Jerusalem: Israeli police said Thursday they had opened an investigation after Israeli Arab journalist Lucy Aharish reported being the target of a far-right hate campaign in recent weeks.
Aharish this month denounced the authorities on her current affairs show on Israeli commercial TV channel Reshet, accusing them of contempt for the Arab minority and of lacking the will to combat a surge in violent crime gripping the community.
“Arabs are citizens, whether you like it or not, and they will go and vote in the upcoming elections in the Jewish and democratic state,” she said.
Aharish, born to Muslim parents, speaks flawless Hebrew and was the first Arab to anchor a Hebrew-language program on Israeli television.
She said she has received numerous threatening messages from the right and far-right since she made her remarks on February 1.
Protesters gathered in front of her home on Wednesday evening for the fourth time in three weeks and used megaphones to hurl insults and make racist remarks, according to footage widely broadcast on Israeli television.
Police arrested two suspects and released them conditionally, a police spokesperson told AFP, adding that an “investigation is underway.”
On Sunday, Aharish said Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, who heads one of the most right-wing governments in Israel’s history, shared the blame for the threats against her.
“You are guilty... so long as you don’t rein in your thugs,” she said on air.
Israeli Arabs, descendants of Palestinians who stayed on their land after Israel’s creation in 1948, comprise less than 20 percent of Israel’s population of 10.1 million.
Israeli police open probe after threats against Arab journalist
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Israeli police open probe after threats against Arab journalist
- Arab Israeli journalist Lucy Aharish reported being the target of a far-right hate campaign in recent weeks
- Threats followed her on-air accusations that authorities show contempt for the Arab minority and lack the will to tackle crime within the community
Eurovision Sport, Camb.ai to provide live subtitling for Paralympic Winter Games
- Partnership aims to increase accessibility for all audiences
- Milano Cortina Games run from Friday to March 15
LONDON: Eurovision Sport, the European Broadcasting Union’s free-to-air streaming platform, will provide live and on-demand subtitling for coverage of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games in partnership with AI language company Camb.ai
The service will run across all competition days, allowing viewers to stream all six Paralympic Winter Games sports on Eurovision Sport with real-time subtitles. The Games open on Friday and run through March 15.
Camb.ai will supply contextual speech-to-text transcription for both live and catch-up coverage, which the organizers said would support accessibility without altering the editorial integrity of broadcasts.
Eurovision Sport Managing Director Alan Fagan said the aim was to make the Games available to “the widest possible audience,” by scaling up digital accessibility across every event on the platform.
The initiative forms part of the EBU’s most extensive digital coverage of a Paralympic Winter Games to date and complements member broadcasters’ linear output.
It also reflects a wider industry push to make live sport easier to follow for viewers watching without sound, people with hearing impairments and audiences consuming content on demand.
Camb.ai’s Chief Technology Officer Akshat Prakash said the company was proud to deepen its partnership with Eurovision Sport, describing the platform as a leader in applying new technology to sports coverage.
The two organizations began working together in 2024, when they delivered what they described as Europe’s first AI-powered real-time translated sports commentary during European Athletics events.
