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A pro-Israel rally, Washington D.C, July 18, 2014 (photo: Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs)

Catch him if you can: How a hasbara impostor fooled the Israeli Right

Thousands of Israelis fell in love with Wilhelm T. Roth, an Austrian aristocrat, strategic consultant and high-flying pro-Israel advocate, only to realize that he was in fact a 30-year-old small-time right-wing politico. It’s not him, it’s them: His fanciful stories of EU decision-makers warming to the Israeli narrative were just what they wanted to hear. By…

By +972 Magazine August 18, 2016

Oops? Israeli news site reports ISIS ‘threat’ to win Eurovision

The song, ‘Death to the West,’ ‘sounds quite thematically heavy, but I’m sure audiences the world over will love the uplifting chorus,’ the all-too-serious report quotes an all-too-made-up Islamic State spokesperson saying. By Oren Persico Ahead of the Eurovision singing contest slated to take place in Sweden later this month, “NRG”, a major news outlets…

By The Seventh Eye May 1, 2016

Illustrative screenshot of Ynet News

All but one Israeli news site gives prominence to Zoabi attack

Out of the main Israeli news websites, only Ynet decides to play down its coverage of the attack on MK Haneen Zoabi. By Oren Persico As opposed to all the other major Israeli news sites, only Ynet decidedly toned down on its homepage Tuesday’s attack on Palestinian MK Haneen Zoabi, according to The Seventh Eye’s media…

By The Seventh Eye March 6, 2015

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Racist reporting gets free hand in Israeli press

Examples of racism are abundant in the Israeli press. Both individual journalists and the media outlets that publish them must be taken to task for stereotyping Palestinians, and in some cases, inciting violence against them. By I’lam: Media Center for Arab Palestinians in Israel It is not altogether true that free expression is under threat…

By +972 Magazine December 23, 2012

J14 protesters dancing in the streets of Tel Aviv, August 30 2011 (photo: activestills.org)

Report: J14 tents to be dismantled after “Million people” protest

The Israeli website NRG says the J14 movement is considering to call on all tent camps to dismantle after the Saturday mass demonstrations; and could J14 and M15 jump over the pond? 1. NRG is reporting [HEB] today that J14 leaders are contemplating the dismantling of tents across the country and moving on to the next…

By Ami Kaufman September 1, 2011