Israeli media
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History
The history of the press began in 1863 during the Ottoman EmpireOttoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
and before the creation of Israel, with Ha-Levanon and Havazzelet being the first weekly Hebrew newspapers established. In 1952, the International Publishing Company J-M Ltd was established as the countries first book publisher. Censorship
Censorship
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was regularly enforced in years after the creation of Israel, throughout the Yom Kippur War
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, Ramadan War or October War , also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War and the Fourth Arab-Israeli War, was fought from October 6 to 25, 1973, between Israel and a coalition of Arab states led by Egypt and Syria...
and the 1970s. In 1986, the government allowed for the establishment of private and commercial media outlets to run in competition with state media.
Current status
The Israeli government generally respects press freedom, which is protected by the Constitution and independent judiciary. Hate speech, and publishing praise of violence or issues of national security is prohibited. While Israeli journalists operate with little restriction, the government has placed more restrictions on Palestinian journalists working in the region, as RWB alleges that the authorities entered Palestinian offices and homes looking for "illegal material". The media does carry criticism of government policy.West Bank and Gaza
United NationsAccording to an United Nations
United Nations
The United Nations is an international organization whose stated aims are facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human rights, and achievement of world peace...
press release in 2005:
"Journalists and media officials have the right to safety and security wherever they may be in the world, even in zones of conflict. However reporting on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is a difficult and sometimes dangerous undertaking for journalists.
According to the International Press Institute (IPI), since September 2000, there have been 562 violations of press freedom in the occupied Palestinian territory. Detention, injuries, restricted access, denial or permits, confiscations of documents and lengthy delays have constituted violations of freedom of the press. The IPI reports that 12 journalists were killed during this period in the line of duty, including 10 Palestinians. At least 478 press freedom violations were carried out by Israeli authorities; the Palestinian authorities were responsible for 30 of the reported press freedom violations. In its 2004 Annual Worldwide Press Freedom Index covering 165 countries, Reporters Without Borders placed Israel's performance in the occupied Palestinian territory on rank 115 and the performance of the Palestinian Authority on rank 127."
According to pro-Israel watchdog groups
In its "Palestinian Intimidation of the Press" article, Honest Reporting
Honest Reporting
HonestReporting is a non-governmental organization that monitors the media for what it perceives as bias against Israel. The organization has affiliates in the United States, UK, Canada, Italy, and Brazil...
writes:
"The PA's policies of intimidation, harassment and persecution of the press are standard practices. Reporters won't admit it, but the fear of physical harm or the fear of dying is a powerful motivator. What motivated Italian TV's Ricardo Christiano to congratulate and bless the Palestinian Authority, and then apologize for another Italian broadcaster filming the barbaric lynching of two Israeli reservists in Ramallah? Was it fear? Or was it identification with the PA?"
"Non-partisan sources, such as the U.S. State Department, Amnesty International, Freedom House, and even Palestinian rights groups report that the Palestinian Authority routinely harasses, arrests, beats and tortures journalists who print or report items critical of the Palestinian Authority or Chairman Arafat. They all report on the pervasive phenomenon of journalists' self-censorship."
In its "Reporting Under Repression" article, CAMERA
Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America
The Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America is an American non-profit pro-Israel media watchdog group. The group says it was founded in 1982 "to respond to the Washington Post's coverage of Israel's Lebanon incursion", and to respond to what it considers the media's "general...
writes:
"As we have noted in the past ( 'Intimidation of Journalists' ), intimidation has also been taking place in the Palestinian Authority. Many Palestinians who were not deemed appropriately 'patriotic' have been brutally murdered as 'collaborators.' PA thugs threatened journalists and photographers with harm during the lynching of the Israeli reservists at the Ramallah police station, as well as during the widespread celebrations going on in the Palestinian territories shortly after the 9/11 attacks. Cameras were smashed, film taken, and warnings given not to provide anything to their editors that would show the Palestinians in a negative light. In September of 2002, Jerusalem Post reporter Khalid Abu Toameh was repeatedly threatened with physical harm by a PA official. Abu Toameh wrote, 'the real danger comes not from the bullets of an M-16 or AK-47 assault rifle. Rather, it comes from attempts by certain elements in the PA to intimidate journalists who are only trying to carry out their jobs in a professional manner...[There are still those in the PA who believe] that a journalist is first to be loyal to the cause...'"
