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העין השביעית הכל
15.09.2025
Smoke rises from destroyed buildings in the northern Gaza Strip, as seen from the Israeli side of the border, September 10, 2025. Photo by Tsafrir Abayov/Flash90

One Year of Court Delays on Petition Challenging the Ban on Journalists Entering Gaza

The Foreign Press Association (FPA), which filed the petition, declared: "Journalism is not a crime. Israel must stop killing journalists in Gaza and give the foreign press free and independent access to the territory. This continued and institutionalized delay in the process is a mark of shame on Israel and its allies, who have too often chosen not to speak up in defense of basic press freedoms"

Oren Persico
04.09.2025
From right to left: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Emir of Qatar Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and Netanyahu advisor Yonatan Urich (Photos: Flash90 and Public domain)

Qatar-Netanyahu Affair: Democrats Say Netanyahu Seeks to Silence Criticism

Yair Golan demands disclosure of documents, bank accounts and diaries related to "Qatargate" • The revelations that Netanyahu's advisors were funded by Qatar, that Netanyahu delayed steps against Al-Jazeera, prevented Mossad investigation into Qatari funding and more, raise "serious suspicion of harm to state security by Netanyahu and his office staff and even suspicion that they 'sold' the security of Israeli children for Qatari money"

Oren Persico
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