Israeli media

What to watch this week: ‘Fauda,’ ‘The Sixteenth Sheep,’ and 9/11 tributes

TV Time: Fauda’s final season confronts October 7 and the cost of revenge, alongside new documentaries on Israeli music and 9/11.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
YAAKOV ZADA-DANIEL (right) and Lior Raz in Season Five of ‘Fauda.'
‘THE RUNNER’ is just what the trailer promises, an action-packed thriller featuring Gal Gadot as Maia, a lawyer and single mother in London who has to save her son.

What to watch this week: Gal Gadot speeds through The Runner, Hearsay delivers gripping thriller

TV Time: A new Gal Gadot thriller, a chilling Israeli TV drama, and Hanoch Daum’s return headline this week’s entertainment picks.

|ByHANNAH BROWN
An Israeli soldier serving at Army Radio holds a microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025 (Illustrative).

High Court overturns Army Radio closure, says Israeli gov't acted on 'improper' motives

“It cannot be that someone in a position of power will decide that because they don't like what a broadcaster is saying, that microphone should be ‘turned off,’” wrote Justice Yechiel Kasher. 

|BySARAH BEN-NUN
‘VALLEY OF SHADOWS’ tells the story of a Spanish tourist who ends up spending months in a tiny isolated village.

Moving, complex ‘Valley of Shadows’ explores culture clash in the Himalayas - review

Combined with the spectacular photography and compelling performances by the entire cast, many of whom are non-professionals, the movie takes us on a moving journey.

|ByHANNAH BROWN

Viewpoint: Public trust in mass media

Breaking, turning, and soaring?

DECEMBER 28, 2017ByTEHILLA SHWARTZ-ALTSHULER
Israeli public trust in the media, 2003-17

Nasrallah Between Israel and the Arabs

DECEMBER 20, 2017ByHUSSEIN NOURI
The Jerusalem Post

Confidence in elected, appointed officials decreasing for Israeli public

Some 53% of all Jewish respondents agreed with the statement that “the religious population is gradually taking control of the state.”

DECEMBER 13, 2017ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
An Israeli casts her ballot for the parliamentary election at a polling station

Media comment: The Israeli media is unpopular because it is biased

The media in Israel is not very popular.

DECEMBER 6, 2017ByYISRAEL MEDAD, ELI POLLAK
HOW MEDIA covers issues is influenced by its internal biases.

Top Israeli journalists accused of sexual harassment

While being interviewed on the radio, journalist and radio host Gabi Gazit said that he "probably stroked a woman's bottom 45 years ago."

NOVEMBER 7, 2017ByAMY SPIRO
Journalist and radio host Gabi Gazit