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The article discusses the impression among some of the Jewish community that the coverage of news in Israel by the "New York Times" newspaper is biased against the interests of Israel. The author comments on reporter David K. Shipler's receipt of hate mail based on his reporting from Israel and who is not Jewish. Topics include the newspaper's increased recognition of the Palestinian situation and its connection to Israel's creation, the influence of Israeli groups critical of its government, and the reportage of several journalists including Jeffrey Goldberg, Deborah Sontag, and Ethan Bronner.

This article examines the coverage of issues related to Palestine-Israeli conflict by the Israeli press in 2005. Despite a year and a half of fierce opposition from the determined and media-savvy pro-settler movement and from a few influential heavies of the right-wing political establishment, Israel's three major dailies—Haaretz, Yedioth Ahronoth, and Maariv—provided almost unequivocal support for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's plan, both in their editorials and through their coverage. They prepared the public for it and helped to insure the steady 60 percent of support it garnered. Israelis are news-obsessed. One study, from 1998, had 82 percent of the public reading a newspaper more than twice a week, 86 percent watching TV news regularly.

Presents an article on the life of a student journalist who was a press officer at the Israeli Consulate. Role of a press officer; Advantages and disadvantages of the job; Information on the peace summit between Israel and Palestine in July 2000.