22.03.2025

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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
Judge Extended Detention of Journalist Who Spoke in Praise of Hamas
Said Hassanin, an editor at Nas Radio was arrested following an interview he gave to Al-Aqsa Channel and is suspected of various offenses supporting terrorism • His lawyer claimed that he did not know the channel belonged to Hamas and was outlawed
24.02.2025
Magal's defensive tactic: i am part clown
Yinon Magal, host on Channel 14 and Radio 103FM, has filed his defense to journalist Guy Peleg's defamation lawsuit over Magal's false social media tweets • Magal claims he is known for his "unique style" that mixes satire and news, and that the responsibility to distinguish between them lies with followers ("the vast majority understands")
24.02.2025
The Israeli media should stop cooperating with Netanyahu
Israeli journalists protest when Netanyahu's current spokesperson removes them from a WhatsApp group, but remain silent when he boycotts their media outlets for years, uses them to mislead the public, and publishes false and defamatory denials
19.02.2025
District Court Approves Extension of Orders Against Al Jazeera
The Qatari channel claimed it was absurd, as Israeli channels broadcast the channel's content: "These are political, not security considerations" • The judge rejected the claim and determined that the broadcasts cause "tangible harm to state security": "It's not just about presenting Hamas's narrative"
14.02.2025
Call for Criminal Investigation Against Channel 14 on Suspicion of Incitement and Sedition
"Blow up the Supreme Court sessions", "Your day is near", "Do not obey", "Uproot and break", "Only by force!", "A knife in the nation's back", "The house of the 'Nukhbot [Hamas’ terrorists]" • The Fair Regulation Movement quotes dozens of statements by Channel 14 show hosts and pundits calling to disobey court rulings, spreading lies about judges, inciting and calling for violent actions • "A consistent policy adopted by the channel aimed at undermining the foundations of democratic rule in Israel in general and the public trust in the Supreme Court in particular"
01.02.2025
Channel 14 has an opinion. Netanyahu's opinion
For more than a year, Channel 14 presented a consistent line against the hostage deal: It blatantly attacked the supporters of the deal and the families of the hostages • In their News broadcasts, they tried to ignore the struggle to return the hostages and in their programs they compared the supporters of a deal to collaborators with Hamas • But as soon as Netanyahu changed his mind, the editors, anchors, commentators, and pundits followed suit • The moral flexibility of the channel's staff proves once again: Channel 14 is a propaganda channel in the service of one politician
01.02.2025
Lesotho Plan
The dictatorship in Lesotho was one of five countries on the African continent that did not cut ties with Israel in 1973 • Foreign Ministry documents reveal the compensation it received • Training death squads, eliminating the opposition and senior IDF officers who became state-sponsored arms dealers
27.01.2025
Channel 14 calls for Sedition
Moshe Cohen Eliya, a regular pundit on Channel 14, and Dana Varon, a presenter on the channel, call on the army and the Shin Bet to disobey court orders or government orders - if these are not in line with "The People's" instructions, which are conveyed exclusively by the channel's broadcasters • The broadcast emphasized that violence should be used against the Supreme Court: "It will only go by force!"
24.01.2025