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Arutz Sheva (Channel Seven) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i media network identifying with Religious Zionism
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
. It offers online news in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 and Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
 in three formats: written, internet radio, and internet television. The Israeli government has never granted it a license to broadcast, prompting charges of government discrimination against the Religious Zionist public. It sees itself as "the only independent national radio station in Israel" and a counterbalance to "the 'negative thinking' and 'post-Zionist' attitudes so prevalent in Israel's liberal-left media." Based in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 ("Judea and Samaria
Judea and Samaria

Judea and Samaria is the official Israeli term roughly corresponding to the territory usually known outside Israel as the West Bank. Jordan occupied the territory and annexed it in 1950....
"), Arutz Sheva is seen as the voice of the Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement

Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, which is partially under Israeli military administration and partially under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, and in the Golan Heights, which are under Isr...
 movement.

History
Founded in 1988 as a radio station, Arutz Sheva formerly broadcast on the Israeli airwaves from the ship MV Hatzvi in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 off Israel until being shutdown by the Israeli government.






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Arutz Sheva (Channel Seven) is an Israel
Israel

Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area....
i media network identifying with Religious Zionism
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
. It offers online news in English
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
, Hebrew
Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic languages of the Afro-Asiatic languages. Modern Hebrew is spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and Classical Hebrew is used for prayer or study in Jews communities around the world....
, French
French language

French is a Romance language spoken around the world by around 80 million people as first language, by 190 million as second language, and by about another 200 million people as an acquired tongue, with significant speakers in 54 countries....
 and Russian
Russian language

Russian is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages, and the largest native language in Europe....
 in three formats: written, internet radio, and internet television. The Israeli government has never granted it a license to broadcast, prompting charges of government discrimination against the Religious Zionist public. It sees itself as "the only independent national radio station in Israel" and a counterbalance to "the 'negative thinking' and 'post-Zionist' attitudes so prevalent in Israel's liberal-left media." Based in the West Bank
West Bank

The West Bank is the eastern Part of the Palestinian territories on the west bank of the River Jordan in the Middle East. To the west, north, and south the West Bank shares borders with the state of Israel....
 ("Judea and Samaria
Judea and Samaria

Judea and Samaria is the official Israeli term roughly corresponding to the territory usually known outside Israel as the West Bank. Jordan occupied the territory and annexed it in 1950....
"), Arutz Sheva is seen as the voice of the Israeli settlement
Israeli settlement

Israeli settlements are communities inhabited by Israelis in territory that was captured during the 1967 Six-Day War. Such settlements currently exist in the West Bank, which is partially under Israeli military administration and partially under the control of the Palestinian National Authority, and in the Golan Heights, which are under Isr...
 movement.

History


Founded in 1988 as a radio station, Arutz Sheva formerly broadcast on the Israeli airwaves from the ship MV Hatzvi in the Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea

The Mediterranean Sea is a sea or Ocean off the Atlantic Ocean surrounded by the Mediterranean region and almost completely enclosed by land: on the north by Europe, on the south by Africa, and on the east by Asia....
 off Israel until being shutdown by the Israeli government. The Hatzvi was much larger than most radio ships, but was broken up in 2003. Arutz Sheva may have the distinction of being the world's last ever offshore radio
Offshore radio

Offshore radio refers to the practice of radio broadcasting from radio ship or fixed maritime structures, usually in international waters. The claimed first wireless broadcast of music and speech for the purpose of entertainment was transmitted from a Royal Naval craft, the HMS Andromeda, in 1907....
 station.

Currently the station broadcasts over the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
 from its website which it has been running for about the last ten years. It was forced to broadcast from a ship because Israeli law permits private radio stations only on the local level.

