After Two Years, the IDF Has Yet to Complete Its Investigation Into the Attack on Journalists in Southern Lebanon
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”
The Supreme Court Once Again Postpones Its Ruling on the Ban Preventing Journalists from Entering the Gaza Strip
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
Global Media Has Abandoned Its Role
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 judges forgot the obvious. It won’t help them
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
One Year of Court Delays on Petition Challenging the Ban on Journalists Entering Gaza
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”
Qatar-Netanyahu Affair: Democrats Say Netanyahu Seeks to Silence Criticism
Yair Golan demands disclosure of documents, bank accounts and diaries related to “Qatargate” • The revelations that Netanyahu’s advisors were funded by Qatar, that Netanyahu delayed steps against Al-Jazeera, prevented Mossad investigation into Qatari funding and more, raise “serious suspicion of harm to state security by Netanyahu and his office staff and even suspicion that they ‘sold’ the security of Israeli children for Qatari money”
“Hateful messages, threats and phone calls at all hours of day and night”
A protester who agreed to speak with Channel 14 suffered a barrage of insults and an online smear campaign
Israeli Journalists in Solidarity With Their Gazan Colleagues
Journalists from Israel signed a petition calling for an end to the war in Gaza • “Throughout the war an absurd situation has developed, in which everywhere else in the world people know more about our actions in Gaza and the West Bank than we ourselves know.”
The Method of Arbitrariness
How Netanyahu’s regime fabricated a case against Dr. Rolnik • The four stages of dealing with regime opponents, the Israeli version
Amit Segal: I am a normative person and law-abiding citizen
Amit Segal Sues Facebook User Who Wrote That He Is “A Vile Terrorist Who Supports War Crimes and Crimes Against Humanity”