According to pro-Palestinian watchdog groups
In its "AP squeamish about Israeli violations of international law" article, Palestine Media Watch
Palestine Media Watch
Palestine Media Watch is an organization established in October 2000 that monitors the US mainstream media's coverage of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and mobilizes against what it deems to be anti-Palestinian or pro-Israel bias in the coverage of the conflict. The organization focuses mainly...
writes:
"Israeli military assaults on journalists are taking place with alarming frequency in the Occupied Territories. According to the Committee to Protect Journalists, the West Bank won the 2003 award for 'World's Worst Place To Be A Journalist,' explaining that 'gunfire from Israel Defense Forces (IDF) was the most dangerous and immediate threat.' Since the outbreak of the current Intifada, 9 journalists have been killed by Israeli soldiers, while over 250 others have been attacked and wounded (see http://www.miftah.org/report.cfm). According to the Palestinian Journalists Syndicate in Ramallah, at least 20 press centers have been shelled, vandalized or damaged by Israeli soldiers. This systematic targeting of journalists, although seldom discussed in the American media, is a consistent component of Israel's military presence in the Occupied Territories. In April, 2002, the International Press Institute released a comprehensive account of 'chilling patterns' of Israeli violation of Press freedoms (see http://www.freemedia.at/index1.html). Reporters Without Borders has repeatedly denounced 'excessive and undue force against foreign and Palestinian journalists, who have been roughed up, insulted, targeted with weapons and harassed,' and just this afternoon released a formal statement on yesterday's incident (see http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=4768). The Committee to Protect Journalists lists hundreds of similar episodes in which reporters were beaten, arrested, threatened with violence or death, and numerous instances in which film and equipment was confiscated or destroyed. We must energetically demand that such reprehensible incidents receive greater coverage in the American media."
The United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
2006 State Department report wrote the following regarding press freedom in the Palestinian territories
Palestinian territories
The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the...
:
"The PA does not have laws providing for freedom of press; however, the law permits every person the right to freedom of thought, conscience, and expression, and the right to express opinions orally, in writing, or through any other form. However, a 1995 presidential decree included injunctions against writing anything critical of the PA or the president. Although the PA did not restrict freedom of speech or press, members of the ruling Hamas faction restricted freedoms of speech and press."
"Working conditions for journalists in the West Bank and Gaza deteriorated noticeably during the year. Following the January Palestinian legislative elections, tension between the Hamas-led government and the Fatah movement resulted in polarization of the Palestinian press, with reduced press freedom, notably for local-level journalists. Numerous incidents against journalists, particularly those working in Gaza, included assaults, intimidation, and abduction in retaliation for reporting perceived as biased by one faction or the other."
"There were three Palestinian daily and several Palestinian weekly newspapers. There also were several monthly magazines and three tabloids. The PA operated one television station and one radio station. There were approximately 30 independently owned television stations and approximately 25 such radio stations."
"Closures and curfews limited the ability of Palestinian and foreign journalists to do their jobs. Journalists complained of area closures, long waits at the Gaza border crossing, and the government's inadequate transportation provisions."
"During the year IDF soldiers beat journalists on several occasions, detained others, and confiscated their press cards in Bil'in village where there were weekly protests over construction of the separation barrier (see section 1.g.)."
"On May 24, Israeli authorities released Awad Rajoub, a reporter for the Arabic language Web site of Al Jazeera, reportedly after being detained since November 2005; no reason was given for his detention."
"On October 6, IDF officials arrested Reuters cameraman Emad Mohammad Bornat in the West Bank village of Bil'in and detained him for two weeks. Bornat was charged with "attacking an officer"; however, according to Reuters he was subsequently found innocent by an Israeli court."
Journalists in the line of fire
The United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
2006 State Department report also noted
"There were reports by foreign and Israeli media that the IDF fired upon journalists."
