4. Global Technology Forum, Doing Business in Israel,
Economist Intelligence Unit, http://globaltechforum.
eiu.com/index.asp?layout=newdebi&country_id=
IL&channelid=6&country=Israel&title=Doing+
e-business+in+Israel.
5. comScore Networks Press Release, “694 million
people currently use the Internet worldwide according to comScore Networks,” May 4, 2006,
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?
press=849.
6. “The Information Technology Landscape in Israel,”
American University, http://www.american.edu/
carmel/nk3791a/Internet.htm (accessed January 29,
2007).
7. Judy Siegel, “Web sites are a major source of news
for a quarter of Internet users,” The Jerusalem Post,
November 14, 2006, reprinted by BBC Monitoring
International Reports.
8. Michal Lando, “Ingathering of the intellectuals,” The
Jerusalem Post, January 9, 2007.
9. See Steve Linde, “Israel’s newest PR weapon: The
Internet Megaphone,” The Jerusalem Post,
November 29, 2006, describing a computer software
tool called the “Internet Megaphone” that acts like a
beeper alert system for citizens to bring a pro-Israel
slant to public opinion polls, and so on.
10. See Israeli Ministry of Communications,
Telecommunications in Israel 2006, November 6,
2006, http://www.moc.gov.il/new/documents/
broch_1.11.06.pdf.
11. Ibid.
12. Global Technology Forum, Doing Business in Israel,
Economist Intelligence Unit,
http://globaltechforum.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=ne
wdebi&country_id=IL&channelid=6&country=Israel
&title=Doing+e-business+in+Israel.
13. Israeli High-Tech & Investment Report, “Overview of
Israel’s Internet & broadband,” January 2007,
http://www.ishitech.co.il/0107ar3.htm.
14. See the Israeli Ministry of Telecommunications
Overview at http://www.moc.gov.il/new/
english/index.html.
15. Israeli Ministry of Communications,
Telecommunications in Israel 2006, November 6,
2006, http://www.moc.gov.il/new/documents/
broch_1.11.06.pdf.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Articles 87(1), 88(1), Defense Regulations (State of
Emergency), 1945, 1442 Palestine Gazette Index
855, (1945), cited in Hillel Nossek and Yehiel Limor,
“Fifty years in a ‘marriage of convenience’: News
media and military censorship in Israel,”
Communication Law and Policy 6(1): 1–35. Article
87(1) states that the “the censor is entitled, in general and in particular, to order the banning of the publication of material, the publication of which, will, or is
likely, in his opinion, to harm the security of Israel or
the well-being of the public or public order.” Article
88(1) states that “the censor is entitled to order the
banning of the importing and exporting, the printing
and publishing, of every publication ... whose import
or export, printing or publication, were or are likely to
cause damage, in his opinion, to the security of
Israel, to the well-being of the public or to public
order.”
19. See Hillel Nossek and Yehiel Limor, “Fifty years in a
‘marriage of convenience’: News media and military
censorship in Israel,” Communication Law and Policy
6(1): 1–35.
20. Ibid.
21. BBC Monitoring International Reports, “Analysis: Is
Israel censoring media coverage of Lebanon war?”
July 18, 2006.
22. Benjamin Harvey, “Israeli censor wields great power
over coverage of rocket attacks,” The Associated
Press, July 19, 2006.
23. Lavie, Aviv, “Sensing the censor,” Haaretz, May 27,
2002.
24. See Hillel Nossek and Yehiel Limor, “Fifty years in a
‘marriage of convenience’: News media and military
censorship in Israel,” Communication Law and Policy
6(1): 1–35.
25. Protocol no. 33 of the Knesset’s Committee for
Scientific and Technological Research and
Development, The Internet, Freedom of Information
and its Limits, February 24, 1998.
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307
Economist Intelligence Unit, http://globaltechforum.
eiu.com/index.asp?layout=newdebi&country_id=
IL&channelid=6&country=Israel&title=Doing+
e-business+in+Israel.
5. comScore Networks Press Release, “694 million
people currently use the Internet worldwide according to comScore Networks,” May 4, 2006,
http://www.comscore.com/press/release.asp?
press=849.
6. “The Information Technology Landscape in Israel,”
American University, http://www.american.edu/
carmel/nk3791a/Internet.htm (accessed January 29,
2007).
7. Judy Siegel, “Web sites are a major source of news
for a quarter of Internet users,” The Jerusalem Post,
November 14, 2006, reprinted by BBC Monitoring
International Reports.
8. Michal Lando, “Ingathering of the intellectuals,” The
Jerusalem Post, January 9, 2007.
9. See Steve Linde, “Israel’s newest PR weapon: The
Internet Megaphone,” The Jerusalem Post,
November 29, 2006, describing a computer software
tool called the “Internet Megaphone” that acts like a
beeper alert system for citizens to bring a pro-Israel
slant to public opinion polls, and so on.
10. See Israeli Ministry of Communications,
Telecommunications in Israel 2006, November 6,
2006, http://www.moc.gov.il/new/documents/
broch_1.11.06.pdf.
11. Ibid.
12. Global Technology Forum, Doing Business in Israel,
Economist Intelligence Unit,
http://globaltechforum.eiu.com/index.asp?layout=ne
wdebi&country_id=IL&channelid=6&country=Israel
&title=Doing+e-business+in+Israel.
13. Israeli High-Tech & Investment Report, “Overview of
Israel’s Internet & broadband,” January 2007,
http://www.ishitech.co.il/0107ar3.htm.
14. See the Israeli Ministry of Telecommunications
Overview at http://www.moc.gov.il/new/
english/index.html.
15. Israeli Ministry of Communications,
Telecommunications in Israel 2006, November 6,
2006, http://www.moc.gov.il/new/documents/
broch_1.11.06.pdf.
16. Ibid.
17. Ibid.
18. Articles 87(1), 88(1), Defense Regulations (State of
Emergency), 1945, 1442 Palestine Gazette Index
855, (1945), cited in Hillel Nossek and Yehiel Limor,
“Fifty years in a ‘marriage of convenience’: News
media and military censorship in Israel,”
Communication Law and Policy 6(1): 1–35. Article
87(1) states that the “the censor is entitled, in general and in particular, to order the banning of the publication of material, the publication of which, will, or is
likely, in his opinion, to harm the security of Israel or
the well-being of the public or public order.” Article
88(1) states that “the censor is entitled to order the
banning of the importing and exporting, the printing
and publishing, of every publication ... whose import
or export, printing or publication, were or are likely to
cause damage, in his opinion, to the security of
Israel, to the well-being of the public or to public
order.”
19. See Hillel Nossek and Yehiel Limor, “Fifty years in a
‘marriage of convenience’: News media and military
censorship in Israel,” Communication Law and Policy
6(1): 1–35.
20. Ibid.
21. BBC Monitoring International Reports, “Analysis: Is
Israel censoring media coverage of Lebanon war?”
July 18, 2006.
22. Benjamin Harvey, “Israeli censor wields great power
over coverage of rocket attacks,” The Associated
Press, July 19, 2006.
23. Lavie, Aviv, “Sensing the censor,” Haaretz, May 27,
2002.
24. See Hillel Nossek and Yehiel Limor, “Fifty years in a
‘marriage of convenience’: News media and military
censorship in Israel,” Communication Law and Policy
6(1): 1–35.
25. Protocol no. 33 of the Knesset’s Committee for
Scientific and Technological Research and
Development, The Internet, Freedom of Information
and its Limits, February 24, 1998.
Country Summaries
307