972 Magazine Ltd.

972 Magazine is a Hebrew-language online news site that covers Israeli and Palestinian issues. It was founded in 2014 by an independent group of journalists who wanted to provide alternative coverage of the conflict. The website publishes investigative reports, analysis, interviews, op-eds, and multimedia content from both Israelis and Palestinians.

52%

The overall score is a weighted number that takes into account conflict of interest, bias, deception and other practices that undermines the credibility of the source. It is calculated as:
Analysis.OverallConflictOfInterestScore * 0.3F + Analysis.OverallBiasScore * 0.3F + Analysis.DeceptivenessScore * 0.3F + Analysis.ReadabilityScore * 0.1F

A score that takes into consideration the content for flow, interruptions with ads, and overt search engine optimization techniques that makes the content hard to understand

The Daily's Verdict

This news site has a mixed reputation for journalistic standards. It is advisable to fact-check, scrutinize for bias, and check for conflicts of interest before relying on its reporting.

Bias

85%

Examples:

  • The Lavender system is designed to mark all suspected operatives in the military wings of Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ), including low-ranking ones, as potential bombing targets.

Conflicts of Interest

0%

Examples:

  • The sources told 972 Magazine and Local Call that, during the first weeks of the war, Lavender clocked as many as 37,000 Palestinians as suspected militants for possible air strikes.

Contradictions

85%

Examples:

  • Another Lavender user questioned whether humans’ role in the selection process was meaningful.
  • During the first weeks of the war, almost completely relied on Lavender to mark all suspected operatives in Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) military wings as potential bombing targets.
  • Israeli military officials permitted large numbers of Palestinian civilians to be killed during the early weeks and months of the conflict.
  • One intelligence officer who used Lavender said they had more faith in a <strong>’statistical mechanism’ than a grieving soldier. They lost people on October 7 when the machine did it coldly.

Deceptions

80%

Examples:

  • The article claims that Lavender is an AI machine directing Israel's bombing spree in Gaza without providing any evidence or explanation of how the system works or what criteria it uses to mark targets.

Recent Articles

  • Israel's AI-Powered Bombing Spree in Gaza: A Statistical Mechanism or a Tragic Mistake?

    Israel's AI-Powered Bombing Spree in Gaza: A Statistical Mechanism or a Tragic Mistake?

    Broke On: Wednesday, 03 April 2024 Israel uses AI to identify bombing targets in Gaza, relying heavily on Lavender database and program during early weeks of conflict. One intelligence officer lost faith in the machine after it resulted in loss of life.