Tag: Media
Israel Police chief: ‘Fake news’ about Pegasus scandal caused untold damage
The scandal sparked by reports that the Israel Police illegally used spyware against civilians has caused the force’s image considerable damage that will take time to repair, Police Commissioner Yaakov Shabtai said on Tuesday.
The...
Israel Hayom editor-in-chief Boaz Bismuth steps down
Boaz Bismuth, editor-in-chief of Israeli daily Israel Hayom, is stepping down, the newspaper announced on Monday.
Bismuth has worked at the newspaper since 2008, serving as a foreign correspondent, foreign affairs editor and senior analyst. In...
UN approves Israeli resolution combating Holocaust denial
The U.N. General Assembly on Thursday adopted an Israeli-sponsored resolution that condemns denial and distortion of the Holocaust.
The resolution—co-sponsored by Germany, and backed by the United States, Russia and many other countries—affirms that the...
Study: Extensive use of smartphones by parents could hamper toddler development
A new study from Tel Aviv University found that interaction between mothers and toddlers is reduced by a factor of four when the mothers use their smartphones, which might damage the toddler’s development and...
Iran’s Tasnim news agency launches Hebrew website
Iranian news agency Tasnim has launched a Hebrew-language version of its website, the media outlet announced Monday.
According to a message posted in English, the launch was timed to coincide with the second anniversary of the “martyrdom”...
Ayelet Shaked to UAE media: No current plans to discuss Palestinian conflict
Israeli Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked said the government does not plan on discussing the establishment of a Palestinian state during the tenure of Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett or of Yair Lapid if he...
What ‘The New York Times’ didn’t tell you about the children
“They Were Only Children,” was the headline of the unprecedented and pilloried front-page New York Times feature last week. The piece included pictures of the dozens of children killed in the recent fighting between Israel and Hamas, and...
Why can’t the news media write ‘terrorist’?
While the American media has been focused on domestic issues, the escalation of violence in Israel has reached the level where it cannot be ignored or buried behind other stories. What remains remarkable, however,...
Israeli journalist harassed by pro-Trump protester outside US Capitol
An Israeli journalist was harassed by a protester supporting U.S. President Donald Trump outside the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday as a mob surrounded the building—with some breaking into it—seeking to prevent Congress from tallying...
A wake-up call for democracy
Accusations of voter suppression in the lead-up to the U.S. elections and of voter fraud since then have led some Americans to express concern about the nature of their democracy.
Yet the instability that the...