ABSTRACT

The political establishment of Israel, from the left wing as well as from the right wing, with a few exceptions, has decided to develop relations between Turkey and Israel. The media, based on the principals of the right to free speech, the right of the public to know, should have been a significant factor in the struggle against the denial. This chapter demonstrates that the print media in Israel have played an important role in raising general public consciousness on the subject, but as the issue has rarely been perceived as "really important" and crucial to the editors, their influence and impact has, therefore, been limited. The public electronic media in Israel are controlled largely by the political establishment, and the commercial channels have their commercial considerations and calculations. The State of Israel continues to struggle against Holocaust denial on one hand, but participates in the denial of another genocide on the other.