Showing posts with label i24news. Show all posts
Showing posts with label i24news. Show all posts

Thursday, July 31, 2014

Israel has a new 24 hour internet news channel



Please spread the word.

Israel has a new 24 hour internet news channel broadcasting in English (also French and Arabic) from Tel Aviv.

It is a 24 hour news feed (from the Israeli perspective) and is intended to rival CNN, Al-Jazeera, BBC, etc. and it covers world news but also has a specific Israel news section.





Monday, July 14, 2014

Arab Journalist: Hamas is Playing With Our Lives

Arab Journalist: Hamas is Playing With Our Lives

Sunday, July 13, 2014 |  Israel Today Staff
In a series of interviews on Friday an Israeli Arab journalist called out some of her Palestinian colleagues for failing to see that the suffering of their people starts with Hamas, not Israel.
Lucy Aharish is a reporter and presenter for Israel’s new global news broadcaster, i24news. She is notable for having become the first Arab mainstream news anchor while working for Channel 10 in 2007.
Speaking with Gaza-based journalist Alaa Al Mashehrwi last Friday (see video below), Aharish was told what most would expect to hear from a Palestinian reporter living under Hamas rule: that Israel is to blame for the entire mess and that the Zionists are indiscriminately killing innocent people.
Aharish was having none of it. “I’m not expecting you to go against what Hamas is doing,” she told Mashehrwi, “but we cannot say that what Hamas [and its allies] are doing is to the benefit of the people who are living in Gaza.”
Clearly frustrated by the Palestinian’s failure to acknowledge reality, Aharish insisted that “you know that Hamas is playing…a PR game at the expense of the people who are living in Gaza.”
When Mashehrwi again tried to lay the blame on Israel, Aharish retorted that if the people of Gaza truly want a better life, they need to speak up and demand an end to Hamas aggression.
“Where are you, where are the people, where are the journalists [that need to] tell to Hamas and to [Islamic] Jihad to stop?” she demanded. “You are not doing anything against the people who are hurting you inside the Gaza Strip.”
Hebron-based journalist Al Kasmin similarly told Aharish that Israel is ultimately at fault for the current bloodshed, and that the Jewish state is purposely and unjustly practicing collective punishment against the Palestinians.
In the face of such accusations, Aharish became somewhat animated, asking her guest, “Do you find it normal that terrorists hide under civilian houses and by [doing] that hurt the same people that they are trying to protect? Do you think that this is something that is normal, that these terrorists are actually making the Palestinian people lose their lives?”
Watch the interviews: Arab Journalist
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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Israel set to launch 24-hour global news network

Israel set to launch 24-hour global news network
Friday, April 12, 2013 | Israel Today Staff
Israel has been talking about fielding a global news network to compete with the likes of CNN, the BBC and Al Jazeera for years. It appears that dream might finally come true this summer with the launch of i24news.

Privately funded so that it will not rely on government backing or donations from the Jewish community, i24news will be based in the greater Tel Aviv area from where it will broadcast worldwide in English, French and Arabic.

A number of prominent figures from the Israeli broadcasting scene have joined i24news, giving it a far better chance of success than previous proposals for an Israeli global news network.

With Israel and the conflicts surrounding it commanding so much focus from the international media, it makes sense for the Jewish state to be broadcasting news from its perspective to a global audience.

Those interested can already visit www.i24news.tv and sign up to be notified when the channel officially launches. (Editor's Note: I signed up!)

http://www.israeltoday.co.il/NewsItem/tabid/178/nid/23785/Default.aspx?ref=newsletter-20130412