In February 1999, the Knesset
Knesset

The Knesset is the legislature of Israel, located in Givat Ram, Jerusalem....
 passed a law legalizing the operation of Arutz Sheva and absolving it of earlier illegal broadcasting, but this was appealed to the Israeli Supreme Court which ruled the law null and void in March, 2002. Supporters of the station claim this is due to opposition to their right-wing
Right-wing politics

In politics, right-wing, rightist and the Right are terms applied to Conservatism and reactionary positions. Originally, during the French Revolution, right-wing referred to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the right supported the monarchy and aristocracy....
 views. In October 2003, ten employees of Arutz Sheva were convicted of operating an illegal radio station during the period 1995-1998, both from inside Israeli territorial waters and from locations in the West Bank. Station director Ya'akov Katz
Ya'akov Katz

Ya'akov Katz may refer to:*Ya'akov Katz , an Israeli politician who served as a member of the Knesset for Poalei Agudat Yisrael*Ya'akov Katz , an Israeli politician who currently serves as a member of the Knesset for the National Union...
 (Katzele) was also convicted on two counts of perjury for having lied about the location of the broadcasts.

Arutz Sheva had a Hebrew frequency and a foreign language frequency (English, Russian, and French) and it still broadcasts in Hebrew, English, and Russian over the Internet. Written news exists in all four languages on the website, as does Internet TV news in English and Hebrew. Arutz Sheva is Hebrew for "Channel Seven", and broadcasts from studios located in Beit El, Samaria
Samaria

Samaria, or the Shomron is a term used for the mountainous region in northern Israel roughly corresponding to the northern part of the West Bank....
 and Petah Tikva
Petah Tikva

Petah Tikva known as Em HaMoshavot , is a city in the Center District of Israel, north-east of Tel Aviv. Petah Tikva's jurisdiction covers 35,868 dunams ....
.

In terms of politics, the station is considered Religious Zionist
Religious Zionism

Religious Zionism, or the Religious Zionist Movement is an ideology that combines Zionism and religious Judaism, basing Zionism on the principles of Torah, Talmud et al and authentic heritage....
 in its outlook, and is focused on issues directly affecting Israeli settlements.

Departments


Israel National News


Israel National News is the written news website, directed by Baruch Gordon. Hillel Fendel
Hillel Fendel

Hillel Fendel is an author and the senior editor and co-founder of Arutz Sheva's "Israel National News". He worked as a teacher and rabbi in the past....
 is the senior news editor and was long responsible for the site's popular daily email. Other news editors include Ezra HaLevi, responsible for photo essays, Nissan Ratzlav-Katz, Hana Levi Julian, Gil Ronen and others.

Israel National Radio


Israel National Radio is Arutz Sheva's English language
English language

English is a West Germanic language that originated in Anglo-Saxon England and has lingua franca status in many parts of the world as a result of the military, economic, scientific, political and cultural influence of the British Empire in the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries and that of the United States from the mid 20th century onwa...
 Internet radio
Internet radio

Internet radio is an audio broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. Broadcasting on the Internet is usually referred to as webcasting since it is not transmitted broadly through wireless means....
 station operating in its own studio in the same building as the Hebrew studio in Beit El. It broadcasts primarily across the Internet
Internet

The Internet is a global network of interconnected computers, enabling users to share information along multiple channels. Typically, a computer that connects to the Internet can access information from a vast array of available server and other computers by moving information from them to the computer's local memory....
, and affirms its purpose as to spread the word of Israel to Jews and Israel-sympathizers living in English speaking countries as well as Anglophones living in Israel, to be the archetypal "light unto the nations".

The station is made up of news on the hour and half-hour, and live and pre-recorded programs that repeat themselves throughout the day after the first airing. These shows include current affairs commentaries, general talk shows, music shows, and Torah
Torah

The term "Torah" , or Five Books of Moses or Pentateuch, refers to the entirety of Judaism's founding Halakha and ethical religious texts....
 shows. The station's slogan is "the only independent news-talk network in the Middle East."

Prior to the banning of Arutz-7's regular radio broadcasts, the station would air for three hours a day on Arutz-7's foreign language frequency, which at other times broadcast in Russian and French.

