Category Archives: Media

Another battle in Israel’s culture war

Posted on November 25, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

Tomorrow (Monday) Israel’s Knesset is expected to take the final vote on the so-called “Loyalty in Culture” bill introduced by Minister of Culture and Sport Miri Regev. Yes, the name of the proposed law (Hebrew text here), when translated into … Continue reading →

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Facebook’s essential extremism

Posted on August 24, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

There are 7.6 billion humans on this earth. 2.23 billion of them logged on to Facebook (the number counts “monthly active users”) during the second quarter of 2018. I don’t know about you, but I found this astounding, considering that … Continue reading →

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A few words about Gideon Levy

Posted on July 3, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

I’m a political writer. I put words together into arguments, structures that I hope will be persuasive, or at least encouraging to people who already share my point of view. I often wonder if my skills could be put to … Continue reading →

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Israel’s media problem

Posted on May 22, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

If endemic irrational hatred of Israel is viewed as a disease, then its primary vector is the Western mainstream media. Although social media have been gaining in importance recently, the traditional media organizations are still the Xenopsylla cheopis spreading this … Continue reading →

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One reason Americans are often wrong about Jews and Israel

Posted on March 18, 2018 by Victor Rosenthal

In 2014, the media watchdog organization CAMERA put up a billboard on Times Square accusing the NY Times of “slanting the news.” Nothing has changed; in fact, today the Times is listing so severely to port that I’m surprised to … Continue reading →

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Jenny Listman vs. Elie Wiesel

Posted on October 27, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

A woman named Jenny Listman wrote a blog post accusing recently deceased Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel of touching her inappropriately at a public event 28 years ago, when she was 19. Today when the subject of sexual harassment of women … Continue reading →

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A dishonest editorial from Ha’aretz

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Ha’aretz, the voice of Israel’s Left, published an editorial just before Yom Kippur, whose intent was to frighten those who oppose dismantling Jewish communities in Judea and Samaria and establishing a state of Palestine there. It’s worth a close examination, … Continue reading →

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Ha’aretz, the newspaper that hates its country

Posted on September 14, 2017 by Victor Rosenthal

Ha’aretz is the oldest newspaper still in print in Israel. It began life in 1918 as an organ of the British military government, but was soon taken over by left-wing Zionists. The Schocken family bought the paper in 1935; Gershon … Continue reading →

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