Israeli Press and Caroline Glick Brittany Turner and Kyra
VandeBunte Slide 2 The Israeli Press System According to the
Reporters Without Borders 2008 index, Israel ranks as the 44 th
freest press in the world. The Israeli press system most closely
resembles the Western press model. All newspapers are privately
owned. There are numerous papers, each with numerous viewpoints.
Journalists are free to criticize the government (and often do),
without fear of retaliation. BUT. Slide 3 Threats to Press Freedom
in Israel Any messages that a military censor deems to threaten
national security, public safety, or public order is censored. All
relevant messages and images must be submitted to the Israeli
Defense Force (IDF) for review. This applies to both domestic and
foreign journalists. The New York Times, AP, and other American
news services abide by these rules. Slide 4 Other threats to press
freedom While Israel proper enjoys a fairly free press, the Israeli
occupied territories (Gaza and the West Bank) have far less press
freedom. In Gaza and the West Bank, journalists have been subjected
to gun fire, physical violence, arrests, and random searches.
Particularly numerous violations of press freedom occurred during
the second Intifada. Well over of these offenses were perpetrated
by Israel. Slide 5 Caroline Glick Born in Chicago, Illinois Made
aliyah to Israel in 1991 and joined IDF becoming captain and
Coordinator of Negotiations Received Masters in Public Policy at
Harvard Returned to Israel to work at Makor Rishon Now works as
Deputy Managing Editor and writes two weekly columns for The
Jerusalem Post Slide 6 Caroline Glick As each day passes it becomes
clear that the responsibility of protecting our nations and
societies from internal disintegration has passed to the hands of
individuals, often working alone, who refuse to accept the
degradation of their societies and so fight with the innovative
tools of liberty to protect our way of life. The vigilance of just
a handful of BLOGGERS brought us the knowledge of the corruption of
our media and the network of global NGOs that we have come to rely
on to tell us the objective truth (carolineglick.com)
