Slander

The proportionate punishment for malicious speech - lashon hara

Why must only the slanderer be afflicted with tsaraat nd dwell alone outside the camp?

South Africans expose the ‘Israeli apartheid’ fallacy

Propagandists face strong opposition from SA human rights activists who know Israel and apartheid firsthand and resist the slander. Op-ed..

Bein Adam L’Chavero or Bein Adam L’Makom?

Commandements between God and man or between man and his fellow man? Which get priority when they clash?

Sensitivity of Language and Land

To speak poorly about the Land of Israel is to lose sight of an essential part of what make us special. That, too, is lashon hara.

The Daily Portion

The most powerful weapon

At the moment that we say something, we create a new reality in the world.

Lashon Hara doesn’t speak to me!

The sin of lashon hara (slander) hindered the entire nation's journey to the Land of Israel. This teaches us to watch what we hear and say.

The utter futility of speaking slanderously - lashon hara

One who slanders is implying that he is better than the slandered person - but worth is not based only on how others judge someone.

The media’s new anti-Israel slander

Media reports that the Jewish state is withholding COVID19 vaccines from Palestinians are, at heart, dangerous anti-Semitic calumny. Opinion

Left in attack mode on Ayelet Shaked

Haaretz claims Shaked associates conveyed problematic messages to Likud as part of attempts to join party.

New Right: Put Oshrat Kotler on trial

New Right to ask Attorney General to try Channel 13 anchorwoman over her statements against IDF soldiers.

Pizzeria customer pays over $5K for Facebook defamation

Israeli woman shames pizzeria on Facebook, judge slaps her with fine and both sides' court fees.

'They're lynching people in the town square'

Attorney Tamar Ullmann expresses concern that the MeToo campaign will seriously harm innocent people.

Journalist to compensate Netanyahus for slander

Court orders journalist Yigal Sarna pay PM and wife Sara 100 thousand shekels for slanderous Facebook post.

Leftist privilege:

Why didn't Army Radio let Ben-Gvir respond?

Lawyer defamed by broadcasters Razi Barkai and Guri Alfie, then denied chance to comment.

MKs Warned: Better Watch Your Mouths

The Knesset Ethics Committee on Monday issued a warning to MKs: Watch your mouths, lest you be punished for 'mean talk'

IDF Officers Dismissed Over WhatsApp Group

Group slandering elite unit's commander has real repercussions as IDF officers discharged.

Deputy Minister Slams Incitement Against Religious Zionists

Deputy Religious Affairs Minister Eli Ben-Dahan notes statements against other rabbis amount to 'desecration of G-d's name.'

Association of Community Rabbis Skips March Over Incitement

Group headed by Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu cancels plans to attend until Yated Ne'eman retracts incitement against Religious Zionist leader.

Far-Left Rabbis For Human Rights 'Fabricated Attack'

Rabbis for Human Rights caught lying about olive tree branches cut down in Samaria Arab village by Esh Kodesh residents.

Attorney Slams Media 'Slander' of Abducted Jews

Itamar Ben-Gvir meets with Jews abducted and beaten by Arabs in Samaria; attacks IDF police complicity, media distortion of events.

Haaretz Must Apologize for Linking Border Police, Murder

Left-wing paper must say sorry for suggesting Border Police creates an atmosphere of violence, and for citing officers' ethnic background.

Ex-Soldier: Since Jenin, We’ve Been Fighting for Our Names

Former elite soldier appears in Knesset to support anti-slander law. ‘We’re in a daily battle to clear our names’ after the battle in Jenin.

Family to Pay 400,000 for Exposing Adoption

The biological siblings of a man who was adopted as a baby are charged for exposing his past online.

Knesset Votes for ‘Jenin, Jenin Law’

Knesset gives initial approval to bill that would forbid slander of IDF soldiers.

‘5 Broken Cameras’ Directors Face Call for Slander Charges

Directors of Oscar-nominated Israel-PA film accused of slander, incitement.

Newest PA Libel: IDF Dumping 'Booby-Trapped Toys' to Kill Kids

According to the latest Palestinian Authority libel against Israel, the IDF is distributing “booby-trapped toys” to Arab children

Itamar Sues over Haaretz Journalist’s Blood Libel

The town of Itamar is suing a Haaretz reporter who accused innocent residents of murder.