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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 youth are seen in front of Al Issawiya village, East Jerusalem, Wednesday, January 11, 2012. A new "national park" planned by the Jerusalem municipality will cause extensive confiscation of lands from Al Issawiya and Al Tur neighborhoods. Designating sites as national parks is a common practice of the Jerusalem municipality aimed at limiting the very dense and populated Palestinian East Jerusalem neighborhoods, cutting off their possibilities of development and working on the few remaining agricultural lands. (photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

WATCH: How Palestinian land becomes an Israeli national park

Issawiya, a crowded Palestinian village situated on the slopes of Jerusalem’s Mount Scopus, is home to 23,000 people. The municipality is planning to build a national park atop land belonging to the village, rather than building schools and infrastructure that would benefit its residents. The Palestinian residents of the village aren’t taking the decision lying…

By Social TV August 18, 2015

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WATCH: Breaking the Palestinian taboo on the Holocaust

Dr. Mohammed Dajani challenged one of the biggest taboos in Palestinian society when he took a group of Palestinian students to visit the death camps of Europe. Without this kind of education, he says, reconciliation is impossible. By Adam Grannick In 2014, Dr. Mohammed Dajani, formerly director and founder of the American Studies Institute…

By +972 Magazine August 7, 2015

South Sudanese Soldiers. (Steve Evans/CC BY-SA 2.0)

WATCH: Left, Right come together against arms exports to S. Sudan

As recently reported in +972 Magazine, Israel is exporting arms to South Sudan, despite an EU embargo and a decision in Washington to halt military aid. In Israel, activists from both sides of the political map are coming together to say ‘enough is enough.’

By Social TV July 25, 2015

Illustrative photo of a plainclothes security officer by Photo by ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock.com

WATCH: Do Israeli schools really need armed guards?

Social TV takes to the streets of Israel and asks people whether they think guns in schools are really necessary.

By Social TV July 20, 2015

Illustrative photo of masked IDF soldiers. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Video shows Israeli officer not in danger when he shot Palestinian teen

Instead of driving away in his military jeep after a stone was hurled at his windshield, the Israeli regional brigade commander chose to stop, chase Mohamed Kasbeh and shoot him three times. Just over a week after the widely publicized shooting death of a 17-year-old Palestinian boy by a senior Israeli army officer, Israeli human rights…

By Lisa Goldman July 12, 2015

Map of Israel and Palestine.

WATCH: Two states, one homeland — a new configuration?

If you ask most people, you’ll find that the only two conceptions of how to resolve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict are either a one- or two-state solution. But what if there’s a third path? A recent conference explored that option.

By Social TV July 8, 2015

Roy bureau chief Nibal Farsakh at a West Bank demonstration. (Screenshot)

WATCH: Israeli forces pepper-spray Palestinian journalists

Israeli security forces attack two Palestinian journalists covering a West Bank march commemorating the murder of Mohammad Abu Khdeir in the West Bank on Thursday. The incident follows numerous assaults on journalists in recent months, primarily Palestinians. Israeli security forces attacked a demonstration commemorating Mohammed Abu Khdeir last Thursday, including pepper-spraying in the face two…

By Natasha Soffer-Roth July 6, 2015

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WATCH: The triple displacement of Umm el-Hiran

The Israeli military government moved the residents of Umm el-Hiran to their current location in the 1950s. Now, the government wants to force them out — in order to build a Jewish community on the ruins of their homes.

By Social TV June 27, 2015

Soldiers assault journalists during clashes at Jalazone refugee camp in the West Bank. (photo by ISM)

WATCH: Soldiers attack Palestinian journalists in West Bank refugee camp

Soldiers push, throw stun grenades and point their guns at Palestinian journalists reporting on clashes in Jalazone refugee camp. A video published last weekend showed a group of soldiers from the Kfir Brigade assaulting a Palestinian man in Jalazone refugee camp, throwing him on the ground while kicking and beating him with their guns. Four…

By Haggai Matar June 18, 2015

Illustrative photo of an IDF sharpshooter aiming his weapon (Photo by ChameleonsEye / Shutterstock.com)

IDF soldiers killed Palestinian teen who posed no danger, report finds

Israeli soldiers ambushed three Palestinian teenagers with live ammunition, killing one, despite the fact that they posed no immediate threat. Neither the soldiers nor their commanders will face any charges. An IDF commander ordered soldiers to fire live ammunition directly at Palestinian teenagers who broke through part of the separation fence, resulting in the killing…

By Mairav Zonszein June 18, 2015