How the channel serving the accused Prime Minister Netanyahu mobilized for an incitement campaign against Israel’s law-enforcement, judicial, and media institutions, a campaign built on manipulations, outright falsehoods, and conspiracy theories • A case study of how Israel’s “Poison Machine” operates

A Reuters journalist was killed and journalists from international media outlets were seriously injured by IDF fire in Lebanon in October 2023 • Multiple comprehensive investigations determined it was deliberate fire on the group, which was marked as press crews and positioned in open terrain, and that there was no exchange of fire at the location • The IDF expressed regret and promised the incident would be investigated, but two years later reports that "the incident is currently in the investigation stages, and the findings of the inquiry regarding the incident have not yet been concluded"

For an entire year, the justices of the Supreme Court allowed the government to avoid responding to a petition filed by representatives of the international press, who demanded to permit journalistic coverage from within Gaza. “All the so-called justifications for this extremely severe violation of the very foundations of freedom of expression and the public’s right to know have now expired,” argued the Foreign Press Association (FPA). The justices were unconvinced and granted the state yet another extension to draft a new response. Until now, the judges had justified the delays on the grounds of the ongoing war. now, the pretext is the ceasefire

Coverage of Palestinian state recognition, Netanyahu's UN speech, and Trump's "peace plan" demonstrates how international media has moved from journalism to theater

The Supreme Court’s ruling on the policy of starvation in prisons shows that even the High Court is intimidated. For the Poison Machine, it makes no difference; the attacks on the Court will continue regardless

The Foreign Press Association (FPA), which filed the petition, declared: "Journalism is not a crime. Israel must stop killing journalists in Gaza and give the foreign press free and independent access to the territory. This continued and institutionalized delay in the process is a mark of shame on Israel and its allies, who have too often chosen not to speak up in defense of basic press freedoms"