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How the media turns terror militias into ‘elite’ armies

When Israel calls a unit elite, it refers to demonstrated capability, rigorous selection, and a decades‑long record of operational performance - not political branding by a fawning media. Opinion.

How the media turns terror militias into ‘elite’ armies

Are we witnessing a 'Persian Spring'? Will the media notice?

In covering the misnamed 'Arab Spring', later cynically dubbed the 'Arab Winter,' media provided sycophantic and uncritical analysis of Obama's moves, while treatment of the war with Iran is tinged by reluctance to say anything positive about Trump. Or Israel.

Are we witnessing a 'Persian Spring'? Will the media notice?

Why media remain silent when they can’t blame the Jews

No publicity, propaganda nor political proclamations from the United Nations, NGO’s, the EU or the Islamic bloc greet the atrocities being perpetrated as I write. The silence is deafening. Opinion.

Why media remain silent when they can’t blame the Jews

The Jewish wing of the "Blame Israel First" media ecosystem

Most American Jewish liberal critics of Israel are committed to ideologies that cannot be reconciled with a State Of Israel that holds that saving Jewish lives is vitally important - as long as it isn't their lives at stake. Opinion.

The Jewish wing of the "Blame Israel First" media ecosystem

'Let us have a voice'

Bondi shooting victim's daughter calls out 'biased' ABC reporting

Victoria Teplitsky, whose Holocaust survivor father was shot and wounded in the Sydney terror attack, accuses local ABC news station of contributing to antisemitic atmosphere.

Bondi shooting victim's daughter calls out 'biased' ABC reporting

A message to all Jews:

We must fight like warriors to defeat Israel-hating news media

The newsrooms of the unfriendly foreign media operate with an anti-Israel religious fervor, and it is no longer possible to expect reporting from them that will be anything except biased and untrue. While we might not be able to convince the leftist media to listen to us, Israel certainly does not have to assist them when they seek to harm us. Opinion.

We must fight like warriors to defeat Israel-hating news media

BBC Chairman refuses to quit amid Trump speech edit scandal

BBC Chairman Samir Shah tells MPs he will not resign over the Panorama Trump edit scandal, apologizing for mistakes but vowing to “fix it.”

BBC Chairman refuses to quit amid Trump speech edit scandal

Jack Engelhard:

Epstein, the media’s flavor of the month

Trump has revitalized America. In the midst of eight wars, Netanyahu retains Israel as the house on the hill. But the media wants blood. Opinion.

Epstein, the media’s flavor of the month

'They cheated'

Trump vows to sue BBC for $5B over edited speech

Trump vows to sue the BBC for up to $5B over a misleading edit of his Jan. 6 speech. The BBC apologized but denied defamation.

Trump vows to sue BBC for $5B over edited speech

Rejects compensation

BBC apologizes to Trump over edited clip

BBC apologizes to President Trump for misleading Panorama edit of his January 6, 2021 speech, but rejects $1B compensation demand.

BBC apologizes to Trump over edited clip

Trump:

'I have an obligation to sue the BBC'

President Trump says he has an “obligation” to sue the BBC after it misrepresented his Jan. 6 speech. BBC leaders resigned amid backlash over edits that omitted his call for demonstrators to “act peacefully.”

'I have an obligation to sue the BBC'

Rabbis call for BBC to 'clean house' after network leaders resign

Coalition for Jewish Values UK call on the BBC to address pervasive bias after BBC Director General Tim Davie and News CEO Deborah Turness were both forced to resign.

Rabbis call for BBC to 'clean house' after network leaders resign

Trump:

'BBC doctoring of Jan. 6 Speech a threat to democracy'

US President Trump condemns the BBC after top execs resigned over editing his Jan. 6 speech: “Very dishonest people who tried to step on the scales of a Presidential Election.”

'BBC doctoring of Jan. 6 Speech a threat to democracy'

Israel responds:

'BBC resignations reveal longstanding anti-Israel media bias'

Israel’s Foreign Ministry says BBC resignations expose deep bias and disinformation, calling for accountability and an end to media narratives that fuel antisemitism and amplify Hamas propaganda.

'BBC resignations reveal longstanding anti-Israel media bias'

Following media uproar: BBC CEO and Director resign

Tim Davie, and the corporation’s Head of News and Current Affairs, Deborah Turness, announced their resignations on Sunday evening, following mounting criticism over the editing of a video of Donald Trump.

Following media uproar: BBC CEO and Director resign

Foreign Ministry:

'Coordinated media bias turns news into politics'

Study: 77% of global media coverage of Operation Rising Lion targets Israel, only 23% Iran. Foreign Ministry: ‘When 150 outlets choose to stop reporting news, it’s politics, not journalism.’

'Coordinated media bias turns news into politics'

Jack Engelhard:

US media versus Israel

I must learn to be subtler…more diplomatic. Until then, beginning with Macron, those are a collection of dirty rotten scoundrels. Opinion.

US media versus Israel

The media front in the war against civilization

Journalistic fraud has been committed in the service of a very great evil. The mainstream media is itself an active enemy in this war, a crucial weapon being wielded by the Islamic world against Israel through Hamas, the Palestinian Authority, Qatar and Iran. Op-ed.

