The verdict in Holyland: Only the Herald reports Eli Shamchiof's sentence

May 14, 2014   

Press on behalf of: Those who get most of their information from the Haredi dailies are probably not aware this morning that Shas Jerusalem City Council member Eli Shamchiof was sentenced to three and a half years in prison. This is because most of the dailies chose to completely ignore the legal sector. The headline in the Yated Ne'eman daily about the sentence in the Holyland case: "For the first time in the history of the country, former Prime Minister Ehud Olmert was sentenced to 6 years in prison." In the report, the newspaper refers only to Olmert's conviction. The headlines: "How can Olmert be kept in prison?" - or "Ehud Olmert's rise and fall" and "This is how the world covered the sentence" - these are the three articles published by the newspaper's reporter Aryeh Zisman. The other convicts are not mentioned. The main headline in the Hamodia daily reports on the crisis in Ukraine, the riots and the deaths. The headline about the sentence: "Former Prime Minister Olmert was sentenced to 6 years in prison." The only defendant The name that appears in the article is Ehud Olmert. The charges were written against the other defendants, without specifying their names. Even the Peles review does not mention Simchiof's name. The main headline in the newspaper: "The court handed down heavy sentences to those convicted in the Holyland trial." In the body of the article, on pages 2-3, a list of the defendants appears, alongside a picture of Olmert in court, and details about all the defendants - except for Simchiof's name. The name of the Haredi businessman Meir Rabin appears on the list.  The Herald is the only daily that mentions Simchiof's name. The newspaper's main headline: "Olmert sentenced to 6 years in prison - significant sentences for the other defendants." The body of the article mentions all the defendants, including Simchiof's name, which is written without the title "rabbi," which is customary in the Haredi press to attach to Haredi public figures.