mass media founded october 1988 ; 28 years ago 1988 10 founder zalman baruch melamed headquarters beit el key people ya akov katz chairman owner holyland holdings ltd parent beit el yeshiva subsidiaries b sheva website israelnationalnews.com arutz sheva hebrew 7 lit . channel 7 also known in english as israel national news is an israeli media network identifying with religious zionism . it offers online news in hebrew english and russian including 24 hour updated text news live streaming radio video and free podcasts . it also publishes a weekly newspaper b sheva with the third largest weekend circulation in the country . 1 contents 1 history 2 legal dispute 3 departments 3.1 internet 3.2 radio 3.3 print 4 political stance 5 see also 6 references 7 external links history edit likud mk benjamin netanyahu arutz sheva 1995 in the 1970s an offshore radio station voice of peace was launched broadcasting pacifistic messages . in response rabbi zalman baruch melamed launched radio station arutz sheva in 1988 aimed at israelis opposed to negotiations with the palestine liberation organization . 2 based in beit el the station generated its broadcast on the israeli airwaves from the ship mv eretz hatzvi in the mediterranean sea . 3 it was one of the first internet radio stations and was used as a beta tester for realplayer . from 1996 to 2002 arutz sheva broadcast in russian . in 2003 arutz sheva ceased its radio operations after attempts to legalize it were unsuccessful . 4 legal dispute edit in february 1999 the knesset passed a law granting a license to arutz sheva and absolving it of earlier illegal broadcasting but this was appealed to the supreme court of israel which ruled the law null and void in march 2002 . in october 2003 ten employees of arutz sheva were convicted of operating an illegal radio station during the period 1995 98 both from inside israeli territorial waters and from beit el . the defendants were fined and sentenced to 3 6 months of community service . the prosecution appealed attempting to get heavier sentences but were strongly criticized by the appellant court for their handling of the case and the prosecution was told to drop the appeal or face an investigation into their conduct during the entire trial . 5 station director ya akov katzele katz was also convicted on two counts of perjury for having lied about the location of the broadcasts . 6 in 2006 katz was pardoned by president moshe katsav . 7 departments edit internet edit arutz sheva has been running its website since 1995 . editor in chief is uzi baruch who succeeded baruch gordon and hillel fendel . today three versions of the site are offered hebrew english and russian . it includes news articles news briefs videos op eds a judaism section opinion polls and caricatures . arutz sheva offers online streaming videos in hebrew and english with news anchor and producer yoni kempinski knesset reporter hezki ezra overseas correspondent eliran aharon and others . arutz sheva s jukebox offers a selection of jewish music including israeli hassidic and mizrahi songs as well as music for jewish holidays and special events . 8 radio edit yishai fleisher arutz sheva program director from 2003 to 2011 israel national radio is arutz sheva s english language internet radio station operating in beit el . it broadcasts primarily across the internet is simulcast on radio stations in the united states canada and south africa and affirms its purposes as being to spread the word of israel to jews and israel supporters in the english speaking world as well as anglophones living in israel and to be the archetypal light unto the nations . during shows people can phone in on international toll free numbers or chat with other listeners . the station s slogan is the largest independent newstalk network in the middle east . israel national radio is made up of news on the hour and live and pre recorded podcasts . these shows include current affairs commentaries general talk shows music and torah programs . the podcasts on the station include tamar yonah yishai fleisher the struggle with yehuda hakohen israel beat a music program walter s world with walter bingham land minds with dovid wilner and barnea selavan temple talk hosted by rabbi chaim richman a light unto the nations the jay shapiro show torah tidbits audio with phil chernofsky and the aliyah revolution co hosted by go el jasper and daniel esses . print edit main article b sheva b sheva is israel s third most widely read weekly newspaper with a 6.8 % exposure rate according to the tgi survey . 1 the paper is distributed free to over 150 000 homes . political stance edit arutz sheva sees itself as a counterbalance to negative thinking and post zionist attitudes . 9 it has been identified with the israeli settlement movement . 3 see also edit israel portal journalism portal list of internet radio stations media of israel yeshiva.co another website owned by the beit el yeshiva references edit a b tgi 2015 . walla in hebrew . 22 july 2015 . retrieved 30 november 2015 . schejter amit 2009 . muting israeli democracy . university of illinois press . p. 30 . isbn 978 0 252 07693 0 . a b benzaquen itamar 29 october 2012 . holyland holdings ltd . the seventh eye . retrieved 1 january 2016 . ronen gil 28 february 2012 . mk katz after beinisch arutz sheva radio will return . arutz sheva . retrieved 1 january 2016 . brand mike . offshore radio column . retrieved 1 january 2016 . shragai nadav ; reinfeld moshe 21 october 2003 . arutz sheva goes off air after court convicts employees of radio piracy . haaretz . retrieved 1 january 2016 . izenberg dan 31 may 2006 . katsav and ramon defend arutz 7 pardons . the jerusalem post . retrieved 1 january 2016 . jukebox . arutz sheva . retrieved 1 january 2016 . israel legalises religious pirate radios . bbc news . 24 february 1999 . retrieved 31 december 2015 . external links edit wikimedia commons has media related to arutz 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