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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Muslima]Oh get off your high horses. It's a Known fact that Israel censors stories that they deemed affect "national security".  They had also put a gag order on that tape that indicated the abducted boys were killed and broadcasted the message that the boys were abducted, not that they had been murdered. They wouldn't have been able to arrest over 400 Palestinians otherwise . And, Reporters without Borders’ (RwB)  doesn't agree with you that Israel has freedom of press, their latest Press Freedom Index ranked Israel at a record-low 112th place, they are in the same group as Chile and South Korea, yeh i wouldn't call that freedom of press.

[quote]In Freedom House’s latest report, Israel’s state of press freedom demonstrates just that. In the organization’s 2012 report, Israel scored 30 on a scale of 10 to 97, putting its press freedom status at the bottom of the better “free” category. In the 2013 report, released on May 1, the country lost one point, enough to downgrade it to the top of the next lower category of “partly free,” together with Chile, Namibia and South Korea.

Several recent developments have rattled the country’s press freedom status, and have helped to raise important questions regarding both institutional censorship and self-censorship.

At least in the legal sense, Israel’s relationship with the press would seem to put it at odds with other modern democracies. 65 years since its establishment, Israel has never put into law either freedom of expression or freedom of the press. Moreover, a Press Ordinance, inherited from the pre-state days, stipulates that newspapers and their chief editors require a license, and even empowers the state to shut down publications at its discretion. A number of new laws and bills – such as an anti-boycott law, and a proposed amendment to the libel law – have been called a further threat to freedom of expression and the press.
Internationally, Israel is known as a major news hotspot, but those reporting from the country, predominantly on the longstanding Israeli-Palestinian conflict, are at times restricted. Press freedom and human rights advocates often point to Israel’s conduct in the occupied Palestinian territories as inhibiting journalists – Palestinian and international alike – from operating freely. Moreover, Palestinian groups as well as the Foreign Press Association have accused the Israeli army of harassing, arresting and attacking reporters and avoiding carrying out thorough investigations into such incidents. Recent press freedom assessments harshly criticized Israel for targeting media personnel during Operation Pillar of Defense in Gaza in 2012, specifically for killing a crew from Hamas’ Al Aqsa TV.

Consequently, Reporters without Borders’ (RwB) latest Press Freedom Index ranked Israel at a record-low 112th place. The 20-position drop in the index was explained by “the Israeli military’s targeting of journalists in the Palestinian Territories,” which as the report itself indicates, previous reports classified separately.” A separate, and even lower score remains for Palestine.[/quote]

http://972mag.com/press-freedom-in-israel-democracy-in-the-age-of-self-censorship/70660/

And this one from an Israeli writer:

[quote]An Israeli news addict will have a hard time finding out from Hebrew sources about the deaths in Gaza or the names of civilian victims there. The motto of Yisrael Hayom, Israel's most widely circulated daily newspaper, is “Remember we are Israelis.” And I guess that's why its Wednesday’s morning edition didn't contain a word on the civilian casualties.

As the sole democracy in the Middle East, as it likes to define itself, the state of Israel has an interesting way of practicing journalism. All Israeli news stories about military activities are subject to military censorship. That means authorities have pre-approved every item the public receives.

Furthermore, most correspondents have a cozy relationship with the military. In order to get access to information, they must go through a security clearance and accreditation process controlled by the very same organization they cover.[/quote]

http://mashable.com/2014/07/09/the-iron-dome-of-censorship-how-free-is-israels-media/[/quote]
That data's from 2013. Israel went up 16 places since then. Also, Palestine went down 8 places and is now 138.[/quote]

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