The main broadcasters on the station are Yishai Fleisher
Yishai Fleisher

Yishai Fleisher is an internet radio personality and the Director of Programming at Arutz Sheva's Israel National Radio. Fleisher is also director of - an organization dedicated to encouraging Jewish immigration to Israel and facilitating a renewed sense of Zionism called "Neo-Zionism"....
, his wife Malkah Fleisher, Tamar Yonah, and renowned anti-missionary Rabbi Tovia Singer
Tovia Singer

Rabbi Tovia Singer is well known as the Founder and Director of Outreach Judaism, an international organization dedicated to countering the efforts of Christian evangelical groups that specifically target Jews for conversion....
 known as the "Chief Rabbi of Newstalk Radio." Other broadcasters do weekly shows while the just-named broadcasters air multiple days a week. The weekly shows include The Struggle (with ZFA
Magshimey Herut

Magshimey Herut is a Zionist movement founded in 1999 by a group of Jewish activists who felt the need for a young adult movement dedicated to the ideals of Revolutionary Zionism, being aliyah, social justice and the territorial integrity of the Land of Israel, rather than the State of Israel....
 activist Yehuda HaKohen
Yehuda HaKohen

Yehuda HaKohen is an Israelis activist and internet radio personality on Arutz Sheva . He is director of the Zionist Freedom Alliance and has become a vocal critic of both government corruption and globalization in the Middle East....
, The Beat (a music program), Walter's World, Temple Talk (hosted by Rabbi Chaim Richman
Chaim Richman

Chaim Richman is a rabbi in Israel, the International Director of the Temple Institute, which is dedicated to the rebuilding of the Holy Temple in Jerusalem, and a member of the current Modern attempts to revive the Sanhedrin....
, a rabbi who works for the Temple Institute
Temple Institute

The Temple Institute, known in Hebrew as Machon HaMikdash , is an organization in Israel focusing on the controversial endeavor of re-establishing the Third Temple....
 and serves on the Sanhedrin
Modern attempts to revive the Sanhedrin

Within Judaism, the Sanhedrin is seen as the last institution which commanded universal authority among the Jewish people in the long chain of tradition from Moses until the present day....
), The Eyshet Chayil ('Woman of Valor') Show, A Light Unto The Nations, The Jay Shapiro Show, Torah Tidbits Audio, and The Aliyah
Aliyah

Aliyah refers to Jewish immigration to Greater Israel. The opposite action, Jewish emigration from Israel, is referred to as Yerida ....
 Revolution (co-hosted by Go'el Jasper and Dovid Gantshar). These shows are archived for a week.

During shows, people can phone in on international toll-free numbers or chat with other listeners in a virtual studio.

Israel National TV


Israel National TV offers online streaming television programs. The current English Broadcast anchors are Eliot Coe, Aharon Deutch and Yoni Kempinski, with Coe being the senior anchor. Yoni Kempinski also hosts a weekly 30 minute program entitled Israeli Salad with a variety of feature stories about life in Israel.

Jukebox


Arutz 7's popular jukebox offers a wide selection of Israeli, Hassidic & Oriental Music, including selections for Jewish holidays and special events.

B'Sheva Newspaper


The six-year-old B'Sheva
B'Sheva

B'Sheva is a weekly Hebrew language free newspaper in Israel. Published by Arutz Sheva , it is distributed on Thursday in religious population centers, communities and locations such as synagogoues and supermarkets....
 newspaper is currently Israel's fourth most widely read newspaper, according to the TGI survey, and holds 7% of the Israeli market. The paper is distributed free to over 150,000 homes weekly.

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See also


  • Neo-Zionism
    Neo-Zionism

    Neo-Zionism is a movement that appeared in Israel after the Six Days War and that evolved in parallel with Post-Zionism. Both developed during the "fundamental shaking of the dominant national ethos, Zionism, that generate[d] the New Historians and debate in Israel"....