Veteran journalist Ariel Kahana announced Friday that he will leave Israel Hayom in a week to establish a new Hebrew-language edition of the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS). In his farewell column, he dedicated the piece to journalist Yaakov Erez and criticized what he called propaganda promoted by Yaniv Magal, as well as incomplete narratives from both Defense Minister Eisenkot and Prime Minister Netanyahu.
Ariel Kahana, a senior columnist at Israel Hayom, announced Friday that he will leave the newspaper in a week to launch a new Hebrew-language edition of JNS (Jewish News Syndicate). The announcement came in his regular weekly column, which he wrote as a farewell piece. In the column, Kahana dedicated the writing to his role model, veteran journalist Yaakov Erez, who sought to warn of the impending Yom Kippur War. Kahana used the comparison to distinguish between journalism and propaganda, which he accused Yaniv Magal of promoting. He also criticized the narratives presented by both Defense Minister Gadi Eisenkot and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, referring to them as 'hole-filled stories.' The move marks a significant shift in the Israeli media landscape, as Kahana has been a prominent conservative voice on security and political issues at Israel Hayom, Israel's most widely read daily. His new role at JNS will involve building a Hebrew-language edition of the US-based Jewish news outlet.
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