporter access: Soldiers and journalists reveal how the IDF Spokesperson's Unit controls public discourse and promotes Israel's narrative abroad.
By Illy Pe’ery April 8, 2026
Foreign and Israeli journalists stand on a hill overlooking the Gaza Strip in the city of Sderot, southern Israel, October 19, 2023. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
The legal fight to open Gaza to foreign press has failed. It’s time to change course
As Israel’s Supreme Court continues enabling the government’s foreign media ban, Palestinian journalists are paying the price. Further legal efforts are futile.
By Amos Brison February 6, 2026
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Police spray ultra-Orthodox demonstrators with blue liquid during a protest against the arrest of a Haredi IDF deserter, Jerusalem, March 23, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
WATCH: Police suppress ultra-Orthodox demo against arrest of IDF deserter
Police arrest 15, use water cannons against hundreds of ultra-Orthodox demonstrators who hit the streets of Jerusalem to protest the jailing of an IDF deserter.  Text by Eli Bitan, photos by Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Hundreds of young ultra-Orthodox men protested Thursday night in Jerusalem against the jailing of ultra-Orthodox IDF deserters. The demonstration is part…
By Activestills March 24, 2017
Screenshot of Richard Gere touring the West Bank city of Hebron with Breaking the Silence, March 2017.
Richard Gere on segregation in Hebron: It’s exactly like the Old South
‘It’s exactly what the Old South was in America. Blacks knew where they could go: they could drink from that fountain, they couldn’t go over there, they couldn’t eat in that place,’ the American actor tells an Israeli TV station during a tour of the segregated West Bank city. Richard Gere visited the West Bank…
By Lisa Goldman March 22, 2017
An Israeli man sits on a bench on Rothschild Avenue, Tel Aviv, October 13, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
WATCH: How does the conflict affect regular Israelis?
Israel Social TV hits the streets for an informal survey: How does the conflict affect your life? And what can be done about it?
By Social TV March 22, 2017
Robi Damelin, from the Bereaved Families Forum, is seen pictured in front of a model separation wall during an International Women's Day action in the West Bank city of Beit Jala.
WATCH: Bereaved Palestinians and Israelis mark Women’s Day
Israeli and Palestinian women commemorated International Women’s Day last week by destroying a mockup separation wall in the West Bank city of Beit Jala. The event, put on by the Bereaved Families Forum, included a vigil in memory of those who have lost their lives in the conflict. Among the speakers were Suha Abu Khdeir, the mother of Mohammed Abu Khdeir,…
By Social TV March 15, 2017
The Knesset. (photo: Activestills.org)
WATCH: Marking 50 years of occupation — in the Knesset
Elected officials and representatives of civil society in Israel mark 50 years of Israel’s occupation, discussing what it would take to end the occupation — and more importantly, what perpetuates it.
By Social TV March 11, 2017
Israeli LGBTQ activists take part in a vigil in solidarity with the victims of the Orlando massacre, in centre Tel Aviv, June 12, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
WATCH: What is Israel really doing for LGBTQ rights?
Much fanfare accompanies the Knesset’s annual LGBTQ rights day. But this year, as last year, the event coincided with a raft of LGBTQ rights legislation being shot down. Read more: Why the struggle for LGBT rights in Israel is far from over Why I interrupted a pro-army LGBTQ event in Tel Aviv Increasing homophobia mars…
By Social TV March 6, 2017
An Israeli settler in a Magen David Adom uniform attacks a left-wing demonstrator during a protest in Nabi Saleh, March 3, 2017. (Haim Schwarczenberg)
Israeli soldiers stand by as settlers attack civilians in West Bank village
Instead of attending to protesters wounded by settlers, including an Israeli photographer pushed off a five-foot terrace, a man dressed as a medic assaults another protester. By Oren Ziv / Activestills.org [Updated below] Video and photographs show Israeli settlers, including one wearing part of a uniform of Israel’s national emergency and ambulance services, seemingly attacking…
By Activestills March 5, 2017
Screenshot of David FriedmanWoodmere, NY on the eve of the election. speaking in
WATCH: Trump Israel envoy praises Israeli leftists — for sending kids to the army
‘I don’t feel the same way about the Israeli Left as I do about the American Left, because the Israeli Left deeply, deeply care about their country,’ Trump’s nominee for ambassador to Israel is recorded saying. Donald Trump’s nominee to be the next American ambassador to Israel has come under intense criticism for, among other…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man March 2, 2017
Israeli soldiers seen moments before attacking B'Tselem volunteer Ahmad Ziyada and his brother Mahmoud. (Screenshot)
WATCH: Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian for filming them
Soldiers arrest a Palestinian man before shooting his brother in the knee with a rubber bullet. Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian volunteer with an Israeli human rights organization before shooting his brother in the knee with a rubber bullet earlier this month. The incident took place on February 10 in the West Bank village of…
By Edo Konrad February 20, 2017
Palestinian youths climb the Israeli separation barrier in Bil’in, February 17, 2017. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
12 years strong: Hundreds march against Israel’s wall in Bil’in
Perhaps finally learning the value of nonviolence from the villagers, the Israeli army did not disperse the weekly protest on Friday. Youth manage to pry open gate in the wall. Some 300 people — Palestinians, Israelis and internationals — took part in a protest march Friday from the West Bank village of Bil’in to Israel’s separation…
By Haggai Matar February 17, 2017
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