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‘Partly free’? The real state of Israeli press freedom is much worse
Freedom House has downgraded its ranking of Israel’s media from ‘free’ to ‘partly free,’ citing closer ties to the government and a spike in paid media content. But it has one flagrant omission: Israel’s poor treatment of Palestinian journalists. By Lisa Goldman Freedom House, the U.S.-based watchdog NGO that reports on the state of civil…
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April 28, 2016
Press freedom in Israel: Democracy in the age of self-censorship
More worrying than the institutional instruments that enable censorship are the multiple forms of self-censorship that are deeply ingrained in the journalistic practices and conventions of Israeli media. By Ido Liven As the Hebrew proverb goes, “be a tail among lions rather than a head among foxes.” In Freedom House’s latest report, Israel’s state of press…
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May 7, 2013
Mid East women fight uphill battle in patriarchal society
In the Middle East, representation of women in the public sphere is lower than in any other region. Women face enormous obstacles, ranging from sexual harassment and honor killings to ingrained patriarchal attitudes that belittle their intelligence and value. That is why it was so uplifting to watch the women of Tahrir Square take a…
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March 9, 2011
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