Channel 14 Mocked Mother Whose Daughter Died of Starvation: She Ate Her Daughter
Channel 14 presenters Shimon Riklin and Tamir Morag joked with studio guests about a Gazan mother, suggesting that she ate her daughter
Judge Sohlberg: “CNN Should Be Treated Same as Al Jazeera”
Supreme Court deliberated in expanded panel on petition against “Al Jazeera Law” • Justice Barak-Erez wondered why the law lacks clear definition of harm to state security, but most of the judges’ criticism was directed at the petitioners, who claimed the law is unconstitutional and ineffective, that existing laws exist to deal with harmful broadcasts, and that the government uses security pretext to silence criticism and hide from the public the scenes from Gaza Strip • “What will we do next time CNN does an investigation on Sde Teiman, will we shut down CNN?”
Israel to Supreme Court: We Will Continue to Ban Journalists from Entering the Strip
After ten months delay, the state provided a response to the petition by the Foreign Press Association • Israel insists on continuing the media siege, claiming that journalists’ entry would pose a danger to forces, to Gazans, and to the journalists themselves, and would require adapting border crossings for human passage • The state also argues that there is no obligation under international law to allow coverage and that the association should be satisfied with coordinated visits accompanied by IDF spokesperson • So far, 139 foreign correspondents and 85 Israeli correspondents have entered the Strip in this manner • The state and the court continue to collaborate in delaying the handling of the petition: the hearing has been set for October
Why Does the Global Media Surrender to the Trumpist Mechanism?
The moment Trump erased the separation between personal and institutional, he trapped the media in an impossible bind • The power to resist lies not in ignoring the mechanism but in its relentless explanation
“Do you have a problem with a Muslim player playing on your team?”
Israel Hayom published a survey about football fans in Israel, and invested in enlarging the sample in order to properly represent “ultra-Orthodox and Hapoel Beer Sheva fans,” but completely ignored the Arab society, comprising 18% of the population • The newspaper refused to comment
“Good News”
A senior editor at Israel Hayom, Eli Barak, expressed joy at the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians in the war • Israel Hayom: “This is a private statement on social media”
Netanyahu Helps Finance Hamas Yet Again
Stopping the famine in the Gaza Strip and flooding it with humanitarian aid is both the moral and the diplomatic veracious position
“The Role of Zionism Ended Last Night”
The religious-oriented website Srugim published a column claiming that secular Zionism has “completed its role” and that a Sanhedrin should be established to create a religious state in Israel • In light of harsh reactions, the website published a clarification stating that the move would not be done by force and that it is a “legitimate religious aspiration”
The Iran-Gate affair will haunt Trump and Netanyahu
Despite the celebrations of Prime Minister Netanyahu, there is a good chance that before the “Am Kalavi” operation is recorded in the annals of Israel, it will be recorded in the minutes of the hearings in the U.S. Congressional committees
Netanyahu’s Interview Blitz Revealed the magnitude of His Gamble
The indicted PM was interviewed by three foreign networks while repeatedly appealing to the isolationist faction in the Trumpist party
