Freedom of information

Netanyahu's US trips: $13,000 for hair and makeup, $500 smoking fee, $125 traffic ticket

The largest charge during that visit was $51,661 for Washington's Watergate Hotel, while the total itemized charges in the report came to approximately $128,900.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote at the plenum hall of the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, on July 16, 2026.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a Knesset vote, July 16, 2026.

Public funds spent on Netanyahu's residences near NIS 2m. in 2025, new disclosure reveals

Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, October 9, 2023.

The US and Israel need an Iron Dome for the information war

 L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Iran won information war by shutting down the Internet - opinion


Israel's State Archives demand all state-related documents be handed in

Ruti Abramovitch, the state archivist, threatened other archives in a letter, writing that 'any archives holding a document defined as classified may be subject to severe penalties'

Yaacov Lozowick, then director of the Israel State Archive, poses for a picture at the national archive in Jerusalem April 19, 2016

New report recommends targeted sanctions to protect journalists

The report came in response to "a decade-long decline in media freedom through systemic censorship and attacks on journalists ranging from harassment, arbitrary detention and extrajudicial killings."

A newsstand in Manhattan outfitted with ‘Fake News’ headlines was a stunt by the ‘Columbia Journalism Review,’ in October 2018.

Between the freedom and security of information

The Spokesperson’s Unit and Military Censor have completely collapsed.

IDF forces on the Gaza border, November 13, 2018

Supreme Court: Netanyahu-Mozes transcripts will not be made public

Prosecutors Yuval Yoaz and Shachar Ben Meir filed a request to the Israeli Supreme Court to publish the transcripts of conversations between Netanyahu and "Yedioth Ahronoth" publisher Arnon Mozes.

Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a cabinet meeting, June 17, 2018.

IDF Military Censor banned nearly 300 articles last year

The Military Censor works in an outdated mode, even if some secrets are legitimate, expert says.

IDF computing school

IDF Military Censor banned nearly 300 articles last year

The Military Censor works in an outdated mode, even if some secrets are legitimate, expert says.

A woman is seen through a coffee shop window as she reads an article about Ben Zygier in an Yedioth Ahronoth newspaper in Jerusalem, February 15, 2013.

Privacy literacy, legislation top-of-mind at TAU

Researchers in Tel Aviv University’s Blavatnik Interdisciplinary Cyber Research Center want to help users make better decisions about privacy.

A man is silhouetted against a video screen with a Twitter and a Facebook logo

The end of the Internet age

Governments and monopolistic corporations pose a threat to freedom of information

Google co-founder Sergey Brin walks the runway wearing new product "Glass by Google".

Editorialized journalism: Don't always believe your eyes

Media coverage - or lack thereof - leaves readers on their own.

Undercover Israeli security personnel detain a Palestinian demonstrator during clashes at a protest near the West Bank city of Ramallah

Iranian activity against Telegram and now also against the company’s CEO

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