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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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Workers pick oranges in Palestine in 1938. (Photo by Kluger Zoltan/GPO)

WATCH: Jaffa’s forgotten Arab oranges

Jaffa oranges, the pride of early 20th century Zionist settlers in Palestine, are largely thought to be an advent of Jewish industry. But drawings found under seven layers of paint on the walls of a 165-year-old building in Jaffa reveal a different side of history.

By Social TV June 12, 2015

The wall around Jerusalem - part of our lives here (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

[WATCH] Street Talk: Is Jerusalem divided or united?

Forty-eight years since Israel conquered East Jerusalem and declared the city unified, Social TV took to the streets of Tel Aviv to ask regular folks what they think. You might be surprised by what they had to say. Read more: Jerusalem Day brings tensions in divided city to the fore How Jerusalem makes Palestinians disappear…

By Social TV June 7, 2015

Police arrest a Palestinian youth as they disperse a march in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Silwan. Palestinians carried an empty coffin in the symbolic funeral for Abdelrahman Shaloudy, who killed a baby and another woman in Jerusalem after he rammed his vehicle into pedestrians, October 26, 2014. Shaludi died of his injuries after he was shot by police while trying to flee the scene. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

WATCH: Police brutality in East Jerusalem mini-market

All the Salman family wanted to do was sit in their grocery store and have a nice lunch. That all changed when police stormed the place, tasered one and arrested three. By Michael Salisbury-Coresh On Tuesday May 26, Israeli Police arrested a group of Palestinians without entry permits in the Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Safafa. Two…

By +972 Magazine May 28, 2015

Soldiers pose for a group photo on the roof of the Abu Haya family home in Hebron. (screenshot: B'Tselem)

When an entire IDF platoon takes over your roof — for a photo

A two-minute video manages to perfectly capture the day-to-day banality of living under a military regime. I was able to count 37 soldiers. At least 37. One after another, each with his own weapon and combat vest, they climb up to roof the Abu Haya family’s home — located in the section of Hebron under…

By Haggai Matar May 27, 2015

WATCH: The Nakba, from a feminist perspective

A monthly Social TV panel with Tammi Molad Hayo, Nahed Sakis, Dr. Safa Aburabia and Rawan Bisharat discusses the Nakba as it relates to women, militarism and peace.

By Social TV May 26, 2015

Israeli soldiers detaining 14-year-old Palestinian boy Maher Abu Haya in Hebron, April 6, 2015. (B'Tselem screenshot)

WATCH: IDF soldiers threaten Palestinian child with false arrest

Israeli soldiers have been filmed harassing the boy’s family in recent weeks, using their home as a photo set, raiding it for no apparent reason. Israeli soldiers in the Palestinian city of Hebron threatened to arrest a 14-year-old Palestinian boy simply for being in the vicinity of people throwing stones last month. In a video…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man May 25, 2015

[Vid] Wake-up Call: Meet Israel’s new government

The ministers comprising Israel’s 34th government are the most right wing ever, almost entirely oppose the two-state solution, and have a rich history of legislative attacks on human rights organizations and democratic institutions. Ami Kaufman has a wake-up call for you.

By Ami Kaufman May 23, 2015

Jaffa Port (Lisa Goldman)

WATCH: ‘Jaffa flotilla’ marks destruction of Palestine’s cultural capital

Dozens of Palestinians and Israeli Jews sailed along the coast last week to mark the destruction of Jaffa — the former political, cultural and economic capital of Palestine — during the 1948 War. Organized by the Israeli NGO Zochrot, which works to raise awareness of the Nakba and promote the right of return among Israeli…

By Social TV May 22, 2015

WATCH: A report card for organized labor in Israel

Organized labor has seen a boost in Israel since the social protests of 2011. While companies’ profits have consistently risen, the real wages of workers have been static for nearly 15 years, explains Dr. Efraim Davidi.

By Social TV May 14, 2015

WATCH: What makes a city ‘workable’ for women?

Urban planning in Israel has been done by men for men. If the 51 percent stand up, said participants in a recent panel discussion on women and urbanism, it would make cities better for everyone.

By Social TV May 11, 2015