"On July 12, media reported that Ibrahim Atla, a cameraman with Palestinian public television broadcasting, was seriously injured by shrapnel from a tank shell, and two other journalists were also injured."
"On July 19, Al-Hurra reporter Fatin Elwan was struck by two rubber bullets fired by an Israeli soldier while covering the Israeli siege of the presidential compound in Nablus. Reporters Without Borders also noted that three other journalists, including Al-Jazeera television technician Wael Tantous, were injured when Israeli soldiers fired rubber bullets at local reporters covering the event."
"On August 27, according to press reports, Israeli aircraft fired two missiles at an armored Reuters vehicle, wounding five persons, including two cameramen. A spokesman stated the Israeli Air Force did not realize journalists were in the car and attacked because it was being driven in a suspicious manner."
"On November 3, Hamza Al Attar, a cameraman for Palestinian news agency Ramattan, reportedly while wearing an orange vest marked "Press" was shot in the back and critically wounded while filming a protest by Palestinian women in Beit Hanun, Gaza."
"In January 2005 Majdi al-Arabid, a journalist working for Israeli Channel 10 TV in the Gaza Strip, was shot near Bayt Lahia while reporting on IDF operations against Palestinians suspected of firing rockets into Israel. An IDF spokesperson stated soldiers were unaware journalists were in the area and fired only on Palestinian gunmen. The IDF reportedly opened an investigation; however, at year's end there was no information on the status of an investigation."
"In 2003 James Miller, a British national, was killed by the IDF while filming a documentary in Rafah in the Gaza Strip. In April 2005 a disciplinary military court acquitted an IDF officer on charges of illegal use of firearms; subsequently, he was cleared of all charges. On April 6, a coroner's court in London ruled Miller's death was an "unlawful killing." Miller's family urged the British government to seek extradition of the IDF officer who killed him."
"Rising levels of lawlessness in the Gaza Strip subjected journalists to harassment and kidnappings."
"On March 15, three foreign journalists (Caroline Laurent, Alfred Yaghobzadeh, and Yong Tae-young) were taken at the Al-Dira hotel in Gaza by unidentified gunmen. On March 16, according to news reports, all three were released."
"On August 14, unidentified gunmen in the Gaza Strip kidnapped two Fox News journalists. They were released on August 27."
"On October 24, photojournalist Emilio Morenatti of AP was abducted by unidentified Palestinian gunmen in Gaza City; he was later released."
Israel
U.S. Department of StateAn United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
report in 2006 wrote the following regarding press freedom in Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
:
"The law provides for freedom of speech and of the press, and the government generally respected these rights in practice, subject to restrictions concerning security issues. The law prohibits hate speech and incitement to violence, and the 1948 Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance prohibits expressing support for illegal or terrorist organizations."
"The country has 12 daily newspapers, 90 weekly newspapers, more than 250 periodical publications, and a number of Internet news sites. All newspapers in the country were privately owned and managed. Political parties and religious bodies owned three minor dailies designed for Orthodox Jewish readers. The 1933 Journalism Ordinance and the British Mandate Defense Regulation for the Emergency Time Period were adopted upon establishment of the state; subsequently, the ordinance was never amended. The Ministry of Interior has no authority over the military censor.According to the Journalism Ordinance, anyone wishing to publish a newspaper must apply for a license from the locality where the newspaper will be published. The ordinance also allows the Minister of Interior, under certain conditions, to close a newspaper. In 2004 the High Court heard a petition filed by ACRI challenging the ordinance. ACRI withdrew its petition after the Interior Ministry pledged to prepare legislation effectively canceling the ordinance. At year's end legislation had not been enacted."
"The Israel Broadcast Authority, the country's state broadcasting network, controls the Hebrew-language Israel Television (Channel 1) and an Arabic-language channel, as well as Kol Israel (Voice of Israel) radio, which airs news and other programming in Hebrew, Arabic, and many other languages. Both Israel Television and Israel Radio are major sources of news and information. The Second Television and Radio Authority, a public body, supervises the two privately owned commercial television channels and 14 privately owned radio stations. In February 2005 the authority prohibited advertisements for the so-called Geneva Accords in which Palestinian public figures told Israelis, among other points, 'You have a partner for a peace agreement.' The authority claimed that its regulations on television commercial ethics prohibited it from airing commercials on 'controversial issues.' A consolidated cable company and one satellite television company carried international networks and programs produced for domestic audiences."
