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העין השביעית הכל
26.08.2025
Patrick Drahi, owner of i24news (photo: Jérémy Barande - École polytechnique, CC BY-SA 2.0)

i24news Senior Commentator Calls for Mass Murder of Journalists

Jewish fundamentalist Zvi Yehezkeli calls for killing all journalists in the Gaza Strip • The reason: reports from the Strip serve Hamas and harm Israeli public diplomacy • This is not the first time Yehezkeli has called for committing war crimes, this time he did so following the killing of journalists that the IDF and the Prime Minister's Office defined as a tragic accident • Yehezkeli: "Nukhba journalists," "Israel did well in eliminating them, in my opinion too late," "These are journalists who hide in hospitals, who set up command centers there"

Shuki Tausig
25.08.2025
Far-right MK Tali Gottlieb (Likud), 17.7.25 (Photo: Yonatan Zindel)

Court dismisses lawsuit against Likud's MK due to parliamentary immunity

A magistrate court judge rejected a lawsuit against Knesset member Tali Gotliv, who spread defamatory lies against a political rival, citing parliamentary immunity • The judge ruled that it doesn't matter whether the statements were true or false • Another far-right Knesset member who was sued for spreading false conspiracy theories is now seeking to dismiss the lawsuit against him as well • The chairman of the Democrats party, Yair Golan, who filed the lawsuit against Gotliv, announced he will appeal the decision

Oren Persico
20.08.2025
A monkey covers its ears (Illustration: Picaso AI)

How to Make Atrocities That Are Happening an Hour's Drive from Home Disappear: Eight Techniques of Israeli Mainstream Media

The way Israelis consume media today regarding what is happening in the Gaza Strip is not very different from how people consume press in dictatorial states, and in some ways is even worse • The result is not only a process of severe moral corruption both as individuals and as a society, but also the formation of patterns characteristic of a cult

Amnon Yuval
04.08.2025
Dror Shalom incites genocide on Channel 14, screenshot

Channel 14 Again Calls for Mass Murder and Genocide

Another call on Channel 14 for genocide and annihilation of women and children • In a special broadcast marking Tisha B'Av, panelist Dror Shalom, who presents himself as head of a department at the IDF Officers' School: "I think I'm using the most civilized words possible, it's destruction and annihilation of everything that moves there" • The host, Oded Menashe, expressed regret that "it doesn't look like that's where this is going" • Later, Shalom implicitly called for destroying Palestinian fetuses as well

Chen Egri
20.07.2025
Supreme court president Yitzhak Amit and Supreme court justices arrive for a court hearing on the Israeli government law to shut down Al Jazeera’s operations in Israel, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on July 13, 2025. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90

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?"

Oren Persico
06.07.2025
Smoke rises from the Gaza Strip, as it seen from the Israeli side of the border, June 25, 2025. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90

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

Oren Persico