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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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A Palestinian worker waits to cross Qalandiya checkpoint between the West Bank city of Ramallah and East Jerusalem, during the early hours of February 25, 2016. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Forget BDS: Denied entry to Israel, just because of a last name

Over the past two years, the Israeli army has revoked Palestinian workers’ permits to enter Israel simply because they share a last name with someone who carried out a violent attack against Israelis. The move has already dealt a severe blow to over 2,000 workers in the West Bank, many of whom have been working inside Israel…

By Social TV September 26, 2018

Israeli activists block the convoy of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, as he leaves Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, July 19, 2018. (Oren Ziv)

‘A danger to humanity’: Activists block Hungarian PM’s convoy at Yad Vashem

Dozens of demonstrators, including Holocaust survivors and descendants of survivors, block Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s convoy outside Israeli Holocaust museum. ‘He is a danger to humanity.’ By Oren Ziv Dozens of demonstrators blocked Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s motorcade as he left Yad Vashem, Israel’s Holocaust museum, in Jerusalem Thursday, as part of his official visit to…

By Oren Ziv July 20, 2018

Demonstrators set fire during the weekly protest against the occupation in the West Bank village of Kafr Qaddum, May 2, 2014.

The road from Qaddum to Nablus: Seven years of protests

For the past seven years, the Palestinian residents of Qaddum have been protesting the Israeli army’s closure of their main access road to Nablus, the nearest West Bank city. Why was the road closed and how does it affect the residents? A visit to the village of Qaddum, and the neighboring settlement of Kedumim.

By Social TV July 13, 2018

Students walk in the yard of the school in Khan al-Ahmar, February 23, 2017. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)

Israeli demolition of entire Palestinian village days away, villagers fear

Israeli security forces show up and survey homes in Khan al-Ahmar, which activists and residents fear is a sign of forced displacement of the entire village. Israel’s top court gave its approval to the demolition, an act rights groups say would constitute a war crime. By +972 Magazine Staff After getting the green light from…

By +972 Magazine July 1, 2018

Palestinian youth dance the dabke along the Gaza border. (Screenshot)

WATCH: Gaza youth dance the dabke in Israeli sniper range

The world continues to ignore their plight so youth in Gaza are trying to find creative, new ways to fight Israel’s siege. Now we can only hope that Israel doesn’t declare dancing a form of terrorism. Since the above video was published online last Friday, I haven’t been able to get it out of my head:…

By Orly Noy July 1, 2018

Palestinian refugees 'making their way from Galilee in October-November 1948' (Fred Csasznik, copyright expired)

Can Palestinian and Jewish narratives of exile and return be reconciled?

How can one feel a sense of belonging to a place where they were not born? A place you’ve never even seen? If there’s any people who can relate to the Palestinian narrative of exile, longing and return, isn’t it the Jews?

By Social TV June 15, 2018

Protesters carry away someone who was shot by an Israeli sniper along the Gaza border, May 14, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

WATCH: What do Israelis think of the violence in Gaza?

In the midst of the Great Return March protests in Gaza, during which Israeli snipers killed well over 100 protesters inside the besieged territory, Social TV asked regular Israelis on the street what they think of the Israeli army’s actions.

By Social TV June 5, 2018

A Palestinian woman stands in front of panels bearing the names of those who died in the Deir Yassin massacre, Givat Shaul, West Jerusalem, April 10, 2014. On April 9, 1948, some 100-200 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed by the extremist Zionist militias the Irgun and Stern Gang (Lehi) in the village of Deir Yassin. The Israeli activist group Zochrot ("remembering") organizes an annual procession to commemorate those killed and to recount the history of the village. A Palestinian woman stands in front of panels bearing the names of those who died in the Deir Yassin massacre, Givat Shaul, West Jerusalem, April 10, 2014. On April 9, 1948, some 100-200 Palestinians, including women and children, were killed by the extremist Zionist militias the Irgun and Stern Gang (Lehi) in the village of Deir Yassin. The Israeli activist group Zochrot ("remembering") organizes an annual procession to commemorate those killed and to recount the history of the village.

WATCH: Returning to the site of the Deir Yassin massacre

Every year, to mark the Nakba, Israeli organization Zochrot organizes a tour returning to the site of Deir Yassin, where Zionist militias massacred over 100 people in 1948. Today, the Givat Shaul neighborhood of Jerusalem and a psychiatric hospital stand in its place. Not everyone is happy about the tours.

By Social TV May 31, 2018

A photo of the "Awda," the 2018 boat to Gaza, seen leaving Bergen, April 30, 2018. (Freedom Flotilla Coalition)

WATCH: New flotilla to Gaza sets sail

While Israeli snipers killed dozens in Gaza, as Israelis and Americans celebrated the opening of the U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem, and while Europe watched Netta Barzilai win the Eurovision, the latest flotilla to Gaza set sail from Scandinavia. The participants no longer expect to break Israel’s blockade but they believe they can make a difference…

By Social TV May 24, 2018

Palestinian women plead with Israeli Border Police officers to open a gate to allow their children to cross through on their way home from school, Hebron, May 13, 2018. (B'Tselem)

‘I’ll open up your face’: The routine of collective punishment in Hebron

A new video shows Israeli Border Police preventing children from passing through a gate in order to reach their homes. This is what collective punishment looks like. Ever since Israeli human rights organization B’Tselem launched its Camera Project 11 years ago, the Israel public has had countless opportunities to get a glimpse of the routine…

By Orly Noy May 23, 2018