Freedom of information

The US and Israel need an Iron Dome for the information war

The next attack is already being drafted somewhere. It will not wait for a press office to answer.

|ByDAVID ZAIKIN
Israel's Iron Dome anti-missile system intercepts rockets launched from the Gaza Strip, as seen from the city of Ashkelon, Israel, October 9, 2023.
L to R: Iran Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and US President Donald Trump against backdrop of respective flags and missile strikes.

Iran won information war by shutting down the Internet - opinion

Iran’s Internet blackout denied protesters access to information and helped the regime outmaneuver the US in the information war.

|ByARIK SEGAL
A photo from the publicly released Epstein files which was removed without explanation from the Justice Department’s collection.

Photo of Donald Trump removed from released Epstein files, Democrats decry 'cover-up'

The photo was one of 16 in file number 468, which disappeared from the Epstein Library shortly after the collection was uploaded on Friday.

|BySHIR PERETS
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party supporters protest to demand release of their jailed leader and Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan, in Peshawar on December 2, 2025.

Pakistani minister says 90% of social media content is false, urges crackdown

Fizza Abbas, a Karachi-based digital rights activist: “In Pakistan, the line between countering misinformation and constraining dissent has always been a delicate one.”

|ByARSHAD MEHMOOD / THE MEDIA LINE

Justice served

The press needs to be able to cultivate and establish confidential relationships with government officials.

AUGUST 23, 2017ByJPOST EDITORIAL
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem July 30, 2017.