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Nadim Nashif. (Courtesy)
PODCAST: Inside Meta’s war on Palestinian content
A new report by 7amleh examined over 3,500 cases of digital censorship relating to Palestine. Nadim Nashif explains what they discovered.
By +972 Magazine July 30, 2026
Journalists take cover in the face of attacks by participants in the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March in Jerusalem's Old City, May 18, 2023. (Oren Ziv)
IDF media intrusions drop, but self-censorship remains in full force
While redactions fell to a 12-year low, Israel’s military censor is still violating press freedom and blocking vital information from reaching the public.
By Haggai Matar September 18, 2023
An Israeli military jeep seen in front of the Jenin refugee camp during a major Israeli aerial and ground offensive in the city, July 4, 2023. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)
Shut out and under fire, Palestinian journalists struggle to cover Jenin assault
After Israeli snipers fire directly at Palestinian camera crews, journalists fear entering the refugee camp on the second day of Israel's invasion.
By Vera Sajrawi July 4, 2023
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The Deutsche Welle office in Bonn, Germany, September 1, 2014. (Christian Wolf/CC BY-SA 3.0 DE)
German broadcaster requires employees to ‘support Israel’s right to exist’
Deutsche Welle's new code of conduct marks the latest Israel-related crackdown on free speech in German public life.
By Hebh Jamal September 8, 2022
Palestinians takes part in a protest against the killing of journalist Yasser Murtaja in Rafah, near the Israel-Gaza border, Gaza Strip, April 8, 2018. (Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90)
IDF refuses to say what it’s doing to avoid killing more journalists
Israeli snipers have killed two Palestinian journalists and shot at least 20 others in Gaza in recent months. What happened to the soldiers responsible? What is the IDF doing to make sure it doesn’t happen again? The army refuses to say. Nearly two months after Israeli army snipers shot and killed two Palestinian journalists while they…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man June 4, 2018
Illustrative photo of a man reading "Israel Hayom," the Sheldon Adelson-funded newspaper (Moshe Shai/FLASH90).
An end to ‘apartheid polls’ in Israeli media?
Jews-only polls on matters relevant to the entire Israeli public and polls that present Jews-only polls as representing the views of the entire Israeli public constitute discrimination against the country’s Arab population, Israeli Press Council’s Ethics Court rules. By Oren Persico Excluding Israel’s Arab population from public opinion polls on matters of politics and policy…
By The Seventh Eye May 30, 2018
Palestinian protesters take cover behind a dirt mound as Israeli soldiers open fire from across the border in the distance, east of Jabaliya, Gaza Strip, April 6, 2018. Israeli snipers have killed over 30 people and shot over 1,000 others since The Great Return March began a week earlier. (Mohammed Zaanoun/Activestills.org)
A state-sponsored mass shooting
On a day when military snipers shot hundreds of unarmed demonstrators, the army declares that ‘the circumstances in which journalists were wounded are unknown.’ The circumstances couldn’t be clearer. Israeli army sharpshooters and snipers have shot over 1,000 unarmed Palestinian protesters inside the Gaza Strip in the past week, killing more than 30 people. This…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 7, 2018
A crowd of journalists stands in front of the Separation Wall during a protest for Land Day, held in front of the Qalandiya checkpoint, West Bank, March 30, 2013. Land Day commemorates the death of six Palestinian protesters at the hands of Israeli forces during mass demonstrations in 1976 against plans to confiscate Palestinian land in northern Israel. (Photo by: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)
Israeli body that accredits journalists honored for propaganda
The official Israeli government body that accredits journalists has just been honored by the country’s PR association for enhancing Israel’s image abroad. Anyone who values an independent and free press should be alarmed. The government bureau responsible for accrediting journalists in Israel was honored last month by Israel’s association of public relations professionals for its work…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man October 4, 2017
Palestinian security forces in Bethlehem. (Photo by Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)
Palestinian journalists the latest victim of Hamas-Fatah rivalry
Fatah-affiliated security forces arrest five journalists in the West Bank; Hamas forces are holding at least one journalist in Gaza. Palestinian rights groups demand both parties keep journalists out of their political rivalry. Palestinian Authority security services arrested five Palestinian journalists in the West Bank Tuesday night in what appears to be a worrying manifestation…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man August 9, 2017
Al Jazeera’s Jerusalem bureau, June 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Israel’s empty threat to ‘shut down’ Al Jazeera
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara held a press conference at which he promised to ‘close’ Al Jazeera. He doesn’t exactly have that type of authority, let alone the ability. By Moshe Ronen Israel’s new communications minister, Ayoub Kara, declared this week that he would act to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel. Speaking at a…
By +972 Magazine August 9, 2017
Israeli police arrest Activestills photographer Faiz Abu Rmeleh at the Lions Gate in the Old City of Jerusalem, July 25, 2017. (Screenshot)
WATCH: Israeli police arrest, rough up Activestills photojournalist
Journalists were standing off to the side of a mass prayer action that devolved into light clashes when police charged at them, singling out Faiz Abu Rmeleh, later beating and harassing him, he says. By Oren Ziv and Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man Israeli police roughed up and detained Activestills photojournalist Faiz Abu Rmeleh Tuesday night while…
By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man July 26, 2017
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, April 3, 2017. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
Explained: What’s the story with Netanyahu and the media?
The editor of Israeli media watchdog The Seventh Eye, Shuki Tausig, explains the current scandals involving Netanyahu and the media, and what they mean for journalism and democracy in Israel. The Israeli media is often lauded by outsiders as fierce and independent, often in order to demonstrate the ostensible strength of the country’s democracy. But…
By +972 Magazine April 3, 2017
Israelis hold signs calling to fight against racism, occupation, and for freedom of speech, in a march against the occupation in Jerusalem, April 1, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Thousands of Israelis and Palestinians march in anti-occupation protest
Palestinians and Israelis took to Jerusalem’s streets in their thousands on Saturday night in order to protest the occupation. Meanwhile, diverse protests sprung up elsewhere in Jerusalem, as well as in Tel Aviv. By Eli Bitan A string of demonstrations saw thousands of people take to the streets of Jerusalem and Tel Aviv on Saturday…
By +972 Magazine April 2, 2017
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