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Ethical Coverage of Shalit’s Homecoming

Everyone is desperate to see those precious first moments of freedom for Gilad Shalit. It’s only human that Israelis wish to share their joy with the Shalit family. The Shalit homecoming and the accompanying Palestinian…

Simon Plosker
October 17, 2011
12:00 am

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Everyone is desperate to see those precious first moments of freedom for Gilad Shalit. It’s only human that Israelis wish to share their joy with the Shalit family.

The Shalit homecoming and the accompanying Palestinian prisoner release have been blanket coverage on Israel’s main TV networks. So how then to avoid a media circus?

Ha’aretz reports:

Israel’s top television news outlets signed an agreement on Monday that would regulate the ethical aspects of media coverage concerning Tuesday’s expected return of abducted Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.

The agreement was signed after the news departments of Channel 2 and Channel 10 television held negotiations for over 24 hours.

Under the terms of the signed agreement, reporters and photographers from both stations will keep their distance from the Shalit home in Mitzpeh Hila and avoid taking invasive photographs.

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Simon Plosker

With over two decades of experience in various non-governmental organizations in the UK and Israel, Simon Plosker returned to HonestReporting in October 2022 as Editorial Director having previously been part of the organization’s management team from 2005 to 2020. Prior to his first spell at HonestReporting, Simon worked in Israel for NGO Monitor, BICOM, and served for a short period in the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit. He was Managing Editor of the Geneva-based NGO United Nations Watch for two years before moving back to the frontline defending Israel from media bias. Simon has a BSoc.Sc in International Studies and Political Science from the University of Birmingham and an MSc in History of International Relations from the London School of Economics. He immigrated to Israel in 2001 from London.

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