Israel press
Israel's broadcasting law poses 'grave risk,' A-G says, urging High Court to hear petitions
In a preliminary High Court response, the attorney-general said the government bypassed legal safeguards in the Broadcasting Law and asked for early intervention to halt a rare governance breakdown.
Press watchdog: Israel still blocking independent foreign reporting in Gaza despite ceasefire
Katz says gov't will approve shutdown of Army Radio today after 75 years of broadcasting
Karhi presents revamped program for partial Kan privatization
Nat'l Journalists Assoc. demands inquiry into death of Gaza photographer
Yasser Murtaja, 31, was killed while covering Friday's protests in Gaza.
Media Comment: Netanyahu and the press
It is this one-sidedness and lack of truth that is helping Netanyahu. Israel, though, is losing.
Communications Minister stops Israeli right-wing channel’s shutdown
Will Communications Minister Ayoub Kara not just successfully prevent Channel 20 from shutting down, but also change policies to allow the right-wing channel to broadcast news?
Rivlin, ministers outraged as Israeli right-wing station may be shut down
Communications Minister Ayoub Kara vows channel will stay on the air.
Israeli Communications Minister: I will shut down Al-Jazeera, period
"If they want to open their mouths, they can do it at the dentist," said Communications Minister Ayoub Kara to The Jerusalem Post about Qatari-funded international news channel Al Jazeera.
Does the politicization of Israeli journalism pose a threat to democracy?
"30, 50, 70 percent of the advertising pages" in Israel Hayom are government-bought, according to Yediot Aharonot publisher Amnon Mozes.
Israel weighs reversing decision to pull Al Jazeera reporter's credentials
Karam had been threatened with having his credentials lifted due to an interview he gave to the Muslim Brotherhood television station in May.
Press Council head calls Netanyahu's attack on media 'pathetic'
"Making the press into the enemy of the nation is anti-democratic," Dalia Dorner said.
Foreign Press Association petitions Israel's High Court over interference
The FPA regards journalists' treatment as “a shameful performance for a country that boasts that it is the Middle East’s only democracy and claims to be committed to freedom of the press.”
Government declarations about diversity in media are a deception
Netanyahu and his right-wing government’s desire to restrict the media and to use it for their own needs is transparent.