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Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 19, 2026, 2:21 pm
High Court freezes key parts of government’s controversial media overhaul law
Clauses in law removing barriers to political interference, market concentration in broadcast news temporarily halted amid fears they could influence election; Karhi vows to defy court
By Jeremy Sharon
Left: Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara at her welcome ceremony in Jerusalem on February 8, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90); Right: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, on January 11, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
July 7, 2026, 6:28 am
Knesset splits controversial bill to erode attorney general’s powers, easing path for key aspects to become law
Legislation now being advanced would still allow government to ignore AG’s rulings, but won’t divide role; media overhaul bill and bill to expand gender segregation in academia okayed for final votes
By Ariela Karmel and Jeremy Sharon
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the 40 signatures debate in the Knesset on December 8, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
December 10, 2025, 2:02 pm
Daily Briefing Dec. 10: Day 796 – Knesset debate on Haredi draft bares PM’s closed-door efforts to pass bill
Deputy diplomatic reporter Nava Freiberg on PM’s upcoming US trip and his defense of Israel’s global standing; political correspondent Ariela Karmel brings us the latest on media overhaul bill
By Jessica Steinberg, Nava Freiberg and Ariela Karmel
Police raid the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem on May 5, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 12, 2024, 11:46 pm
Israel to revoke press credentials of Al Jazeera reporters after ban on network
Government Press Office says move to apply to journalists, broadcasters, not producers or photographers; network says it has 14 staffers with press cards who are all Israeli citizens
By Sam Sokol and Agencies
President Isaac Herzog speaks to foreign journalists at his residence in Jerusalem on October 12, 2023. (Amy Spiro/Times of Israel)
October 12, 2023, 2:07 pm
Herzog blasts media for not calling Hamas ‘terrorists’ and downplaying terror threat
Briefing foreign reporters, president says those who complained of a ‘disproportionate response’ in Gaza should now understand ‘what a false interpretation of the reality that was’
By Amy Spiro
Illustrative photo of Israeli newspapers. November 15, 2015 (Photo by AFP Photo / Ahmad Gharabli)
February 10, 2020, 4:46 pm
New group looks to inject new energy – and funds – into Israeli journalism
Center for Media and Democracy wants Israeli media to pursue deeply reported investigative journalism, and to push back against ‘fake news’
By ToI Staff
Culture Minister Miri Regev holds a press conference on the "Culture Loyalty Bill" at the Knesset, November 26, 2018. (Miriam Alster/ Flash90)
November 27, 2018, 12:42 am
Regev’s supporters insult journalists, but she refuses to be held accountable
A hastily called ‘press conference’ turns hostile when reporters protest being denied the right to ask questions, and Likud supporters fight back with insults
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and his wife Sara Netanyahu at the Knesset in Jerusalem, June 28, 2017. (Olivier Fitoussi/Pool)
January 29, 2018, 12:23 pm
After tape of irate wife leaks, Netanyahu tells media to back off
PM says journalists willing to ‘shed blood’ of his family after uncomplimentary recordings of Sara and son Yair are published in past month
By Raoul Wootliff
US President Donald Trump (L) and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hold a joint press conference in the White House in Washington, DC, February 15, 2017. (AFP/Mandel Ngan)
December 29, 2017, 10:05 am
With an eye to Trump and Netanyahu, Israeli university takes on ‘fake news’
As politicians disseminate more and more misinformation while discrediting and bypassing the media, University of Haifa hopes to help students ‘analyze and understand reality’
By Raoul Wootliff
Al Jazeera reporter Elias Karram. (Courtesy)
September 8, 2017, 3:20 am
PM draws criticism for barring Al-Jazeera bureau chief from free press seminar
Foreign Press Association condemns ‘deeply disturbing’ decision by Netanyahu, cites ‘growing trend of incitement against media’
By ToI Staff and Agencies
Al Jazeera reporter Elias Karram (R) interviews Gershon Salomon outside the Western Wall on .July 30, 2009. (Rishwanth Jayapaul/FLASH90)
August 30, 2017, 3:22 pm
Israel backs away from shutting Al Jazeera
After a hearing, Government Press Office decides against revoking accreditation of correspondent accused of calling his work part of Palestinian ‘resistance’
By ToI Staff
Al Jazeera Israel correspondent Elias Karram in a 2016 interview. (Screen capture: YouTube)
August 16, 2017, 8:09 pm
Israel revokes credentials of Al Jazeera reporter
Government Press Office cites an interview in which Elias Karram said ‘media work is an integral part of the resistance’
By ToI Staff and AFP
US billionaire businessman Sheldon Adelson (L) meets with Benjamin Netanyahu during a ceremony at the Congress Hall in Jerusalem, August 12, 2007. (Flash90)
June 23, 2017, 5:03 am
Is Israel Hayom losing that loving feeling for Netanyahu?
For years, the free daily backed the PM, no matter what. It hasn’t abandoned him, but it’s giving him less coverage – and reporting prominently on a key rival
By Raphael Ahren
US President Donald Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shake hands after their final remarks at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, before Trump's departure, on May 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 29, 2017, 9:13 pm
Foreign press complains of lack of media access to Netanyahu
In letter to PM, representative notes he and Trump took no questions during visit and Israeli leader ‘rarely is available for questions on basic policy issues’
By ToI Staff
Microphones and video cameras of Israeli media outlets set up for a press conference. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
April 26, 2017, 7:18 pm
Israel up in press freedom index, but PM rapped for treating media as ‘enemies’
Israel ranked 91 out of 180 nations in anual report that also criticizes army censorship, treatment of Palestinian journalists
By Sue Surkes
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