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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 648

freedom of the press

File: An employee of the Qatar based news network and TV channel Al-Jazeera is seen at the channel's Jerusalem office on July 31, 2017. (Ahmad Gharabli / AFP)
July 14, 2025, 12:29 am
High Court judges query state over efficacy of law banning Al Jazeera
Civil rights group and Qatari outlet argue law is unconstitutional; justices suggest its provisions are too vague, one touts ‘factual’ lower court finding that Al Jazeera is involved in terror
By Jeremy Sharon
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/ Flash90/ File)
June 29, 2025, 9:06 pm
Ministerial committee gives thumbs-up to bill aimed at selling off Kan news division
Public broadcaster alleges proposed law is ‘intended to terrorize the Kan news division and its staff and benefit those close to the government’
By Sam Sokol
Illustrative: An Iranian man looks at newspapers displayed outside a kiosk in Tehran on November 6, 2024. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)
June 22, 2025, 10:47 pm
Iran accused of abducting opposition journalist’s family over war coverage
Iran International says IRGC took presenter’s parents and brother to an undisclosed location, forced her father to phone her and demand that she resign from her job
By Farnoush Amiri
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset, January 8, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 15, 2025, 10:27 pm
Government to weigh contentious bill giving it power over regulation of broadcast media
New legislation would enable communications minister to revoke a broadcaster’s registration, issue heavy fines; networks say it’s an attempt to bring media under political control
By Jeremy Sharon
File - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) with the architects of the proposed judicial overhaul, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and MK Simcha Rothman (standing) in the Knesset on February 15, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 7, 2025, 10:39 am
Knesset summer session to focus on Haredi draft, efforts to curb public media
Bills under discussion would shutter Kan broadcaster, split the attorney general’s position into two, and impose 80% tax on foreign donations to nonprofits
By Sam Sokol
FILE: Washington Post owner and Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos talks during a ceremony near the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul, marking the one-year anniversary of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi death, October 2, 2019. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)
February 26, 2025, 11:53 pm
Bezos restricts Washington Post opinion page, prompting section editor to resign
Billionaire says the paper’s opinion section ‘will defend free market and personal liberties’ only, as Post’s rightward shift sparks praise from Elon Musk and other Trump allies
By Laurie Kellman
Ashraf Zughayer (L), a 46-year-old convicted Palestinian terrorist who spent 23 years in prison serving six life sentences and was released by Israel, is greeted by a well-wisher at his family home in Kafr Aqab in East Jerusalem on January 26, 2025. (Zain JAAFAR / AFP)
January 28, 2025, 4:53 pm
New York Times says reporter assaulted by troops in raid on party for freed Hamas prisoner
Soldier shoves loaded rifle into ribs of ex-ToI correspondent Aaron Boxerman, points gun at second journalist reporting from East Jerusalem celebration for released terror convict
By ToI Staff
A construction site for new housing in the settlement of Shiloh, in the West Bank, on June 21, 2023 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 28, 2025, 10:27 am
Ministers back bill to let Israeli citizens directly purchase West Bank land
Existing state of affairs called ‘blatantly discriminatory and racist’ as non-Muslims are barred from buying real estate in a holdover from Jordanian rule
By Sam Sokol
Likud MK David Bitan chairs a meeting of the Knesset Economic Committee, January 15, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 15, 2025, 5:49 pm
Criticizing own party, Likud MK blocks bill to shutter public broadcaster
‘Public broadcasting is needed in Israel,’ David Bitan declares, criticizing ‘those in Likud who are causing damage to the party for the sake of politics’
By Sam Sokol
Newspapers and magazines for sale at a shop in the center of Jerusalem. November 10, 2013. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
January 4, 2025, 4:22 pm
Daily Briefing Jan. 4: Day 456 – David Horovitz on freedom of the press under attack
Marking five years of the our Daily Briefing podcast, ToI’s editor also discusses the challenges of wartime reporting and how the military censor works
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
Newspapers and magazines for sale at a shop in the center of Jerusalem. November 10, 2013. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)
January 3, 2025, 10:34 am
What Matters Now to David Horovitz: Freedom of the press under attack
Marking five years of the our Daily Briefing podcast, ToI’s editor also discusses the challenges of wartime reporting and how the military censor works
By Amanda Borschel-Dan and David Horovitz
Kan 11 music editor Michal Assulin argues with Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi during an emergency conference on freedom of expression in the Knesset, December 4, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
December 4, 2024, 3:24 pm
‘Scared for freedom of speech’: Journalists accuse government of muzzling press
Lapid accuses PM of trying ‘to stifle criticism of the government,’ whereupon communications minister’s chief of staff screams ‘shame’ and is ejected from meeting
By Sam Sokol
A soldier-reporter for Israel's Army Radio, on November 11, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)
November 28, 2024, 8:10 pm
Coalition push to privatize state media continues with bill to sell off Army Radio
Likud MK Nissim Vaturi’s proposed law echoes language found in controversial legislation, panned by press advocates, to sell off the Israel Public Broadcasting Corporation
By Sam Sokol
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 27, 2024, 9:23 pm
MKs advance controversial bill to privatize or shutter Kan public broadcaster
Foreign Press Association condemns ‘vindictive and politically motivated’ attacks on media, warns that legislation could ‘undermine democratic values’
By Sam Sokol
The broadcast offices and studios of the Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation, in Jerusalem, January 31, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
November 24, 2024, 7:12 pm
Ministers back bill to privatize Kan public broadcaster, call for Haaretz boycott
Opponents say ministers’ push to shutter Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation within 2 years would ‘severely harm freedom of the press’ and aims to stifle criticism of government
By Sam Sokol
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