Just over a third said they had seen a lot, either through Israeli media or social media. “You see everything about the war on Israeli television except for the people of Gaza," said Shuki Tausig, editor of the Seventh Eye, an Israeli publication that focuses on the country’s media. “Right now, Israeli media can’t cope with a complex reality. Inside Israel, the Oct. 7 attack is still an open wound, a 9/11 moment on a bigger scale that shattered the feeling of relative safety many Israelis enjoyed in recent years. Israeli television rarely shows Arabs on its screens—not even the Arab Israelis who make up about 20% of the population.

Source: Wall Street Journal May 13, 2024 07:23 UTC