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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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Palestinian child carries water gallon in Qarawat Bani Hassan village, West Bank, May 23, 2015. According to the municipal council of Qarawat Bani Hassan the portion of a each villager has decreased to two litters per day as the village receive only 97 Cubic meter per hour. The municipal council said the Israeli authorities did not provide the village with answers regarding the situation. Ahmad al-Bazz / Activestills.org

WATCH: What Israelis think about cutting off water to Palestinians

Since the beginning of June, Israeli authorities have reduced the water supply to various Palestinian communities in the West Bank. The shortage has led to hardships in private homes, in industry, agriculture and livestock cultivation. So what would regular Israelis do if they had only a limited supply of water? Read more: A West Bank…

By Social TV July 15, 2016

Settlers attack Activestills photographer Oren Ziv and Breaking the Silence activist Yehuda Shaul during a tour of Hebron with famed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín, July 12, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Two broken cameras: Settlers attack Activestills photographer in Hebron

Settlers in Hebron attack Activestills photographer Oren Ziv and Breaking the Silence activist Yehuda Shaul as they tour Hebron with famed Irish novelist Colm Tóibín. By Yael Marom Video by David Shutkin/The Center for Jewish Nonviolence Israeli settlers attacked Activestills photographer Oren Ziv and Breaking the Silence activist Yehuda Shaul in Hebron on Tuesday, as they toured…

By +972 Magazine July 12, 2016

Police push demonstrators back during a protest against police brutality targeting Israelis of Ethiopian descent, July 3, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Ethiopian Israelis protest police brutality in Tel Aviv

Hundreds close major streets in central Tel Aviv to protest police discrimination against black Israelis. Photos by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org Hundreds of Israelis of Ethiopian origin blocked streets and highways in central Tel Aviv Sunday to protest police brutality against black Israelis. Police arrested 12 people for blocking streets. (Update: all of the arrestees were released…

By Activestills July 3, 2016

Mounted Israeli Border Police charge a crowd of Palestinians hoping to cross into Jerusalem to pray at al-Aqsa Mosque, July 1, 2016. (Screenshot/Activestills.org)

[VIDEO] Not an occupation? Whatever it is, it’s disgusting

Black-clad mounted Border Police galloping into and nearly trampling a crowd of unarmed civilians, old men and women lucky enough to meet the army’s criteria to pray in Jerusalem mutely line up to pass through what look like cattle lanes. Notes on one scene of ugliness and occupation. Today, on the last Friday of Ramadan,…

By Lisa Goldman July 1, 2016

Israelis who live along the Gaza border march to demand their leaders prevent the next war, May 27, 2016. (Social TV/Screenshot)

Israelis who live along Gaza border: Stop the next war

Israelis who live along Gaza border suffer more than anybody in Israel whenever war breaks out. A group of local residents recently marched on the Erez military crossing into the Strip, demanding that leaders from Israel, Hamas, and the world, find a solution to the violence and hope for a normal life. Read more: Palestinian…

By Social TV June 22, 2016

A Bedouin woman seen the in the unrecognized Bedouin village Al Araqib,Negev desert, Israel, May 30, 2014. (photo: Keren Manor)

WATCH: What life looks like in an unrecognized Bedouin village

Approximately 90,000 Bedouin live in “unrecognized villages” spread across Israel’s Negev Desert. Because the Israeli government refuses to recognize them, they receive no municipal services, such as connection to the electrical grid, water mains or trash pickup, and are constantly at risk of demolition. Maryam Tarabin, the head of Umm al-Hiran‘s Women’s Committee, speaks about…

By Social TV June 14, 2016

Palestinian women cross Qalandiya checkpoint, a main crossing point between Jerusalem and the West Bank city of Ramallah, as they head to Al-Aqsa Mosque for the first Friday prayer of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. (photo: Ahmad al-Bazz/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Palestinians cross Israeli checkpoint into Jerusalem on Ramadan

Despite Israel revoking tens of thousands of entry permits, some Palestinian worshippers were able to travel from the West Bank to Jerusalem to mark the first Friday of Ramadan. Photos by Ahmad al-Bazz, Oren Ziv / Activestills.org Text by Oren Ziv Thousands of Palestinians crossed through Qalandiya Checkpoint in the West Bank to Jerusalem on…

By Activestills June 10, 2016

Israeli Scouts. (YouTube screenshot)

WATCH: The militarism of Israel’s youth movements

While youth groups in Israel often focus on ideals such as public service, working together, and protecting the environment, they also serve as conduits for military service. An inside look at the built-in militarism of Israel’s youth movements, from all sides of the political spectrum.

By Social TV June 7, 2016

Some 2,000 Arab and Jewish Israelis march through Tel Aviv against the country’s right-wing politics, May 28, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestils.org)

WATCH: Thousands of Israelis demand opposition to right-wing gov’t

Left-wing Jewish and Arab parties come together to protest the rightward shift of Israel’s already far-right government. ‘We’re first and foremost against the government but there are also certain people in the opposition who forgot what their role is,’ Zandberg says. Two thousand Jews and Arabs protesting Israel’s increasingly right-wing government marched through central Tel…

By Haggai Matar May 29, 2016

A Palestinian man and child pick olives during the olive harvest season in the West Bank village of Deir Istiya, near Salfit, November 2, 2012. (photo: Ahmad Al-Bazz)

WATCH: How one West Bank village is fighting to regain its land

Residents of the village of Deir Istiya, located next to the West Bank settlement Ariel, have been nonviolently protesting the blocking off access to their farmland by the Israeli army, which affects the lives of 500 families.

By Social TV May 27, 2016