Oren Persico

Jul 9, 2024 | the7eye.org.il | Oren Persico

The approval of the "Al Jazeera law” is primarily a PR stunt, despite the fact that it’s a dangerous precedent. The law, officially intended to prevent foreign media outlets from "endangering national security", is redundant. Israel already has sufficient checks and balances to safeguard national security from journalists and media outlets.

May 10, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Micah Loewinger |Danielle Brown |Rick Perlstein |Andrew Perez |Oren Persico

What the focus on violence and chaos obscures; and, a look at how Israeli media are covering the conflict.

Apr 6, 2024 | tagesspiegel.de | Oren Persico

Für Benjamin Netanjahu ist die Sache klar: Al Dschasira soll geschlossen werden. Der arabische TV-Sender habe die Sicherheit Israels beschädigt, aktiv am Massaker am 7. Oktober teilgenommen und gegen israelische Soldaten gehetzt, schrieb Netanjahu jüngst bei X, vormals Twitter. Am Montagabend dann unterzeichnete Kommunikationsminister Schlomo Karhi Anordnungen, nach denen der Sender von Kabel- und Satellitenanbietern entfernt und seine Internetseite gesperrt werden sollen.

Nov 2, 2023 | the7eye.org.il | Oren Persico

The name of the Qatari-based TV network Al Jazeera has, for a long time, been invoked as a slur in Israel. Right wingers, from Twitter trolls to elected politicians, frequently hurl it at media networks that are deemed insufficiently patriotic or loyal to Israel; they — and sometimes centrists — also use it to promote their own political careers, such as when they declare that they will take some kind of action against the station. Until now, these declarations seem to have mostly been about PR.

Nov 1, 2023 | 972mag.com | Oren Persico |Amjad Iraqi

The name of the Qatari-based TV network Al Jazeera has, for a long time, been invoked as a slur in Israel. Right wingers, from Twitter trolls to elected politicians, frequently hurl it at media networks that are deemed insufficiently patriotic or loyal to Israel; they — and sometimes centrists — also use it to promote their own political careers, such as when they declare that they will take some kind of action against the station. Until now, these declarations seem to have mostly been about PR.