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Internet As a high-tech country, Israel is fully integrated into the world wide web. Local companies
provide server access to the Internet, and phone lines are readily available. Many newspapers publish Internet same-day versions.
Home personal computers should be protected by commercially available surge protectors, as current fluctuations
can damage equipment. Newspapers, Magazines, and Technical Journals
English-language newspapers are widely available through subscriptions or at street kiosks. The International Herald Tribune offers a same day edition published in Israel along with an English language version of the Ha'aretz newspaper that closely follows the Hebrew edition. The Jerusalem Post covers local, national and international news, and features an American sports and comics section as well as an abridged version of the Wall Street Journal. Israel has three main national circulation Hebrew language dailies: Yediot Ahronot (circ. 700,000), Ma'ariv (circ. 280,000), and Ha'aretz (circ. 75,000). Globes, a Hebrew language financial daily and Hatzofe, a paper sponsored by the National Religious Party, are also available, along with many others, in many different languages. These publications, as well as the Jerusalem Post, are not published on Shabbat and important religious holidays. Time and Newsweek are readily
available in their international editions, as is the bi-weekly Jerusalem Report, which concentrates on Israel and the Middle
East. Many American periodicals are locally available, but they are expensive.  |
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English Language News Kol Yisrael (The Voice of Israel) airs English language news at: Time
Frequency 13:10-13:20 p.m. and 20:00-20:15 p.m. 100.7 (FM) Voice of America: Broadcasts can be best heard on AM in the early morning and early evening. The broadcasts are aired on 1260 kHz daily, from 5:00-6:00 p.m., from 11:00 p.m.- 2:00 a.m., and on 1548 kHz from 11:00 p.m.- 4:00 a.m. The British Broadcasting Corporation Radio(BBC): Can be received throughout the day on 1323 kHz (AM). Jordan Radio English News: News in broadcast on 88.5 FM, at 2:00 a.m., 8:00 a.m., 8:00 p.m., and 10:00 p.m. Israel TV Channel 33: Daily English language newscast at 18:00 hours for approximately half an hour. Cable News Network (CNN), Fox News, BBC International TV Service and U.K.-oriented Sky-TV: Can be viewed on most cable TV systems throughout the country. Jordan Television's foreign channel:
Carries a 25‑minute English newscast nightly at 10 p.m. It is carried on most cable systems. Radio and TV Israel boasts an abundance of news, information, and entertainment outlets on radio and TV. Radio stations broadcast on AM and FM 24 hours a day. The three main TV channels are supplemented by cable providers that operate regional concessions. Their offerings vary, but all cable providers carry CNN, BBC, and MTV. Those who subscribe to cable will also receive a host of German, Italian, Russian, Spanish, French, Turkish, and Arabic stations. Movie channels (mostly American films subtitled in Hebrew), a shopping channel (mostly in Hebrew), and educational TV round out the offerings. Television is formatted in the PAL system, so multisystem TVs and VCRs are necessary if one wants to use the same equipment to watch both local TV and videotapes from the U.S., which are formatted on the NTSC system. (NTSC movie videos are available for rent from the Embassy Co-Op). Regular Hebrew language prime-time newscasts by Israel TV Channel One and Two both
air in the evening. Arabic language newscasts are also aired daily on Israel TV. There are also many other English-language
news and information sources available to Embassy staff anywhere in the country. These include Kol Yisrael (The Voice of Israel)
radio, Israel TV, and Jordan TV and radio, all of which have several daily broadcasts in English. The VOA, and the BBC are
also easily available. In addition, there is a cable channel called Middle East Television (METV) that broadcasts many English
language programs from its transmitter in South Lebanon. |