"The law authorizes the government to censor on national security grounds any material reported from the country or the occupied territories regarded as sensitive. An agreement between the government and media representatives provides for military censorship only in cases involving issues that the armed forces believe could likely harm the country's security interests. All media organizations must submit materials covered by the agreement to the censor for approval. This agreement deals with specific military issues as well as strategic infrastructure issues such as oil and water supplies.Media organizations may appeal the censor's decision to the High Court, and they cannot be closed by the military censor for censorship violations. The military censor cannot appeal a court judgment. Foreign journalists must agree to submit sensitive articles and photographs to the military censor. In practice they rarely complied. "
"Following an intensive public debate on the role of the media during wartime, as a consequence of censorship concerning, for example, specific locations of Katyusha rocket strikes, the Israeli Press Council established a Special Committee to Examine Journalistic Ethics and Conduct During War. Its conclusions were scheduled for publication following the final committee meeting on February 2, 2007."
"All journalists operating in the country must be accredited by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO). On September 20, ACRI appealed to the Supreme Court on behalf of a journalist residing in the Golan Heights who alleged that he had been denied a GPO card since 2003 based on political and security considerations."
"News printed or broadcast abroad may be reported without censorship. There were no recent reports that the government fined newspapers for violating censorship regulations."
"The Israeli occupation authorities limited freedom of expression. In East Jerusalem Israeli authorities prohibited display of Palestinian political symbols; displays were punishable by fines or prison, as were public expressions of anti-Israeli sentiment and of support for Islamic extremist groups. Israeli authorities censored press coverage of the Intifada and reviewed Arabic publications for security-related material."
"As a general rule, Israeli media covered the occupied territories, except for combat zones where the IDF temporarily restricted access. The government claimed such restrictions were necessary for journalists' security."
According to non-governmental organizations
Committee to Protect JournalistsAccording to the Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent nonprofit organisation based in New York City that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists.-History:A group of U.S...
's 2007 Attacks on the Press report:
"A bitter power struggle between the Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah left journalists vulnerable to harassment and attack, with the slayings of two local media workers and the abduction of BBC correspondent Alan Johnston underscoring the risk. Journalists covering Israeli military operations in the West Bank and Gaza also had to contend with perennial abuses at the hands of Israeli forces."
Freedom House
Freedom House
Freedom House
Freedom House is an international non-governmental organization based in Washington, D.C. that conducts research and advocacy on democracy, political freedom and human rights...
publishes an annual Map of Press Freedom report on freedom of the press
Freedom of the press
Freedom of the press or freedom of the media is the freedom of communication and expression through vehicles including various electronic media and published materials...
. The report, first published in 1980, rates countries as either "free" (F), "partly free" (PF), or "not free" (NF). The report does not distinguish between territory under Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
i jurisdiction outside of the green line
Green Line (Israel)
Green Line refers to the demarcation lines set out in the 1949 Armistice Agreements between Israel and its neighbours after the 1948 Arab-Israeli War...
and territory under the jurisdiction of the Palestinian Authority; it refers to these territories, collectively, as "Israel Occupied Territories and Palestinian Authority" or "IOT-PA". The findings of the report, from 1994 to the present, for states which have participated in the Arab-Israeli conflict, appear below.
