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Native name | ערוץ 7 |
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| Industry | Mass media |
| Founded | October 1988; 37 years ago (1988-10) |
| Founder | Zalman Baruch Melamed |
| Headquarters | Beit El,West Bank |
Key people | Ya'akov Katz (Chairman) |
| Owner | HolyLand Holdings Ltd |
| Parent | Beit El yeshiva |
| Subsidiaries | B'Sheva |
| Website | israelnationalnews.com |
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Arutz Sheva (Hebrew:ערוץ 7,lit. 'Channel 7'), also known in English asIsrael National News, is an Israeli media network identifying withreligious Zionism. It offers online news articles inHebrew,English, andRussian as well as live streaming radio, video and free podcasts.[1] It also publishes a weekly newspaper,B'Sheva, with the third-largest weekend circulation in the country.[2]
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In the 1970s anoffshore radio stationVoice of Peace was launched, broadcasting pacifistic messages. In response, RabbiZalman Baruch Melamed launched radio stationArutz Sheva in 1988, aimed at Israelis opposed to negotiations with thePalestine Liberation Organization.[3] Based inBeit El, the station generated its broadcast on the Israeli airwaves from the ship MVEretz HaTzvi in theMediterranean Sea.[4] It was one of the firstInternet radio stations and was used as a beta tester forRealPlayer. From 1996 to 2002,Arutz Sheva broadcast inRussian. In 2003,Arutz Sheva ceased its radio operations after attempts to legalize it were unsuccessful.[5]
In 2020,Reuters reported that Arutz Sheva along withAlgemeiner,The Times of Israel andThe Jerusalem Post had published op-eds written under a false identity. The supposed author, Oliver Taylor, was an "elaborate fiction".[6]
In February 1999, theKnesset passed a law granting a license toArutz Sheva and absolving it of earlier illegal broadcasting, but this was appealed to theSupreme Court of Israel, which ruled the law null and void in March 2002. In October 2003, ten employees ofArutz Sheva were convicted of operating an illegal radio station during the period 1995–98, both from inside Israeli territorial waters and fromBeit El.[7] The defendants were fined and sentenced to 3–6 months of community service. The prosecution appealed, attempting to get heavier sentences, but were strongly criticized by the appellate court for their handling of the case, and the prosecution was told to drop the appeal or face an investigation into their conduct during the entire trial.[8] Station directorYa'akov "Katzele" Katz was also convicted on two counts of perjury for having lied about the location of the broadcasts.[9] In 2006, Katz was pardoned by PresidentMoshe Katsav.[10]
Arutz Sheva has been running its website since 1995. Editor-in-chief is Uzi Baruch, who succeeded Baruch Gordon andHillel Fendel. Today, three versions of the site are offered:Hebrew,English andRussian. It includes news articles, news briefs, videos, op-eds, aJudaism section, opinion polls and caricatures.Arutz Sheva offers online streaming videos in Hebrew and English with news anchor and producer Yoni Kempinski,Knesset reporter Hezki Ezra, overseas correspondent Eliran Aharon and others.Arutz Sheva's jukebox offers a selection ofJewish music includingIsraeli,Hassidic andMizrahi songs, as well as music forJewish holidays and special events.[11]
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Israel National Radio isArutz Sheva's English languageinternet radio station, operating inBeit El. It broadcasts primarily across the Internet, is simulcast on radio stations in theUnited States,Canada andSouth Africa, and affirms its purposes as being to spread the word ofIsrael toJews and Israel supporters in the English-speaking world as well as Anglophones living in Israel, and to be the archetypal "Light Unto the Nations." During shows, people can phone in on international toll-free numbers or chat with other listeners. The station's slogan is "the largest independent newstalk network in the Middle East."[12]
Israel National Radio is made up of news on the hour and live and pre-recorded podcasts. These shows include current affairs commentaries, general talk shows, music, andTorah programs. The podcasts on the station include Tamar Yonah,Yishai Fleisher,The Struggle (with Yehuda HaKohen),Israel Beat (a music program),Walter's World (withWalter Bingham),Land Minds (with Dovid Wilner and Barnea Selavan),Temple Talk (hosted by RabbiChaim Richman),A Light Unto The Nations,The Jay Shapiro Show,Torah Tidbits Audio (with Phil Chernofsky), andTheAliyah Revolution (co-hosted by Go'el Jasper and Daniel Esses).[citation needed]
B'Sheva is Israel's third most widely read weekly newspaper, with a 6.8% exposure rate, according to theTGI survey.[2] The paper is distributed free to over 150,000 homes.[13]
Arutz Sheva sees itself as a counterbalance to " 'negative thinking' and 'post-Zionist' attitudes."[14] It has been identified with theIsraeli settlement movement.[4]
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