Israeli media

High Court overturns Army Radio closure, says Israeli gov't acted on 'improper' motives

“It cannot be that someone in a position of power will decide that because they don't like what a broadcaster is saying, that microphone should be ‘turned off,’” wrote Justice Yechiel Kasher. 

An Israeli soldier serving at Army Radio holds a microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025 (Illustrative).
‘VALLEY OF SHADOWS’ tells the story of a Spanish tourist who ends up spending months in a tiny isolated village.

Moving, complex ‘Valley of Shadows’ explores culture clash in the Himalayas - review

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi are seen in the Knesset plenum during a vote on the minister's communications reform, in Jerusalem, July 16, 2026

Knesset passes into law controversial overhaul of Israel's broadcasting sector

‘THE BEAR’: Jeremy Allen White (left) with Ayo Edebiri.

What to watch in Israel this week: Welcoming new seasons of ‘Rivals,’ ‘The Bear'


Here comes the judge: US remake of Israeli show ‘Your Honor’ debuts

The New Orleans setting, far removed from the usual locations for a crime drama such as New York and New Jersey, gives the American remake an interesting atmosphere.

BRYAN CRANSTON in ‘Your Honor.’

Press Ass'n backs lawsuit to declassify coronavirus cabinet protocols

Media outlets argue that there is no security basis to keep cabinet meeting minutes classified.

A journalist conducting an interview. (Illustrative)

A final media comment, but media scrutiny is more important than ever

The last 20 years have seen an awakening of public sensitivity to media issues in Israel and abroad.

Israeli newspapers

Netanyahu lashes out at media: Worse than North Korea

In a furious broadside attack, Prime Minister Netanyahu accuses Israeli news outlets of ‘fueling’ protests in an effort to ‘trample on democracy.’

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Israel's media needs to regain a sense of objectivity - opinion

The left wing is always “right;” the right wing primitive, abrasive and wrong.

Israeli journalist Kalman Liebskind (R) attends a conference organized by "Makor Rishon" and the Israeli Democracy Institute at the International Convention Center in Jerusalem, March 11, 2018

Israeli media's annexation scare tactics – opinion

Many parts of the Israeli media, we find, are directly and indirectly using scare tactics to try and prevent implementation of the Israel law east of the Green Line.

A newsstand in Manhattan outfitted with ‘Fake News’ headlines was a stunt by the ‘Columbia Journalism Review,’ in October 2018.

If not curtailed, Netanyahu's attacks on the media will become his legacy.

We urge Netanyahu to stop these attacks immediately.

Raviv Drucker, political commentator for Israel's Channel 10 television walks in the Knesset, Israel's parliament in Jerusalem on May 25, 2015

Bibi’s attacks

We urge Netanyahu to stop these attacks immediately. Firstly, because they are dangerous.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu

Why are some deaths and scandals considered more newsworthy than others?

The question is necessarily subjective but worth asking nonetheless.

HOW DO we decide what is newsworthy here?

Lin-Manuel Miranda breaks up quarantined Israeli journalists' argument

The argument over which Miranda score was best was broken up by the man himself, in Hebrew.

Lin-Manuel Miranda