| Year | Egypt Egypt Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world... |
Iran Iran Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran , is a country in Southern and Western Asia. The name "Iran" has been in use natively since the Sassanian era and came into use internationally in 1935, before which the country was known to the Western world as Persia... |
Iraq Iraq Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert.... |
Israel Israel The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea... |
Jordan Jordan Jordan , officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan , Al-Mamlaka al-Urduniyya al-Hashemiyya) is a kingdom on the East Bank of the River Jordan. The country borders Saudi Arabia to the east and south-east, Iraq to the north-east, Syria to the north and the West Bank and Israel to the west, sharing... |
Lebanon Lebanon Lebanon , officially the Republic of LebanonRepublic of Lebanon is the most common term used by Lebanese government agencies. The term Lebanese Republic, a literal translation of the official Arabic and French names that is not used in today's world. Arabic is the most common language spoken among... |
Libya Libya Libya is an African country in the Maghreb region of North Africa bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to the east, Sudan to the southeast, Chad and Niger to the south, and Algeria and Tunisia to the west.... |
Palestinian territories Palestinian territories The Palestinian territories comprise the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. Since the Palestinian Declaration of Independence in 1988, the region is today recognized by three-quarters of the world's countries as the State of Palestine or simply Palestine, although this status is not recognized by the... |
Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , commonly known in British English as Saudi Arabia and in Arabic as as-Sa‘ūdiyyah , is the largest state in Western Asia by land area, constituting the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and the second-largest in the Arab World... |
Syria Syria Syria , officially the Syrian Arab Republic , is a country in Western Asia, bordering Lebanon and the Mediterranean Sea to the West, Turkey to the north, Iraq to the east, Jordan to the south, and Israel to the southwest.... |
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| 1994 | NF | NF | NF | F | PF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 1995 | NF | NF | NF | F | PF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 1996 | NF | NF | NF | F | PF | PF | NF | PF | NF | NF |
| 1997 | NF | NF | NF | F | PF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 1998 | NF | NF | NF | F | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 1999 | NF | NF | NF | F | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2000 | NF | NF | NF | F | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2001 | NF | NF | NF | F | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2002 | NF | NF | NF | F | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2003 | NF | NF | NF | F | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2004 | NF | NF | NF | F | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2005 | NF | NF | NF | F | NF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2006 | NF | NF | NF | F | NF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2007 | NF | NF | NF | F | NF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2008 | PF | NF | NF | F | NF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2009 | PF | NF | NF | PF | NF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
| 2010 | PF | NF | NF | F | NF | PF | NF | NF | NF | NF |
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders
Reporters Without Borders is a France-based international non-governmental organization that advocates freedom of the press. It was founded in 1985, by Robert Ménard, Rony Brauman and the journalist Jean-Claude Guillebaud. Jean-François Julliard has served as Secretary General since 2008...
publishes an annual report on worldwide press freedom, called the Press Freedom Index
Press Freedom Index
The Press Freedom Index is an annual ranking of countries compiled and published by Reporters Without Borders based upon the organization's assessment of their press freedom records. Small countries, such as Andorra, are excluded from this report...
. The first such publication began in 2002. The results for Israel
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and the Palestinian Authority from 2002 to the present are shown below, with lower numbers indicating better treatment of reporters:
| Year | Israel (Israeli territory) | Israel (extraterritorial) | Palestinian Authority | Year's Worst Score | Report URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 92 | Not Specified | 82 | 139 | |
| 2003 | 44 | 146 | 130 | 166 | |
| 2004 | 36 | 115 | 127 | 167 | |
| 2005 | 47 | Not Specified | 132 | 167 | |
| 2006 | 50 | 135 | 134 | 168 | |
| 2007 | 44 | 103 | 158 | 169 | |
| 2008 | 46 | 149 | 163 | 173 | |
| 2009 | 93 | 150 | 161 | 175 |
Print media
Israel has a large number of dailies, weeklies and periodicals, all privately owned.English-language periodicals
- AzureAzure (journal)Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation is a quarterly journal published by the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel. Azure publishes new writing on issues relating to Jewish thought and identity, Zionism, and the State of Israel. It is published in both Hebrew and English, allowing for the exchange of...
http://www.azure.co.il/ English edition of the quarterly journal offering essays and criticism on Israeli and Jewish public policy, culture and philosophy - GlobesGlobesGlobes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group...
http://www.globes.co.il/serveen/globes/nodeView.asp?fid=942 English-language website of Israel's business and technology daily - HaaretzHaaretzHaaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
http://www.haaretz.com/ English edition of the highbrow Hebrew-language newspaper, Haaretz has a liberal editorial stance similar to that of The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
. It's published online as well as included as a supplement to the local edition of the International Herald TribuneInternational Herald TribuneThe International Herald Tribune is a widely read English language international newspaper. It combines the resources of its own correspondents with those of The New York Times and is printed at 38 sites throughout the world, for sale in more than 160 countries and territories...