The media front in the war against civilization

Rothman accuses media of promoting Hamas starvation campaign

MK Simcha Rothman reminds Knesset Channel host that the media refused to publish hostage videos at the start of the war and wondered: "What has changed?"

Rothman accuses media of promoting Hamas starvation campaign

Old photograph reused for claim of 9 dead children in Gaza

Israeli media run claim from Gaza that 9 children from 1 family were killed in an Israeli airstrike, but the photograph accompanying the claim was originally published in connection with a different alleged incident 2 months earlier.

Old photograph reused for claim of 9 dead children in Gaza

UK press regulator defends claim terrorists are 'hostages'

Independent Press Standards Organisation in the UK dismisses complaint against Scottish newspaper that claimed hundreds of terrorists freed in hostage deal were "hostages."

UK press regulator defends claim terrorists are 'hostages'

Chicago:

Israeli scholar ousted from conference

Dr. Gilad Padva expelled from Society for Cinema and Media Studies conference after protesting against outrageous accusations that 'Israel is committing genocide.'

Israeli scholar ousted from conference

Jack Engelhard:

Duped

Today we trust nobody, neither the media, nor the government, nor our leaders because they lied. Opinion.

Duped

To win the media war, stop transmitting news, pictures from Gaza

If Israel cuts off Gaza’s cellular phones and internet, the Hamas propaganda machine will close down. No pictures will be transmitted from Gaza, no news stories will be sent, no terrorist leaders will be interviewed.

To win the media war, stop transmitting news, pictures from Gaza

Fact or Fiction: Fighting Israel bias in the media

How HonestReporting CEO Jacki Alexander fights against Israel bias in the media. Interview.

Fact or Fiction: Fighting Israel bias in the media

Like Trump, let Israel deny access to our media enemies

Let us deny access to the media enemy that opposes the Jews’ right to our own national liberation movement. Let us deny access to the media enemy that enthusiastically amplifies Hamas propaganda. Let us deny access to the media enemy that seeks our national death. Op-ed.

Like Trump, let Israel deny access to our media enemies

Ex-BBC dir. warns network risks becoming 'Hamas mouthpiece'

Danny Cohen, the former director of BBC Television, slams his former network for drawing equivalence between innocent hostages and freed terrorists, downplaying suffering of hostages.

Ex-BBC dir. warns network risks becoming 'Hamas mouthpiece'

Talk TV and GB News have broken the back of left media dominance

The viewers for MSNBC, ABC and CNN have dramatically decreased to the point where investment analysts are questioning their ability to survive financially. Opinion.

Talk TV and GB News have broken the back of left media dominance

1.8 Mil. Minutes and Counting

Special interview with radio host Nachum Segal

Nachum Segal, host of The Nachum Segal Network, visited the Arutz Sheva studio in Jerusalem as he is summarizing more than 40 years of Jewish broadcasting.

Special interview with radio host Nachum Segal

Bereaved Grandfather:

A Grandfather's Call for Unity Amidst Tragedy

A grandfather urges the media to promote unity and understanding in the wake of his grandson's death.

A Grandfather's Call for Unity Amidst Tragedy

Erin Molan fights back:

Israel fighting bloodthirsty killers on behalf of entire world

Erin Molan slams international community for supporting and glorifying Hamas killers, criticizes feminists for ignoring crimes against Jewish and Israeli women.

Israel fighting bloodthirsty killers on behalf of entire world

Sky News Australia fires pro-Israel host Erin Molan

Erin Molan, who received death threats for her impassioned defenses of Israel, fired suddenly by her network.

Sky News Australia fires pro-Israel host Erin Molan

Time to expose Israel's Deep State

Trump promised to overcome the US Deep State, but Israel's Deep State is much worse and more disheartening because it is undermining the Jewish State from within in the midst of an existential war. Opinion.

Time to expose Israel's Deep State

An empirical approach to fighting antisemitism in the media

Do different editorial biases lead to increased levels of viewer antisemitism? An empirical study would find out. Opinion.

An empirical approach to fighting antisemitism in the media

Saudi channel suspended by Iraq for calling Hamas terrorists

MBC network's offices in Iraq stormed and ransacked by Shi'ite militia supporters angered by the network's description of Hamas leaders Ismail Haniyeh and Yahya Sinwar as terrorists.

Saudi channel suspended by Iraq for calling Hamas terrorists

"End of a bloodthirsty leader"

Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar's death makes international headlines, cover pages, as angles range from praise of Sinwar to stressing his brutality.

"End of a bloodthirsty leader"

Swords of Iron war most covered news story in Israeli history

The GPO reveals that 5,500 foreign journalists came to Israel to cover the war that began when Hamas committed the October 7 massacre,

Swords of Iron war most covered news story in Israeli history

The decline of the BBC - AI data show systemic bias

The BBC receives £4bn from the public purse, which trusts it to provide accurate, fair, balanced and impartial news. That is far from what is happening in its reports on Israel's conflict with Hamas and Hezbollah. Op-ed.

