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Israeli riot police run during clashes in the Shuafat neighborhood of East Jerusalem, October 5, 2015. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills.org)

How Israeli police solved a case of suspected ‘terrorism’ in record time

An initial police report on an attempted stabbing in the West Bank uses the word ‘terrorist’ to describe the suspect. Only when it transpires that the would-be attacker is Jewish does the word ‘terrorist’ vanish. It’s amazing to watch terminology change in realtime. At 4.19 p.m. on Tuesday, the Israel Police released a statement saying…

By Haggai Matar May 3, 2017

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visiting the scene of a fire, Beit Meir, November 25, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/GPO CC 2.0)

Two months on, still no evidence of a ‘fire intifada’ in Israel

The Israeli media and politicians’ narrative of a Palestinian ‘arson intifada’ remains in place, despite there not being even a shred of evidence to support their story. Over the last couple of days several people have sent me an article by Kalman Liebskind from last Friday’s Ma’ariv newspaper, which cited statistics from Israel’s Fire and Rescue Services on…

By Haggai Matar January 15, 2017

EU High Representative Mogherini and Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif address reporters following negotiations, April 2, 2015. (State Dept. photo)

Israel media survey: Iran deal, not so bad after all?

A number of senior columnists and reporters say that Israel should be pleasantly surprised by the deal struck between the P5+1 and Iran over the latter’s nuclear program. Netanyahu — and his mouthpiece — digs in his heels. Although the pushback from the Prime Minister’s Office was immediate and unchanged, many senior figures in the…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man April 3, 2015

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A Palestinian woman carries a key, a symbol of the Nakba and the right of return, May 15, 2012, Ramallah. (Ryan Rodrick Beiler/Activestills.org)

For Israeli media, even the memory of the Nakba poses a threat

A new study reveals that although Israeli newspapers present an array of views on the Nakba, the most common one sees it as nothing less than a threat that seeks to delegitimize Israel. By Oren Persico / ‘The 7th Eye‘ A new study reveals that Israel’s mainstream media maintains the state’s official stance toward the Nakba, and…

By The Seventh Eye December 18, 2014

Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform traditional Friday prayers in a street in Wadi Joz neighbourhood outside Jerusalem's Old City, as policemen block their way to Al Aqsa mosque, October 17, 2014. The Israeli government has restricted access to the al-Aqsa mosque compound, Islam's third holiest shrine to men under 50. (Activestills.org)

Who is really fanning the flames in Jerusalem?

By publishing false news stories that perfectly align with the government’s agenda, the Israeli media is guilty of sowing violence in a city already on the edge. By Yael Arava “Trying to fan the flames? The Palestinian prime minister went to visit the grave of the terrorist from the [Jerusalem light rail] attack, and then…

By +972 Magazine November 1, 2014

A Palestinian child with a kite stands in front of the destroyed Al Nada towers in Beit Hanoun, northern Gaza Strip. The towers had 90 flats.

How the Israeli media covers massacres: Lessons from 1953

The killing was justified, the terrorists hid among the civilian population, the West is anti-Semitic, and on second thought, perhaps the whole thing never actually happened. From the 1953 Qibya massacre to Operation Protective Edge, the Israeli media is the same media, and the lies the same lies. By John Brown At 9:30 p.m. on…

By +972 Magazine October 18, 2014

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How does SodaStream treat its Palestinian workers when the media isn’t looking?

According to Palestinian workers at the West Bank factory, they were provided with meager and unsuitable food at the end of a day of fasting; those who complained were fired immediately. SodaStream: ‘The termination process was done legally’ By Niv Hachlili / Ha-Makom Wednesday, July 2, was especially tense. The funerals for the three murdered Israeli teenagers,…

By +972 Magazine July 24, 2014

The mother of Nadeem Siam Abu Nuwara mourns her son who was shot and killed by Israeli army during a Nakba Day protest near Ofer military prison the previous day, May 16, 2014. Mohammed Awad Salemeh Abu Thaher, 16, was also shot and killed at the same demonstration.

Beitunia killings and the media’s incredibly high bar for Palestinian stories

Faced with the most striking evidence, the Israeli media continues to treat the Palestinian version of the killings as a fabrication, demanding more and more evidence of wrongdoing; that is how the public is taught, day by day, that the reality of occupation isn’t worthy of its attention. Ever since I left working on the…

By Noam Sheizaf May 21, 2014

Illustrative photo of a Palestinian farmer working his land (Photo: Anne Paq/Activestills.org)

Report: Israel to let Palestinians use some of their own land

Israeli officials reveal plans to allocate nearly 5,000 acres of privately owned Palestinian land so as not to stand in the way of a PA-USAID economic development program. Israel is pushing through a plan to allocate nearly 5,000 acres of land in Area C of the West Bank (under full Israeli military and administrative control)…

By Mairav Zonszein December 4, 2013

Anti Morsi protesters in Cairo, Egypt (photo: Mohamed Azazy / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Between admiration and cynicism: Mixed opinions of the Egyptian revolution in Israel

While many Israeli media reports praise the crowds who led (to) the overthrow of Mohammed Morsi, conservative writers continue to view the Arab Spring with skepticism | The common view is that the regional turmoil relieves some of the pressure on Israel over the Palestinian issue. In the morning following the overthrow of Egypt’s Mohammed…

By Noam Sheizaf July 4, 2013

Employees of the Israeli newspaper Maariv protest against their dismissal inside Azriely commercial center on their way to the IDB offices, Tel Aviv, 20 September 2012. The daily has been sold by debt-strapped IDB Group to publisher Shlomo Ben-Tzvi who also owns the right-wing newspaper Makor Rishon and who agreed to take only 300-400 of Maariv's nearly 2,000 employees. (photo: Oren Ziv/ Activestills.org)

Israeli daily: We let reporter go because he isn’t a Zionist

Did Haggai Matar lose his job at ‘Maariv’ because of his political views, or was it his involvement in the paper’s union that led management to order his dismissal? Israeli daily Maariv filed a statement to the Tel Aviv District Labor Court claiming that the paper chose not to rehire Tel Aviv municipal reporter Haggai…

By Noam Sheizaf June 9, 2013

"We'll come to your house". Leaflets in Qadum (Lior Ben Eliahu)

IDF soldiers to West Bank children: ‘We are the army, be careful if we see you’

IDF soldiers posted leaflets in the West Bank village of Qadum warning children to refrain from attending demonstrations. The leaflet, photographed yesterday at the weekly protest in the village by activist Lior Ben-Eliyahu (the children’s eyes have been hidden by +972), show photographs of four children from the village, probably taken by soldiers at previous…

By Haggai Matar June 1, 2013

Ma'ariv workers on protest (Oren Ziv / Activestills)

May Day: The revival of Israeli organized labor in the post-J14 era

Although many critics claim the J14 movement failed by not challenging the occupation or achieving sufficient results for Israeli workers and the middle class, a wave of revived labor organizing indicates new potential for worker power — a May Day update. One thing is certain: personally, it’s been a hell of a ride. About 18…

By Haggai Matar May 1, 2013