He has played a leading role in Palestinian affairs ever since the early 1950s. Israel's military censorship regime has been liberalised over recent years but is still applied over issues threatening to harm defence interests. This affects all media in Israel. All newspapers are privately owned and managed and several are available on the internet, including Ha'aretz - and Jerusalem Post. The multichannel, satellite television market is open to competition.
Listeners are now mainly civilians.
There is a proliferation of unlicensed radio stations. The first such station, the Voice of Peace, started in 1973 and was similar to pirate stations in Europe. Internet Israel has long been noted for its burgeoning IT industry and boasts one of the world's most technologically literate populations. Palestinian media Palestinian authorities limit freedom of speech and the security services have regularly shut down media outlets, banned publication or broadcast of material, and harassed or detained journalists. As a result, self-censorship by journalists is widespread.