. - The Jerusalem PostThe Jerusalem PostThe Jerusalem Post is an Israeli daily English-language broadsheet newspaper, founded on December 1, 1932 by Gershon Agron as The Palestine Post. The daily readership numbers do not approach those of the major Hebrew newspapers....
http://www.jpost.com/ Israel's oldest English-language newspaper - The Jerusalem ReportThe Jerusalem ReportThe Jerusalem Report is a biweekly print and online newsmagazine that covers political and social issues in Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish world...
http://www.jrep.com/ English weekly newspaperWeekly newspaperA weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a... - YNetNewsYnetnewsYnetnews is the online English language Israeli news website of Yedioth Ahronoth, Israel’s most-read newspaper, and the Hebrew Israel news portal, Ynet...
http://www.ynetnews.com/ English-language website of Israel's largest newspaper Yedioth AhronothYedioth AhronothYedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel... - ISRAEL21c http://www.israel21c.org/ English-language website reporting on Israel "beyond the conflict."
- Jerusalem Christian ReviewJerusalem Christian ReviewJerusalem Christian Review is a newspaper for Christians published in Jerusalem, Israel.-Publishers:It was founded in April 1993 and reports on archaeological discoveries which shed light on the biblical narrative...
Highest Distributed Newspaper for Christians in Israel.
Hebrew-language periodicals
- GlobesGlobesGlobes is a Hebrew language daily evening financial newspaper, published in Israel. According to TGI 2009 media survey Globes' market share rose 15% over the year to 4.4%. Its main competitors in printed media are TheMarker of Haaretz group and Calcalist published by Yedioth Ahronoth Group...
business daily - HaaretzHaaretzHaaretz is Israel's oldest daily newspaper. It was founded in 1918 and is now published in both Hebrew and English in Berliner format. The English edition is published and sold together with the International Herald Tribune. Both Hebrew and English editions can be read on the Internet...
http://www.haaretz.co.il/ Highbrow Israeli newspaper with a liberal editorial stance similar to that of The GuardianThe GuardianThe Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format... - HamodiaHamodiaHamodia is a Hebrew language daily newspaper, published in Jerusalem, Israel. A daily English language edition is also published in the United States, and weekly English-language editions in England and Israel. A weekly edition for French readers debuted in 2008. The U.S. version is the first...
Daily newspaper serving Israel's Haredi community. English editions are also published in the U.S.United StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the U.K.United KingdomThe United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
and serve local Jewish Orthodox communities in those countries. Hamodia is not available online. - HazofeHazofeHaTzofe was a Hebrew language daily newspaper published in Israel. In April 2007, it was reduced to weekly publication until its closing over a year later....
http://www.hazofe.co.il/ daily newspaper with a religious Zionist point of view - Maariv http://www.NRG.co.il/ Second largest Israeli newspaper, centrist.
- Makor RishonMakor RishonMakor Rishon is an Israeli daily newspaper, identified with conservative national and religious values.It is published in Tel Aviv; most of its readership is made up of paying subscribers. During the week, Makor Rishon is published in tabloid format...
http://www.makorrishon.net/ highbrow weekly newspaperWeekly newspaperA weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...
, conceived as an alternative to Ha'aretz - TcheletAzure (journal)Azure: Ideas for the Jewish Nation is a quarterly journal published by the Shalem Center in Jerusalem, Israel. Azure publishes new writing on issues relating to Jewish thought and identity, Zionism, and the State of Israel. It is published in both Hebrew and English, allowing for the exchange of...
http://www.tchelet.org.il/ Hebrew edition of Azure, a quarterly journal covering Israeli public policy - Yated Ne'emanYated Ne'emanYated Ne'eman is an Israeli daily Hebrew language newspaper based in Bnei Brak. The Hebrew edition is published daily except on the Jewish Sabbath. A weekly English language edition was published in Israel and distributed in Israel, South Africa and England until December 2006.An English language...
