i24news - some said it would never happen.

At last, news from Israel in English, French (QUE? Spanish, Chinese, Russian...) and Arabic.
Something to look forward to, I hope -  and pray.

i24News

i24news debuts TOMORROW at 8pm,
Israeli time (5pm GMT)

Stay tuned for updates

Giving hasbara another boost - more on i24news

This looks to be very interesting. More as soon as they tell me more.

Giving 'hasbara' a boost.

Israel Today has a brief piece about the possible start of an independent Israeli global news channel. Let us pray this is done properly and works. It will give 'hasbara' a much needed boost.

To stay informed, it is possible to register for email updates here: http://www.i24news.tv/

For those who haven't come across the term 'hasbara', and I needed to check it out, it's to Israel what 'Apologia' is to Christianity; to wit, an explanation of your beliefs, deeds, actions etc. It is not necessarily propaganda, although some will call it such. Like the word 'apologia' does not mean 'sorry', so 'hasbara' does not mean making excuses.

It is to be hoped that  i24news will have good, well-briefed English language presenters and reporters. Too often Israel has fielded heavily-accented spokespeople struggling with English and slow to respond to biased questioning.

I would like to see people of the calibre of Binyamin Netanyahu, when he did this sort of thing, and Danny Ayalon in more recent years.