- Israelinsider
Infobox Website
name = Israelinsider
caption = Israel's Daily Newsmagazine
url = http://web.israelinsider.com/
type = News, Commentary
language = English
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current status = onlineIsraelinsider, which describes itself as "Israel's Daily Newsmagazine," is an
Israel -based daily online publication that provides news and commentary about Israel, including security and diplomatic issues, politics, culture, and global Jewish concerns, in particular anti-Semitism. Launched in 2001, and maintained six days a week (not updated on theJewish Sabbath ), the site has recently launched a companion site, [http://israelinsider.ning.com Israel Streams] , which features auto-updating filtered feeds and widgets from more than 100 Israel-related blogs and sites. The publication's revenue model is based primarily on reader contributions, advertising, and the licensing of Israel andJewish history maps.Contributors
Among the several hundred Israel Insider contributors since the publication's inception are notable contemporary commentators and political figures from Israel and the Jewish Diaspora, such as
Benjamin Netanyahu ,Melanie Phillips ,John Podhoretz ,Michael Freund ,Michael Oren ,Allan Dershowitz ,M.J. Rosenberg ,Barry Rubin ,Uri Avnery ,Jeff Jacoby , andAaron Lerner as well asChristian Zionism pundits likeStan Goodenough andRyan Jones .pecial Israel-related projects
Israel Insider is also the host for various Israel-related interactive special projects [http://www.israelinsider.com/specials/index.htm] , such as "Israel's Story in Maps, a collection of historical and contemporary maps of Israel" [http://www.israelinsider.com/maps] [http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/Facts+About+Israel/Israel+in+Maps/] which is the primary cartographic resource used by Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.Other interactive specials include "disputed territories zoom map" [http://www.israelinsider.com/popup/places/disputed_territories.htm] , "disengagement days" timeline [http://www.israelinsider.com/dmap] and "Israel's Changing Borders" [http://www.israelinsider.com/popup/places/changing_border.htm] .
uspicion of U.S Presidential candidate Barack Obama
The magazine is suspicious of the American Presidential candidate Barack Obama and has written numerous articles scrutinising Obama and alleged contradictions in his past. They have shown a particular interest in claims that Obama is or was a Muslim, with an article in March 2008 titled "Is Barack Obama a Muslim wolf in Christian wool?" [http://web.israelinsider.com/Articles/Politics/12745.htm]
ite Traffic
According to
Quantcast [http://www.quantcast.com/israelinsider.com] , "Israel Insider" attracted between 30,000 and 70,000 monthly unique visitors in second quarter of 2008, the majority of whom come from North America, the UK and Israel. In the same period, the site attracted 40,000 to 100,000 monthly U.S. visits.Editor and Publisher
Israelinsider is edited by
Reuven Koret and published byKoret Communications [ [http://www.koret.com/] , an Internet design and development company based inTel Aviv , Israel, which produces a number of other Jewish and Israel media such as the Shmooze social network [http://www.shmooze.com] ,ISRAEL21c [http://www.israel21c.org] , "Jewish Content" [http://www.jewishcontent.com] , theJerusalem Post French Edition [http://fr.jpost.com] , "Eretz Acheret" literary magazine [http://www.acheret.co.il] , theAVI CHAI Foundation [http://www.avichai.org.il] ,and others. "Koret Communications" is also involved in online projects forBirthright Israel [http://www.birthrightisrael.com]
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