Wikipedia's first sentence called it “international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in jaffa port”. Today it says “a 24-hour news television from israel”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli television news channel Television channel”. It now reads “Israeli television news channel”.
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Israeli television news channel For i24's American reporting, see i24 News (American TV channel) . Television channel i24NEWS is a 24-hour news television channel created by journalists and reporters from Israel . It broadcasts in languages such as French , English , Hebrew , and Arabic .The channel was founded by Patrick Drahi , with Frank Melloul serving as its first CEO . In 2025, Ronit Ganon-Amit was appointed CEO of i24NEWS, while Frank Melloul was promoted to Chairman .The company is based in Tel Aviv, Israel , but the broadcast network reports news from all over the world. In early 2017, the channel paired up with the US to expand their channel. By 2018, the company had studios in Tel Aviv, Paris , New York , Washington, D.C. , and Los Angeles , which it still has. It still deploys correspondents in other locations around the world. In September 2021, following the Abraham Accords , the channel received a broadcasting license from the United Arab Emirates and opened its Gulf bureau in Dubai Media City . In May 2022, the channel launched its operations in Morocco with two new bureaus in Rabat and Casablanca . In June 2024, i24NEWS launched a Hebrew language channel, the fourth channel of the network. "BBC Monitoring – Essential Media Insight" . monitoring.bbc.co.uk .
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Television channel i24news is an international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in Jaffa Port , Tel Aviv , Israel . It broadcasts in English , French and Arabic . The channel's owner is Patrick Drahi , and the CEO is Frank Melloul , who previously played a critical role in establishing the French 24-hour news channel France 24 . Lucy Aharish is one of the channel's leading anchors. Melloul has stated that one of his goals for the station is to change the international "point of view about Israel.” Although the station receives no funding from the Israeli government, Melloul has said that i24 will battle prejudice against, and ignorance about Israel with “facts and diversity.” Blum, Michael (19 July 2013). Move over Al Jazeera, Israel’s own 24-hour TV news station is about to go live By Danna Harman, Haaretz , July 3, 2013
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Television channel i24NEWS is an Israeli international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel located in Jaffa Port , Tel Aviv , Israel .It broadcasts in French , English and Arabic . The channel's owner is Patrick Drahi , and the CEO is Frank Melloul . The network began broadcasting in the US on 13 February 2017.The English channel is broadcast from New York between 6 and 10 p.m.Eastern Time and at other times broadcasts from Israel.
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Israeli television news channel Television channel i24NEWS is an Israeli-based international 24-hour news television channel located in Jaffa Port , Tel Aviv , Israel . It broadcasts in French , English , and Arabic . English channel offers a weekly magazine in Spanish . The channel's owner is Patrick Drahi , and the CEO is Frank Melloul. In February 2017, i24NEWS expanded into the North American market and opened bureaus in the United States .The channel has studios in Tel Aviv-Jaffa , Paris , New York , Washington and Los Angeles , and deploys correspondents in other locations across the world.In September 2021, following the Abraham Accords , the channel received a broadcasting license from the United Arab Emirates and opened its Gulf bureau in Dubai Media City .In May 2022, the channel launched its operations in Morocco with two new bureaus in Rabat and Casablanca.
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in jaffa port”. Today it says “a 24-hour news television from israel”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “Israeli television news channel Television channel”. It now reads “Israeli television news channel”. Read the current article and compare.
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international 24-hour news and current affairs television channel based in jaffa port
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a 24-hour news television from israel
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i24NEWS Arabic programming{{Cite web|last=i24NEWS
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