The decline of the BBC - AI data show systemic bias

The jig is up for US media

The blatant 3 against 1 in the Trump-Harris debate was egregious enough to set off a firestorm of condemnation against specifically Muir, then ABC News, and then the entire media apparatus. And about time. Opinion.

The jig is up for US media

The media have blood on their hands

Partisan journalists may have subverted American democracy, but in their war against Israel, they have blood on their hands. Opinion.

The media have blood on their hands

Gaza war coverage

BBC accused of violating own guidelines 1,500 times

Study of coverage of the first 4 months of the war finds serious bias against Israel in BBC reporting, Hamas called a terrorist organization just 3.2% of time.

BBC accused of violating own guidelines 1,500 times

Ritchie Torres:

'Newsflash to media: Hostages didn't 'die,' they were murdered'

NY Democratic Congressman criticizes media for saying the 6 hostages Hamas executed, including US citizen Hersh Goldberg-Polin, 'died' instead of saying they were murdered.

'Newsflash to media: Hostages didn't 'die,' they were murdered'

A journalist's letter to the media on the Israel-Hamas War

Here are some of the facts cable news ignores or twists. In the name of our shared profession, I suggest you incorporate them into your reports and columns. Opinion.

A journalist's letter to the media on the Israel-Hamas War

The Media still shilling for the Left

Watch for yourself. In fact, take notes. There is a remarkable absence of originality in today’s political reportage. It’s all a tired repetition of talking points and leftist propaganda that the anchors and reporters have received beforehand and have literally been commanded to utilize at the risk of their jobs.Op-ed.

The Media still shilling for the Left

To the West's corrupt media, Haniyeh is a "martyr"

How did Italian and other Western media describe the Hamas murderer assassinated in Tehran? And his cohort, Deif? and Meshaal? Unbelievable. Opinion.

To the West's corrupt media, Haniyeh is a "martyr"

BBC:

Palestinians: 'killed', Druze children 'died'

Foreign media has drawn harsh criticism for their choice of words in their coverage of the rocket strike in Majdal Shams.

Palestinians: 'killed', Druze children 'died'

Media bias threatens Israel's survival

Technology and the shrinking human attention span have produced legions who know nothing of history and decide the merits of this conflict on the basis of 30-second videos. Op-ed.

Media bias threatens Israel's survival

Smotrich:

'Do not consume the poisonous lies of the media'

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich wrote an open letter today calling on citizens to reject the mainstream media narrative. 'I call on you, citizens of Israel, not to consume the poisonous lies of the Israeli media.'

'Do not consume the poisonous lies of the media'

The role of the Middle East War Correspondent

The role of a wartime journalist is to convey the context of war. And he can bring about change and awareness. Opinion.

The role of the Middle East War Correspondent

US Christian media group stops using 'West Bank'

National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) endorses resolution calling to use 'Judea and Samaria' instead of 'West Bank.'

US Christian media group stops using 'West Bank'

We are winning, but the media are failing us again

It is the tiny disconnected far left elites in the media, universities, and Jewish-progressive foundations who have tremendous influence on IDF senior officials and career government staff, many of them retired failures, and want us to repeat their terrible mistakes. Op-ed.

We are winning, but the media are failing us again

Govt. Spokesman Eylon Levy:

'World wants us to give Hamas the fuel used to burn Israelis'

Israeli Government Spokesperson Eylon Levy speaks to Arutz Sheva about his visit to Kfar Aza, efforts to combat misinformation globally.

'World wants us to give Hamas the fuel used to burn Israelis'

Father of fallen soldier:

Turn off the television that divides us

Itzik Bonzel spoke with Arutz Sheva about his son, Amit, who fell in battle in Gaza and voiced his request for his opposition to the media.

Turn off the television that divides us

Should Israel deny entry to foreign journalists who lie?

Does Israel, a democracy, need to commit suicide to prove to the world that we will bow down to their western values of a free press?Op-ed.

Should Israel deny entry to foreign journalists who lie?

Media collusion The shameful alliance with terror

Rasing questions about media complicity in the October 7h massacre. Opinion.

Media collusion  The shameful alliance with terror

The Media War: Crafting the right message without risking lives

Government spokespersons must think beyond short-term media wins to address larger issues—protecting Israelis now and in the future. Op-ed.

The Media War: Crafting the right message without risking lives

How Israel tries to protect Gaza's civilians

Despite general media malevolence, the truth sometimes emerges. Op-ed.

How Israel tries to protect Gaza's civilians

An end to politics and diplomacy as usual

Hamas barbarism must be met with an end to biased media coverage of terrorism and a refusal to let these murderers profit from their crimes.

An end to politics and diplomacy as usual

Elon Musk:

'I don't read legacy media anymore'

Billionaire Elon Musk tweets about why he thinks his platform has become the most reliable source for public information in the world.

'I don't read legacy media anymore'

Poll: Only 25% of Israelis believe the media

A new poll shows just a quarter of Israelis believe that the media portrays the situation in Israel as it truly is.

Poll: Only 25% of Israelis believe the media