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How a pro-Bibi paper tilted Israeli voters to the right
The billionaire-funded daily Israel Hayom helped boost the right-wing bloc by two Knesset seats over three elections, a new study finds.
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Oren Persico
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The Seventh Eye
September 14, 2020
‘Leftists for Bibi’? Deepfake pro-Netanyahu propaganda exposed
According to a series of Facebook posts, the Israeli prime minister is winning over left-wing followers — except that none of the people in question exist.
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Itamar Benzaquen
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The Seventh Eye
August 12, 2020
How ‘Israel Hayom’ became Trump’s mouthpiece in the Middle East
Sheldon and Miriam Adelson are major donors to the Republican party and to Donald Trump’s presidency. In Israel, their free daily newspaper Israel Hayom promotes Trump relentlessly, with fawning editorials and selective reporting, which minimizes the scandals that have plagued his presidency. By Refael Afriat When Israel Hayom, now the most widely-read newspaper in Israel, was…
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The Seventh Eye
October 21, 2019
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Behind Netanyahu’s scorched earth campaign against Israel’s media
Just one week out from the second national elections in six months, Prime Minister Netanyahu’s relationship with the Israeli media seems to be at an all-time low. But are his ferocious attacks on the press all they seem? In the final stretches of Israel’s second election campaign in six months, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s tried-and-tested tactic…
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Natasha Roth-Rowland
September 9, 2019
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…
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The Seventh Eye
May 30, 2018
Challenging Israel’s secret information warfare campaign
Israel’s government is outsourcing ‘mass consciousness activities’ to private organizations, unaccountable to the public. A legal challenge in the High Court aims to stop it. By Itamar Benzaquen Israel’s Ministry of Strategic Affairs is carrying out a global propaganda campaign on behalf of the Israeli government that violates human rights and is acting without authority to do…
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The Seventh Eye
May 2, 2018
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…
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+972 Magazine
April 3, 2017
Public campaign to increase Arab voices in the media makes its mark
A project aimed at increasing Arab representation in the Israeli media has made rapid gains, using public pressure and hard data. By Edan Ring Regular followers of the news on Israeli television and radio are unlikely to have missed a significant change that has been taking place over the last few months. More and more Arab interviewees…
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+972 Magazine
December 6, 2016
Supreme Court: ‘Fascist’ Im Tirzu case had no standing
Supreme Court rules that the right-wing ‘Im Tirzu’ movement had no basis to sue a group of Facebook activists who labeled it ‘fascist.’ By Oren Persico “It pains me to say so, but this suit contradicts this court’s fundamentals regarding the scope of freedom of speech, whereas we are speaking of the heart of the…
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The Seventh Eye
July 16, 2015
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