Daily newspaper serving the Haredi community - Yedioth AhronothYedioth AhronothYedioth Ahronoth is a daily newspaper published in Tel Aviv, Israel. Since the 1970s, it has been the most widely circulated paper in Israel. In a TGI survey comparing the last half of 2009 with the same period in 2008, Yedioth Ahronoth retained the title of most widely read newspaper in Israel...
http://www.ynet.co.il/ Israel's largest newspaper
German-language periodicals:
- Israel Nachrichten http://www.imh-deutschland.de/service/index.php?rubrik=0010&id=0038 The German-language daily from Tel Aviv for the 100,000 German-speaking Jews in Israel
French-language periodicals:
- Israelvalley http://www.israelvalley.com/ French-language website of Israel's economy daily.
- Guysen News about Israel in French
Arabic-language periodicals
- Al-IttihadAl-Ittihad (Israeli newspaper)Al-Ittihad is an Israeli Arabic language daily newspaper based in Haifa. Once considered the most important Arab media outlet in Israel, it is owned by Maki, the Israeli Communist Party, and was edited by a former Maki/Hadash Knesset member, Ahmad Sa'd until his death on 20 April 2010.-History:The...
http://www.alittihad.ae/ Arabic-language daily newspaper
Broadcast media
- Israel Broadcasting AuthorityIsrael Broadcasting AuthorityIsrael Broadcasting Authority is Israel's state broadcasting network.It grew out of the radio station Kol Yisrael, which made its first broadcast as an independent station on . The name of the organisation operating Kol Yisrael was changed to Israel Broadcasting Service in 1951...
http://www.iba.org.il/, TV News in Hebrew, some English. * Voice of Israel (Kol Israel) http://www.israelradio.org/ radio produced by the IBA, in Hebrew, Arabic, French, English, Spanish, Ladino, Russian, Persian, Yiddish, etc. - Channel 2Channel 2 (Israel)Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial television channel.- History :In 1990, after 13 years of deliberations, the Knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in Israel. The goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition. Channel 2 began broadcasting on...
commercial news. - Channel 10 (Israel), created as alternative to Channel 2.
- IsraCast http://www.isracast.com/ - Independent, multimedia broadcast and distribution network that focuses on Israeli foreign affairs and defense issues (in English).
- Radio Israel http://www.radioisrael.com/
Internet
- DailyAlert http://www.dailyalert.org/ daily digest of Israeli and world media reports on Israel and the Middle East prepared by the Jerusalem Center for Public AffairsJerusalem Center for Public AffairsThe Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs is a public policy think tank devoted to research and analysis of critical issues facing the Middle East. The center is located in Jerusalem, Israel...
for The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish OrganizationsThe Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish OrganizationsThe Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations is a non-profit organization that describes itself as "a central address for key American, Israeli and other world leaders to consult on issues of critical concern to the Jewish community."Currently comprising 51 national Jewish... - IsraelInsiderIsraelinsiderIsraelinsider, which describes itself as "Israel's Daily Newsmagazine", is an Israel-based daily online publication that provides news and commentary about Israel, including security and diplomatic issues, politics, culture, and global Jewish concerns, in particular anti-Semitism...
http://www.israelinsider.com/ - Independent outlet. Target audience is American Jewry - Jerusalem Newswire Independent Christian-run news outlet
- JerusalemONLINE http://www.jerusalemonline.co.il/home.asp video news update from Israel in English by Channel 2Channel 2 (Israel)Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial television channel.- History :In 1990, after 13 years of deliberations, the Knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in Israel. The goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition. Channel 2 began broadcasting on...
- Arutz ShevaArutz ShevaArutz Sheva is an Israeli media network identifying with Religious Zionism. It offers online news in English, Hebrew, French, Spanish and Russian. Arutz Sheva offers free podcasts, live streaming radio, a daily email news update, streaming video and 24 hour updated text news...
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/ news site representing the settler community, right-wing religious (English)
External links
- The Printed Media: Israel's Newspapers Summary from the Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs