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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 Druze soldier in the IDF guards a mobile power station, May 13, 1949. (Photo by GPO/Zultan Kluger)
[WATCH] The Druze in Israel: Appropriating identity (part 3)
According to the mainstream Israeli narrative the Druze population in Israel is loyal to and maintains an alliance with the state, the most famous element of which includes mandatory military service. But is that really the whole story? The third part of this series looks at Druze identity and its variations: from Palestinian to Israeli.…
By Social TV December 5, 2014
A Druze soldier in the IDF guards a mobile power station, May 13, 1949. (Photo by GPO/Zultan Kluger)
[WATCH] Druze refusal in the Israeli army: Land expropriation (part two)
According to the mainstream Israeli narrative the Druze population in Israel is loyal to and maintains an alliance with the state, the most famous element of which includes mandatory military service. But is that really the whole story? The second episode in this four-part series looks at how despite drafting Druze men into the army,…
By Social TV November 27, 2014
Dr. Ishai Menuhin, executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCABI)
Open Mic: Israel has failed to outlaw torture
Israel Social TV gave a microphone and a camera to Dr. Ishai Menuchin, executive director of the Public Committee Against Torture in Israel (PCABI), and asked him to speak about Israel’s obligations under international treaties, its failure to outlaw torture, and its abysmal record of investigating allegations of torture by state agents. Related articles: Legal…
By Social TV November 24, 2014
Israeli soldiers accompany settlers as they throw stones toward the Palestinian village of Urif, November 18, 2014. (Screenshot: Yesh Din)
WATCH: Soldiers protect settlers attacking West Bank village
Following the horrific terror attack in Jerusalem, IDF soldiers escort masked settlers as they pelt the village of Urif with stones. A group of about 50 — mostly masked — settlers from Yitzhar attacked Palestinians in the West Bank village Urif on Tuesday night under the protection and escort of IDF soldiers, Israeli human rights…
By Mairav Zonszein November 19, 2014
Settler from Pnei Kedem throws stones at Palestinian farmers. (YouTube screenshot)
WATCH: Settlers assault, throw stones at Palestinian farmers
The villagers of Ash-Shuyukh have been trying to reach their lands for 10 years — each time they are attacked by settlers. When they arrived there on Saturday, Israeli activists had cameras ready. Settlers attacked a small group of Palestinian farmers from the village of Ash-Shuyukh who came to work their land near the settlements…
By Haggai Matar November 17, 2014
Druze conscientious objector Urawa Jaleb Saif, June 15, 2014, Haifa. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
[WATCH] Druze refusal in the Israeli army (part 1): A history lesson
According to the mainstream Israeli narrative the Druze population in Israel is loyal to and maintains an alliance with the state, the most famous element of which includes mandatory military service. But is that really the whole story? The first episode in a four-part series looking at Druze in Israel, their relationship with the security…
By Social TV November 16, 2014
Police 'skunk' truck sprays a school in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of A-Tur. (YouTube screenshot)
WATCH: Police spray putrid water on Palestinian homes, schools
Two new videos catch a police ‘skunk’ truck spraying East Jerusalem neighborhoods with foul-smelling liquid. The smell was so bad that 4,500 students had to stay home from school. The “skunk” trucks drives slowly through the neighborhood. It is evening, and there is no evidence of clashes in the area. The truck proceeds slowly, sprays…
By Haggai Matar November 15, 2014
Screenshot of CNN footage showing what appears to be a Border Police officer shooting at demonstrators in Beitunia on Nakba Day, May 15, 2014. In the video, a puff of smoke and shell can be seen coming from the third-to-left officer’s weapon.
Border cop arrested for Nakba Day killing, debunking IDF tales
The arrest appears to prove what footage and family indicated from the start: Live bullets were fired at protestors, unlawfully, as the victims posed no immediate threat. A Border Police officer was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of shooting Nadim Syam Nuwara (17) with live ammunition, one of two Palestinian teenagers killed during Nakba Day protests…
By Mairav Zonszein November 12, 2014
Palestinian youth burning tires during clashes with Israeli police in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Issawiya on October 24, 2014. (Activestills.org)
WATCH: ‘There’s no peace in Jerusalem’
Since before this summer’s war, Palestinian youth in East Jerusalem have been clashing with Israeli police on an almost daily basis. Head of the Issawiya Monitoring Committee explains that the youths are closed in by the wall and have nothing to do but throw stones. ‘This is the terror of the occupation: soldiers chasing children.’…
By Social TV November 11, 2014
Swedish-Eritrean journalist Meron Estefanos in 'Sound of Torture' (Screenshot)
WATCH: Listening to the ‘Sound of Torture’
A new Israeli film takes a disturbing look at the torture camps for Eritrean refugees in Sinai, and the Swedish-Eritrean journalist who has devoted herself to exposing the torture victims’ stories and ending their suffering. Related: A life of forced labor: Why Israel’s Eritrean refugees fled home Testimony: Sudanese refugee details torture by Sinai smugglers…
By Social TV October 31, 2014
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