11.05.2025
רסס The Seventh Eye in English
The Seventh Eye is Israel's only independent and investigative magazine devoted entirely to Journalism, the Media, Freedom of Speech and Transparency. For more information on The Seventh Eye, click here
11.05.2025
Channel 12 Files Complaint Against Yinon Magal: "Magal's incitement campaign continues without any restraints or reins"
Channel 12 News has filed a police complaint against media personality Yinon Magal, host of The Patriots on Channel 14, claiming he incited violence against journalist Amnon Abramovich • Abramovich: Following Magal's words, I received threatening phone calls • Channel 14: They are trying to silence us
05.05.2025
Hate and Disgust on Channel 14: Transphobic censorship at the Independence Day ceremony
Channel 14 censored the transgender singer Dana International, one of the guests of honor at the ceremony • During the censored minutes, viewership dropped by 30% • The channel refused to comment, but this follows a consistent pattern of LGBTQ-phobia that characterizes the channel, owned by Yitzhak Mirilashvili
05.05.2025
The Representation Index: Channel 14 Almost Completely Excludes Arabs
Throughout 2024, only a single Arab citizen appeared on The Patriots, the most popular program on channel 14, which broadcast fake news and propaganda • The representation rate of Arab speakers on the channel's Main News Broadcast is as low as 0.5% • The Representation Index is a collaboration with the Sikkuy-Aufoq
28.04.2025
Netanyahu Files Sixth Defamation Lawsuit - Again Regarding His Ties with Qatar
Prime Minister Netanyahu, Currently on Trial for Corruption offenses, Files Another Defamation Lawsuit • Netanyahu is requesting a "confiscation order" against anyone possessing "copies of the publication" - meaning anyone with a smartphone or computer
28.04.2025
"The damage of the law is clear"
The government is requesting to extend for the second time the validity of the "Al Jazeera Law," despite claiming in court that the law is "constitutional" because it is limited in time • The Association for Civil Rights: The law infringes on freedom of the press and expression, does not serve any real security purpose, and is actually part of the media coup laws of Netanyahu's government
24.04.2025
31.03.2025
Foreign Press Association Petition Hearing Postponed
A side effect of the constitutional crisis: Hearings scheduled for petitions about the crisis pushed back the hearing on the Al-Jazeera law and now also the hearing on the foreign journalists' petition demanding to lift the entry ban to the Gaza Strip • The state has been delaying its response to the petition for half a year
22.03.2025
12.03.2025
Indictment Against Arab Journalist Who Gave Interview to Hamas Channel
An indictment for espionage and supporting terrorism was filed against Said Hassanin due to the mere contact with Al-Aqsa channel personnel, due to the content of his statements in the interview, and due to statements he made about Hezbollah in another interview
09.03.2025
05.03.2025
A Media Personality Must Be Careful That Their Words Are Not Interpreted as Incitement: Israeli Court
Journalist Said Hassanin's Detention Extended for the Third Time, Due to an Interview with Hamas' Al-Aqsa Channel • Police Admitted that Suspicions Against Hassanin Are Limited Only to the Interview He Gave, However, They Also Investigated His Family
28.02.2025
Detention Extended for Second Time for Journalist Who Was Interviewed by Hamas Television Channel
Said Hassanin, editor at Nas Radio, was arrested following an interview he gave to Al-Aqsa channel where he praised Hamas: "The Islamic resistance acted with absolute humanity" • His lawyer complained that the state is using detention as punishment, argued that a few minutes interview cannot be defined as "contact with a foreign agent," and wondered why hundreds of threats Hassanin received were not investigated, and why police don't investigate incitement cases by Jewish journalists
27.02.2025
First Hearing in Foreign Press Association Petition Against Ban on Journalists Entering Gaza Set for April
The Supreme Court has scheduled a hearing on an urgent petition to remove the entry ban for journalists to the Gaza Strip - seven months after it was filed • Justices Amit, Solberg, and Erez will preside
26.02.2025