August 8, 2016
3:28 pm

Illustrative photo of cereal by Telma, which recently recalled hundreds of cereal and cornflakes packages after finding salmonella in their products. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

A blooper reel with nothing to laugh at

Israeli papers take aim at easily avoided missteps, some fatal but all deadly serious

By Joshua Davidovich

August 7, 2016
1:53 pm

Neta Rivkin carries the flag of Israel during the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 5, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

On the bus from Rio to Chelm

A tiff with Lebanon over a ride to the Opening Ceremony and some loud boos cast a pall over coverage of the Games, though some of the harshest words are reserved for Israelis themselves

By Joshua Davidovich

August 5, 2016
4:13 pm

Cereal negligence

Unilever’s announcement that salmonella-tainted cornflakes boxes reached Israeli supermarkets causes minor panic

By Adiv Sterman

August 4, 2016
3:50 pm

Former President Moshe Katsav, who is serving a seven-year sentence for rape, seen leaving Ma'asiyahu Prison with his wife Gila for a Passover furlough on April 3, 2015. (Flash90)

The prison board’s dilemma

Papers try to parse parole board hints to handicap whether former president and current convict Moshe Katsav will get sprung from jail

By Joshua Davidovich

August 3, 2016
12:57 pm

Donald Trump speaking during the evening session on the fourth day of the Republican National Convention, July 21, 2016. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Newspaper wars and burying the Trump lede

Israel Hayom uses Jeffrey Goldberg tweetstorm to rag on Haaretz, and tries to avoid drawing negative attention to GOP candidate

By Ilan Ben Zion

August 2, 2016
11:27 am

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu reads a newspaper in the Knesset. Jan 06, 2010. (Kobi Gideon/ FLASH90)

The press looks at itself, through a funhouse mirror

As a government mouthpiece makes a Kafkaesque case for free speech, some quotable quotes show that ‘independent’ papers are still printing whatever they are told to

By Joshua Davidovich

August 1, 2016
1:54 pm

Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev in the Knesset on June 15, 2015 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Regev’s remarks rile right and left

‘Borderline fascist’ comments by Likud minister who wants government control over public broadcasting have the press up in arms — apart from Israel Hayom

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 31, 2016
9:53 am

US presidential nominee Hillary Clinton addresses delegates on the fourth and final night of the Democratic National Convention at Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on July 28, 2016. (AFP/Robyn Beck)

When history met herstory

Stories about getting to the bottom of past sins compete for real estate in the Hebrew press with coverage of Clinton’s speech and what she wore

By Joshua Davidovich

July 29, 2016
1:34 pm

Presidential nominee Hillary Clinton speaks during the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on July 28, 2016. (AFP/Timothy A. Clary)

Israeli papers draw battle lines in Trump-Clinton fight

Sides are taken in the 2016 US presidential elections, while cornflakes beat out settlements in the tabloids

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 28, 2016
4:22 pm

An image of Hamas terrorist Muhammad Fakih, who shot dead Rabbi Miki Mark and was killed by Israeli troops on July 27, 2016 (Hamas's Twitter account)

Despite closure, the pain remains

The death of a terrorist who murdered a rabbi offers little comfort to his loved ones, Hebrew media finds

By Adiv Sterman

July 27, 2016
2:58 pm

Yoram Tal, whose soldier son Omri was killed in the 2014 Gaza war, heckles Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a ceremony marking two years since the conflict at Mount Herzl military cemetery in Jerusalem on July 26, 2015. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Fury of bereaved parents focuses on Netanyahu

Outrage and calls for inquiry into 2014 Gaza war at center of Wednesday’s news coverage, while police pull off major soccer gang sting

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 26, 2016
2:04 pm

Sgt. Elor Azaria, the IDF soldier who shot an incapacitated Palestinian terrorist in Hebron, seen outside the military court in Jaffa, July 24, 2016. (Flash90)

On the ropes

IDF soldier-shooter Elor Azaria is on the stand and the prime minister rebuffs criticism of Operation Protective Edge 2 years later

By Ilan Ben Zion

July 25, 2016
1:24 pm

Sgt. Elor Azaria, the IDF soldier who shot an incapacitated Palestinian terrorist in Hebron, seen at the military court in Jaffa, July 24, 2016. (Flash90)

Sympathy for the devil?

After taking the stand, the Hebron shooter is transformed in the populist press from a monster into a confused kid bullied by his commanders. Meanwhile, in the Buchris ‘rape’ case…

By Joshua Davidovich

July 24, 2016
2:18 pm

The father of the woman who has accused Brig.-Gen. Ofek Buchris of rape, sodomy and sexual assault addresses reporters on March 2, 2016. (Screen capture: Ynet news)

There stirs a pain, and where and why

An evil kiss, finally copped to; questions after a rampage that doesn’t fit the narrative; a hope for balance in an insane political summer. The Hebrew media is not quite poetry, but it could be

By Joshua Davidovich

July 22, 2016
3:59 pm

The annual pride parade in Jerusalem, attended by more than 25,000, on July 21, 2016 (Flash90)

Pride v. prejudice

Historic numbers at Jerusalem pride parade make 2 front pages, while Trump dominates Adelson’s pro-Netanyahu paper

By Ilan Ben Zion

Topic: Hebrew media review

A blooper reel with nothing to laugh at

Israeli papers take aim at easily avoided missteps, some fatal but all deadly serious

On the bus from Rio to Chelm

A tiff with Lebanon over a ride to the Opening Ceremony and some loud boos cast a pall over coverage of the Games, though some of the harshest words are reserved for Israelis themselves

Cereal negligence

Unilever’s announcement that salmonella-tainted cornflakes boxes reached Israeli supermarkets causes minor panic

The prison board’s dilemma

Papers try to parse parole board hints to handicap whether former president and current convict Moshe Katsav will get sprung from jail

Newspaper wars and burying the Trump lede

Israel Hayom uses Jeffrey Goldberg tweetstorm to rag on Haaretz, and tries to avoid drawing negative attention to GOP candidate

The press looks at itself, through a funhouse mirror

As a government mouthpiece makes a Kafkaesque case for free speech, some quotable quotes show that ‘independent’ papers are still printing whatever they are told to

Regev’s remarks rile right and left

‘Borderline fascist’ comments by Likud minister who wants government control over public broadcasting have the press up in arms — apart from Israel Hayom

When history met herstory

Stories about getting to the bottom of past sins compete for real estate in the Hebrew press with coverage of Clinton’s speech and what she wore

Israeli papers draw battle lines in Trump-Clinton fight

Sides are taken in the 2016 US presidential elections, while cornflakes beat out settlements in the tabloids

Despite closure, the pain remains

The death of a terrorist who murdered a rabbi offers little comfort to his loved ones, Hebrew media finds

Fury of bereaved parents focuses on Netanyahu

Outrage and calls for inquiry into 2014 Gaza war at center of Wednesday’s news coverage, while police pull off major soccer gang sting

On the ropes

IDF soldier-shooter Elor Azaria is on the stand and the prime minister rebuffs criticism of Operation Protective Edge 2 years later

Sympathy for the devil?

After taking the stand, the Hebron shooter is transformed in the populist press from a monster into a confused kid bullied by his commanders. Meanwhile, in the Buchris ‘rape’ case…

There stirs a pain, and where and why

An evil kiss, finally copped to; questions after a rampage that doesn’t fit the narrative; a hope for balance in an insane political summer. The Hebrew media is not quite poetry, but it could be

Pride v. prejudice

Historic numbers at Jerusalem pride parade make 2 front pages, while Trump dominates Adelson’s pro-Netanyahu paper

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