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.

Attorney general Gali Baharav-Miara at a Constitution, Law and Justice Committee meeting at the Knesset, in the Israeli parliament on September 30, 2025.
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Press watchdog: Israel still blocking independent foreign reporting in Gaza despite ceasefire

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


Grapevine; Proud to be Bukharan

Habima Square

Palestinian government shuts Arab newspaper over report on Israel ties

The newspaper, which publishes a broadsheet in London, Beirut and Doha, also alleged torture within Palestinian jails. It branded the closure as politically motivated.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas attends a ceremony in Ramallah

Media Comment: Who needs press conferences?

There is nothing intrinsically wrong with the media seeking sources and the sources seeking publicity.

US president Barack Obama addresses reporters in the White House press briefing room,

Journalists fear government repression in Jordan

Threat of Islamic State seen as justification for clampdown.

Soldiers stand on a tank at the Jordanian-Syrian border.

Bill seeks to pull plug on fax machines

The bill by MK Stav Shaffir (Zionist Union) seeks to address the anomalous ubiquity of outdated fax machines in what is otherwise known as the start-up nation.

A fax machine

IDF officer discharged for leaking security information

The security breach lead to the cancellation of his promotion and his removal from office

An IDF soldier looks through binoculars

"Battle" For Market Share

The Jerusalem Post

Committee to probe Samuel Sheinbein shooting at Rimonim prison

Public Security Minister Aharonovitch calls for investigation into incident in which prisoner got hold of pistol in penitentiary.

Samuel Sheinbein 370