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Most Palestinian news agencies are biased

The media monitoring unit Muftah published the results of a July poll of local journalists over media coverage of the internal Palestinian conflicts on web-based news outlets.

Those polled were Palestinians working in print or electronic media outlets, the survey sample was 111.

Journalists were asked about the coverage of Ma’an News Agency, the [...]

Israel’s population at New Year’s eve – 7.3 million

Israel’s population at Rosh Hashana (Jewish New Year’s) 5769 is 7,337,000, of whom 5.54 million are Jews, 1.48 million are Arabs (20.1%), and 318,000 (4.3%) are non-Arab others, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported today (Globes).

Israel Police: Settlers were not behind Palestinian teen’s death

Haaretz reports that Israel Police on Monday said a Palestinian shepherd found dead in the West Bank late Saturday was killed in an accidental explosion, not by settlers. This doesn’t really comes as a surprise, since the arab media was very quick on putting the blame on Israel. The Forensics experts say that he [...]

Israel police on high New Year terror alert

With scores of terror warnings current for the Jewish New Year starting sundown Monday, Sept. 9, a beefed up Jerusalem Border Police squad detained a Palestinian from the West Bank of Jenin early Monday, on his way to a knifing attack on the route leading to the Western Wall in the Old City. In [...]

President Peres greetings for the Jewish New Year

Greetings by the President of the State of Israel, Mr. Shimon Peres, to the Jewish People, on the occasion of the Jewish New Year 5769

A country as small in size as Israel has little alternative but to seek greatness in other facets. It must explore strength of spirit, depth of faith, the bid [...]