Foreign Press Association Petition Hearing Postponed
A side effect of the constitutional crisis: Hearings scheduled for petitions about the crisis pushed back the hearing on the Al-Jazeera law and now also the hearing on the foreign journalists’ petition demanding to lift the entry ban to the Gaza Strip • The state has been delaying its response to the petition for half a year
Indictment Against Arab Journalist Who Gave Interview to Hamas Channel
An indictment for espionage and supporting terrorism was filed against Said Hassanin due to the mere contact with Al-Aqsa channel personnel, due to the content of his statements in the interview, and due to statements he made about Hezbollah in another interview
First Hearing in Foreign Press Association Petition Against Ban on Journalists Entering Gaza Set for April
The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on an urgent petition to remove the entry ban for journalists to the Gaza Strip – seven months after it was filed • Justices Amit, Solberg, and Erez will preside
Magal’s defensive tactic: i am part clown
Yinon Magal, host on Channel 14 and Radio 103FM, has filed his defense to journalist Guy Peleg’s defamation lawsuit over Magal’s false social media tweets • Magal claims he is known for his “unique style” that mixes satire and news, and that the responsibility to distinguish between them lies with followers (“the vast majority understands”)
When Will the Israeli Press Start Serving the Public Instead of Netanyahu?
Israeli journalists protest when Netanyahu’s current spokesperson removes them from a WhatsApp group, but remain silent when he boycotts their media outlets for years, uses them to mislead the public, and publishes false and defamatory denials
District Court Approves Extension of Orders Against Al Jazeera
The Qatari channel claimed it was absurd, as Israeli channels broadcast the channel’s content: “These are political, not security considerations” • The judge rejected the claim and determined that the broadcasts cause “tangible harm to state security”: “It’s not just about presenting Hamas’s narrative”
Call for Criminal Investigation Against Channel 14 on Suspicion of Incitement and Sedition
“Blow up the Supreme Court sessions”, “Your day is near”, “Do not obey”, “Uproot and break”, “Only by force!”, “A knife in the nation’s back”, “The house of the ‘Nukhbot [Hamas’ terrorists]” • The Fair Regulation Movement quotes dozens of statements by Channel 14 show hosts and pundits calling for disobedience to court rulings, spreading lies about judges, inciting and calling for violent actions • “A consistent policy adopted by the channel aimed at undermining the foundations of democratic rule in Israel in general and the public trust in the Supreme Court in particular”
Channel 14 has an opinion. Netanyahu’s opinion
For more than a year, Channel 14 presented a consistent line against the hostage deal: It blatantly attacked the supporters of the deal and the families of the hostages • In their News broadcasts, they tried to ignore the struggle to return the hostages and in their programs they compared the supporters of a deal to collaborators with Hamas • But as soon as Netanyahu changed his mind, the editors, anchors, commentators, and pundits followed suit • The moral flexibility of the channel’s staff proves once again: Channel 14 is a propaganda channel in the service of one politician
Lesotho Plan
The dictatorship in Lesotho was one of five countries on the African continent that did not cut ties with Israel in 1973 • Foreign Ministry documents reveal the compensation it received • Training death squads, eliminating the opposition and senior IDF officers who became state-sponsored arms dealers
Channel 14 calls for Sedition
Moshe Cohen Eliya, a regular pundit on Channel 14, and Dana Varon, a presenter on the channel, call on the army and the Shin Bet to disobey court orders or government orders – if these are not in line with “The People’s” instructions, which are conveyed exclusively by the channel’s broadcasters • The broadcast emphasized that violence should be used against the Supreme Court: “It will only go by force!”
