Israelinsider

Israelinsider, which described itself as "Israel's Daily Newsmagazine", was an Israel-based daily online publication that provided news and commentary about Israel, including security and diplomatic issues, politics, culture, and global Jewish concerns, in particular anti-Semitism. Launched in 2001, and maintained six days a week (not updated on the Jewish Sabbath), the site had launched a companion site, , which featured auto-updating filtered feeds and widgets from more than 100 Israel-related blogs and sites. The publication's revenue model was based primarily on reader contributions, advertising, and the licensing of Israel and Jewish history maps. The online news magazine had articles from writers who had a wide array of views. which is the primary cartographic resource used by .
Other interactive specials include "disputed territories zoom map" , "disengagement days" timeline and "Israel's Changing Borders" .
Suspicion of U.S Presidential candidate Barack Obama
The magazine is suspicious of the American Presidential candidate Barack Obama and has written numerous articles scrutinising Obama and alleged contradictions in his past. They have shown a particular interest in claims that Obama is or was a Muslim, with an article in March 2008 titled "Is Barack Obama a Muslim wolf in Christian wool?"
Site Traffic
According to Quantcast , Israel Insider attracted between 30,000 and 70,000 monthly unique visitors in second quarter of 2008, the majority of whom come from North America, the UK and Israel. In the same period, the site attracted 40,000 to 100,000 monthly U.S. visits.
Editor and Publisher
Israelinsider is edited by Reuven Koret and published by Koret Communications, an Internet design and development company based in Tel Aviv, Israel, which produces a number of other Jewish and Israel media such as the Shmooze social network , ISRAEL21c, Jewish Content , the Jerusalem Post French Edition , Eretz Acheret literary magazine , the AVI CHAI Foundation , and others. Koret Communications is also involved in online projects for Birthright Israel

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