Israel press

Press watchdog: Israel still blocking independent foreign reporting in Gaza despite ceasefire

The Foreign Press Association said the government had failed to present any plan that would allow journalists to operate independently in Gaza or work alongside Palestinian reporters.

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Defense Minister Israel Katz over a backdrop of Army Radio building.

Katz says gov't will approve shutdown of Army Radio today after 75 years of broadcasting

 The Knesset Economic Committee meets at the Knesset in Jerusalem, December 18, 2024.

Karhi presents revamped program for partial Kan privatization

 IDF Spokesperson R.-Adm. Daniel Hagari delivers Sunday evening public address. March 24, 2024.

Is Israel losing the war against Hamas in Gaza? - opinion


Media Comment: Netanyahu and the press

It is this one-sidedness and lack of truth that is helping Netanyahu. Israel, though, is losing.

Media screens from Israeli media show Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

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?

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Rivlin, ministers outraged as Israeli right-wing station may be shut down

Communications Minister Ayoub Kara vows channel will stay on the air.

Ayoub Kara

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.

AN EMPLOYEE working inside the office of Qatar-based Al- Jazeera network in Jerusalem watches the news, last month.

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.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu enters a security cabinet meeting, August 2017

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.

The logo of Al Jazeera Media Network is seen on its headquarters building in Doha, Qatar June 8, 2017.

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.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a rally.

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.”

Palestinians walk next to Israeli security forces at the entrance of the compound known to Muslims as Noble Sanctuary and to Jews as Temple Mount at morning after Israel removed the new security measures there, in Jerusalem's Old City

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.

PALESTINIANS GATHER in a coffee ship in Hebron, where a TV screen shows US President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu participating in a joint press conference in February.

Israel's commitment to press freedom questioned after journalist shot

Foreign Press Association: "The case offers an important test of Israel’s commitment to protecting all civilians and ensuring freedom of the press."

A wounded Palestinian reporter is carried by a medic and civilians on May 18, 2017 near the Hawara military checkpoint.