Israel

Israeli Papers Battle

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 11:41:35 -0500

Full article: Wall Street Journal
Joshua Mitnick
At a time when American dailies are shutting down, Israel has a full-blooded newspaper war on its hands. And by at least one measure, a U.S.-bankrolled start-up is winning.

Flotilla Journalists to Sue Israel

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:27:19 -0400

Full article: Al Jazeera English
A group of journalists has announced that it plans to sue Israel over its deadly raid on a flotilla of aid ships bound for the Gaza Strip.

Israel Accused of Spinning Flotilla Story with Confiscated Video Footage

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 11:10:42 -0400

Full article: The Guardian
Roy Greenslade
The Committee to Protect Journalists has denounced Israel's editing and distribution of footage confiscated from foreign journalists aboard the Gaza-bound flotilla. The New York-based press watchdog accuses the Israeli defence force of releasing edited portions of confiscated video on YouTube that fail to get across the reality.

Israel Closes Media Center, Upsetting Palestinians

Stevie Converse — Tue, 12 May 2009 11:08:09 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Isabel Kershner
The Israeli police closed down an official Palestinian media center that had been set up in East Jerusalem for the visit of Pope Benedict XVI. Israel captured East Jerusalem from Jordan in the 1967 war and annexed the territory containing some of the holiest sites for Christians, Muslims and Jews. The annexation was never recognized abroad.

Israeli Paper Airbushes Women Out of Picture

Stevie Converse — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 13:11:35 -0400

Full article: Media Bistro
An Israeli newspaper airbushed two female cabinet members out of a picture of the entire cabinet. Many publications ban pictures of women because it's a violation of female modesty. The pair were replaced by two men who are not cabinet members.

Olmert's Office Acted Alone in Barring Foreign Reporters from Gaza

Stevie Converse — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 12:00:44 -0500

Full article: Haaretz
Amos Harel and Gili Izikovich
The prohibition on the entry of foreign journalists into the Gaza Strip, which ended on Sunday, came from Prime Minister Ehud Olmert's office.

Press, Banned from War Zone, Reports Growing Evidence of Israel Using White Phosphorus in Gaza

Stevie Converse — Fri, 16 Jan 2009 12:08:26 -0500

Full article: Editor & Publisher
Greg Mitchell
Charges that Israel has been using white phosphorus in its Gaza bombings are reaching critical mass in the wake of the bombing of the main United Nations compound in Gaza City. And newspapers are in the lead in reporting it -- despite the Israeli ban on reporters entering the war zone.

Israeli Media on Defensive over Gaza War Coverage

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:50:41 -0500

Full article: Agence France Presse
Israel's usually unforgiving media has had to fend off accusations that it has practised self-censorship and muzzled dissent with its overtly patriotic coverage of the army's offensive in Gaza.

Journalists Killed in Gaza; Foreign Reporters Still Banned

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:45:31 -0500

Full article: IFEX
Journalists and media houses continue to be in the firing line of Israel Defense Forces, say IFEX, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the International Federation of Journalists and others, who count at least five journalists and media professionals killed in the recent Gaza conflict.

Explosion Blasts Media Offices in Gaza

Stevie Converse — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 10:36:37 -0500

Full article: Fox News
An explosion rocked a media tower housing various journalists in Gaza. The missile hit the offices of the production company Fox News uses in the Gaza Strip.