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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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The ‘lynching’ of Habtom Zarhum: A history of incitement

Activists, asylum seekers and refugee advocates in Israel are pointing to the incitement directed toward African asylum seekers — by politicians, state institutions and the media — as necessary context for the vigilante mob and shooting that killed an Eritrean asylum seeker. An Eritrean asylum seeker was mistaken for a Palestinian during a shooting attack at…

By Mya Guarnieri Jaradat October 20, 2015

Lauryn Hill featured in the 'Black-Palestinian Solidarity' video. (YouTube screenshot)

WATCH: Lauryn Hill, Angela Davis call for black-Palestinian solidarity

A new video featuring prominent African-Americans and Palestinians calls for solidarity in the face of state violence and supremacy. On the heels of attacks by both the Israeli army and settlers against Palestinians in the West Bank over the past year, a coalition of African-American organizations have come together to produce a new video promoting…

By Rami Younis October 15, 2015

A pro-peace, anti-violence demonstration in Jerusalem, October 10, 2015. (Keren Manor/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Israelis demand an end to violence, the occupation

Amid the most serious wave of violence Israelis have experienced in at least a decade, several hundred left-wing Israelis protested outside the Prime Minister’s Office in Jerusalem this weekend, demanding an end to the occupation and the violence. A larger right-wing protest was scheduled to take place in the same location Tuesday night, calling for…

By Social TV October 13, 2015

Screenshot of Israelis attacking Channel 2 crew in northern Israeli city of Afula.

Racial attack on Israeli TV crew a sign of extremism turning normal

An attack on a television news crew indicates that the violence of the far right has reached the heart of Israeli cities. A television crew from Israel’s Channel 2 was attacked on Thursday evening by onlookers while covering a stabbing attack in the northern city of Afula. The reporter, Furat Nasser, is an Arab citizen, while…

By Dahlia Scheindlin October 10, 2015

Screenshot of Fadi Alloun before he was shot by police.

New video shows accused stabber posed no threat when shot

The Israeli media claimed that Fadi Alloun, who stabbed a 15-year-old in Jerusalem, was shot and killed while being chased as he was holding a knife. A new video reveals that he could have been subdued, and did not pose a threat. By *John Brown Last Saturday an Israeli policeman shot and killed Fadi Alloun,…

By +972 Magazine October 10, 2015

Screenshot of Israeli undercover soldier shooting a Palestinian in the leg at point blank range, October 7, 2015.

WATCH: Israeli undercover agents shoot unarmed youth at point blank range

(Updated below with a response from the Israeli military spokesperson’s office.) A video released Wednesday onto several social media accounts and published by several news outlets shows Israeli plainclothes undercover officers apparently shooting an unarmed Palestinian youth in the leg at point blank range, while other undercover officers hold him down. The shooting and beating took…

By Lisa Goldman October 7, 2015

Screenshot of video showing Israeli settlers hurling burning tires at Palestinians in the West Bank village of Bur’in, October 3, 2015.

WATCH: Settlers hurl burning tires, boulders at Palestinians

Hundreds of settlers launch dozens of attacks against Palestinians across the West Bank, in the wake of two Palestinian attacks that left four Israelis dead. Rights groups demand the army intervene to protect Palestinians from settler violence. Israeli settlers carried out dozens of violent attacks across the West Bank over the past two days in…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 4, 2015

[Vid] Wake-up Call: Ami does his best Bibi impression

You thought only Prime Minister Netanyahu does silence? Kaufman, Simon, and Garfunkel have a wake-up call for you. Related: Abbas’ peace project has hit a dead end Is this what the end of Oslo looks like?

By Ami Kaufman October 2, 2015

WATCH: Netanyahu’s deafening silence, the extended version

The Israeli prime minister digs deeper into his bag of UN shtick. (Updated below with even better versions.) Israeli Prime Minister is known for his antics and shtick at the United Nations. In the past he has flaunted cartoon drawings of bombs, waved blueprints of Auschwitz and now he used a new prop — deafening silence.…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 1, 2015

Israeli soldiers destroy cameras and equipment belonging to Palestinian and Italian journalists, Beit Furik, West Bank, September 25, 2015. (Screenshot: PALMEDIA)

WATCH: Israeli soldiers attack Palestinian, foreign journalists

Soldiers destroy cameras belonging to Palestinian and Italian photographers in the West Bank town of Beit Furik. A firsthand account from the photojournalist who filmed the now-viral video. By Ahmad Al-Bazz / Activestills.org Israeli violations of Palestinian “freedom of press” in this country are not uncommon. In fact, the opposite is true. But what I…

By Activestills September 26, 2015