Tag: Media
Person accused of helping Jewish journalist enter Mecca arrested and charged
The Saudi man accused of helping a Jewish journalist with Israel’s Channel 13 sneak into the holy Muslim city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Monday was arrested and charged by Saudi Authorities on Friday.
The man,...
This year’s Maccabiah Games are going live …
Broadcasting the Summer Olympic Games is a massive operation, with more than 7,000 personnel covering 28 sports utilizing 1,000-plus cameras, taking the games global.
For the first time, the so-called Jewish Olympics will be broadcast around the...
Into the deep end: American-Israeli swimmer dives into Maccabiah history
Swimming has always been at the center of Michele Kupfer’s life. She swam as a child growing up in Florida, she swam during her childhood summers in Israel, and she had the amazing fortune...
How to kill a democracy
Israeli democracy is hanging by a thread. That is the lesson of last Monday’s testimony by prosecution witness and former Communications Ministry director-general Shlomo Filber in former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial. Filber...
Israel-based ‘i24News’ to open branches in Morocco
The Israel-based network i24News is expanding its operations to Morocco, the network announced on Monday evening at a gala event in the nation’s capital of Rabat.
CEO Frank Melloul said the company would be opening bureaus with...
Chinese diplomat threatened to ‘downgrade relations with Israel over media interview’
A senior Chinese diplomat has threatened to “downgrade relations” with Israel following an interview published in The Jerusalem Post with Taiwan’s foreign minister, the Post’s editor in chief, Yaakov Katz, tweeted on Tuesday.
“Got call from Chinese embassy. Apparently,...
What is known and unknown so far about tragic death of Al Jazeera journalist...
The Israel Defense Forces’ investigation into the tragic death of Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh on Wednesday in Jenin is ongoing, and no final determination has yet been made over where the shot came from that struck...
Al Jazeera journalist killed in firefight between Palestinian terrorists, IDF
An Al Jazeera journalist was killed in Jenin on Wednesday during an exchange of fire between the Israel Defense Forces and Palestinian gunmen, the Israel Defense Forces said in a statement. The military is investigating the...
In latest gaffe, Israel’s public security minister discloses 1984 special forces op in Syria
Israel’s public security minister inadvertently disclosed classified information on Tuesday during an interview ahead of Yom Hazikaron, Israel’s Memorial Day for Fallen Soldiers and Victims of Terrorism.
In response to a question regarding casualties that...
A plague of media disinformation
It turns out that The Atlantic magazine did a better job explaining the problem of disinformation than even those planning its recent conference on the subject held at the University of Chicago could have hoped. The...