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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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Joint List chairman Ayman Odeh walk into a polling station in Haifa, March 17, 2015. (Photo: Akrm Drawshi/Activestills.org)
[VID] ‘I have a dream’: Ayman Odeh’s maiden Knesset speech
Head of the Joint List shares his vision of a shared, equal future for Jews and Arabs in Israel. But is it a vision left-wing Israelis and liberal American Jews can sign onto? Ayman Odeh, the head of the Joint List, gave his maiden speech in Knesset this week. Odeh, a 40 year-old lawyer from…
By Lisa Goldman May 8, 2015
WATCH: The Israelis who drive Palestinian kids to the hospital
Often times advanced medical care isn’t available in Palestine, and while the PA pays for many Palestinians to be treated in Israel, one crucial hurdle stands in the way of actually receiving treatment: getting from the checkpoint to the hospital. Social TV tags along with the Israelis who volunteer to drive Palestinian children to the…
By Social TV May 8, 2015
An IDF Memorial Day service (Wikicommons)
Deconstructing Israel’s culture of bereavement
Protesting against the appropriation of their sons’ death by the state, a group of bereaved families sets out to redefine their relationship with their fallen relatives, independently of nationalism.
By Social TV May 6, 2015
Protesters scatter as police use stun grenades to disperse a protest by Israeli of Ethiopian descent demonstrating against police violence, May 3, 2015. (Activestills.org)
Ethiopian-Israelis’ protest against police violence is met with police violence
Police use stun grenades, violence against protest in Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square, sparked by video of two officers beating a black Israeli soldier. Dozens reported injured, at least 26 arrested. Photos by Oren Ziv, Yotam Ronen, Keren Manor / Activestills Text by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man A protest by Israelis of Ethiopian descent against discriminatory police…
By Activestills May 3, 2015
[Vid] Wake-up Call: The Holocaust and Iran — the Netanyahu connection
Have you ever noticed that speeches by the Israeli prime minister tend to sound a lot like: ‘Iran, Iran, Holocaust, Iran. Iran, Iran, Iran. Holocaust Iran…’? Are you scared yet? Ami Kaufman has a wake-up call for you. Related: Every day is Holocaust Day in Israel Holocaust Remembrance Day in Israel: Something’s missing
By Ami Kaufman May 2, 2015
WATCH: The conflict starts in school
Documentary filmmaker Tamar Erde went to five Israeli and Palestinian schools to find out what role state education plays in shaping children’s notions about politics.
By Social TV May 1, 2015
Ethiopian-Israelis protest police brutality against Ethiopians in Jerusalem, blocking Israel’s Highway 1, April 30, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Ethiopian-Israeli protest against police brutality is met with violence
This isn’t Baltimore. This is Jerusalem, on Thursday night.  Photos by Oren Ziv and Tali Mayer/Activestills.org Thousands of young Ethiopian Israelis demonstrated against police brutality in Jerusalem on Thursday, in a vigil that spiraled into violent clashes with police. The protesters congregated in the afternoon under the banner: “Down with racism! A black person will not…
By Activestills April 30, 2015
A baby is delivered at the Israeli army’s field hospital in Nepal, April 29, 2015. (Photo by IDF Spokesperson)
Israelis’ surrogate mothers in Nepal are no laughing matter
The precarious situation of surrogate mothers in Nepal carrying babies for Israelis, as well as the ethical questions surrounding surrogacy in the developing world, should be treated with the utmost seriousness. But what does Israel’s interior minister do? He laughs at them.  Saturday’s horrific earthquake in Nepal has dominated the news here in Israel, not only…
By Mairav Zonszein April 30, 2015
IDF soldier attacks photojournalists in Nabi Saleh, April 24, 2015. (Screenshot: Miki Kratsman/Activestills.org)
WATCH: IDF officer gets prison for throwing stones at journalists
The incident is not the first time Israeli security officials have been documented attacking journalists at West Bank protests, and in the village of Nabi Saleh. An IDF officer videotaped throwing rocks at Israeli and Palestinian photojournalists last week was sentenced to two weeks in prison. A second officer was sentenced to 30 days confinement…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 28, 2015
IDF soldier attacks photojournalists in Nabi Saleh, April 24, 2015. (Screenshot: Miki Kratsman/Activestills.org)
WATCH: Israeli officer attacks, throws stones at photojournalists
Video shows Israeli photojournalist and AFP photographer being attacked by Israeli soldiers at the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Nabi Saleh. One Palestinian protester is reportedly shot with live fire. Text by Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Video by Miki Kratsman/Activestills.org Israeli soldiers threw stones at and attacked Israeli and Palestinian…
By Activestills April 24, 2015
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