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Channel 2 interview of Gary, an Eritrean man, at the scene where his friend Habtom Zerhom was killed by a mob of Israelis after a terror attack.

Eritrean man’s ‘lynch’ highlights failings of the Israeli press

The Israeli media shares some responsibility for the hysteria on the streets and the phenomenon of ‘accidental’ attacks against Jews, Palestinians, and now Eritreans. By Hagar Shezaf Habtom Zerhom, an Eritrean asylum seeker, was shot by security forces and then lynched by Israelis in Beer Sheva’s bus station after being mistakenly identified as a terrorist…

By +972 Magazine October 20, 2015

Hadash Chairman Ayman Odeh. Odeh was elected to first place in the united Arab slate. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli election coverage: ‘Our Ahmad is named Ayman’

In its coverage of the elections, the Israeli media generally portrays political parties with pictures of their chairpersons — that is, except for the joint Arab list. By Elad Harlev / ‘The 7th Eye‘ Earlier this week, Oren Persico called out the Israeli media for its representations, or lack thereof, of non-Jewish Israelis. The story,…

By The Seventh Eye February 5, 2015

Russian President Vladimir Putin appears on state-owned television station Russia Today. (Photo by The Kremlin)

Why I quit ‘Russia Today,’ and why it remains necessary

Working for Russia’s state-owned media was supposed to be an opportunity to tell the ‘other side’ of the story. But it turns out that the U.S. and Russia — along with their mainstream media ecosystems — are equally horrendous. The inside story of nepotism, click-bait and propaganda at Ruptly. By Paula Schmitt The first thing I…

By +972 Magazine December 23, 2014

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Israeli soldiers smile as they arrest a Palestinian man in Hebron. The army has put the city under closure while it searches for three kidnapped teenagers. (photo: Activestills.org)

Occupation: The missing context in Matti Friedman’s ‘inside story’

For several months now, a former Associated Press reporter in Jerusalem has been on a mission to ‘expose’ the media’s bias against Israel. Glaringly missing from his argument, however, is the occupation. By Daniel Reisel Following this summer’s bloody campaign in Gaza, former AP journalist Matti Friedman has dedicated himself to a series of media analysis…

By +972 Magazine December 3, 2014

Israel Social TV (Screenshot)

Announcing a new partnership with Israel Social TV

+972 Magazine and Israel Social TV are happy to announce the beginning of a new partnership in which Social TV’s grassroots, independent video reporting and content will be published and presented in English on +972 Magazine. Like +972, Social TV is an independent media organization working to promote social change, human rights, social justice and…

By Social TV January 30, 2013