The site started in the summer of 2000, and is operated from the Jerusalem home of journalists Giora Shamis and Diane Shalem.[1] It has been awarded Forbes' Best of the Web award.[2] Forbes identifies the archives as the best part of the website, but warns that "most of the information is attributed to unidentified sources."
The website was suspended in October 2014, following its own report of the illness of its chief editor.[3] The website resumed coverage in December 2014.
Another apparent pause in publication occurred after an August 24, 2022 article was posted and articles did not continue to resume regularly until December 2022.[4]
In September 2023, a note on the website indicated that it was closing down, following the passing of its founder Giora Shamis.[5]
Criticismedit
Wired.com's Noah Shachtman wrote in 2001 that the site "clearly reports with a point of view; the site is unabashedly in the hawkish camp of Israeli politics".[6]Yediot Achronot investigative reporter Ronen Bergman states that the site relies on information from sources with an agenda, such as neo-conservative elements of the US Republican Party, "whose worldview is that the situation is bad and is only going to get worse," and that Israeli intelligence officials do not consider even 10 percent of the site's content to be reliable.[1]
The site's operators, in contrast, state that 80 percent of what Debka reports turns out to be true, and point to its year 2000 prediction that al-Qaeda would again strike the World Trade Center, and that it had warned well before the 2006 war in Lebanon that Hezbollah had amassed 12,000 Katyusha rockets pointed at northern Israel.[1]
debkafile, debkafile, hebrew, תיק, דבקה, israeli, military, intelligence, website, based, jerusalem, providing, commentary, analyses, terrorism, intelligence, national, security, military, international, relations, with, particular, focus, middle, east, availa. DEBKAfile Hebrew תיק דבקה was an Israeli military intelligence website based in Jerusalem providing commentary and analyses on terrorism intelligence national security military and international relations with a particular focus on the Middle East It was available in both English and Hebrew The word debka refers to the Arab folk dance dabke 1 DEBKAfileType of siteIntelligenceAvailable inEnglish HebrewOwnerDEBKA PublicationsCreated byGiora ShamisDiane ShalemURLwww wbr debka wbr comCommercialYesRegistrationOptionalLaunchedJune 2000 23 years ago 2000 06 Current statusOnline Contents 1 History 2 Criticism 3 References 4 External linksHistory editThe site started in the summer of 2000 and is operated from the Jerusalem home of journalists Giora Shamis and Diane Shalem 1 It has been awarded Forbes Best of the Web award 2 Forbes identifies the archives as the best part of the website but warns that most of the information is attributed to unidentified sources The website was suspended in October 2014 following its own report of the illness of its chief editor 3 The website resumed coverage in December 2014 Another apparent pause in publication occurred after an August 24 2022 article was posted and articles did not continue to resume regularly until December 2022 4 In September 2023 a note on the website indicated that it was closing down following the passing of its founder Giora Shamis 5 Criticism editWired com s Noah Shachtman wrote in 2001 that the site clearly reports with a point of view the site is unabashedly in the hawkish camp of Israeli politics 6 Yediot Achronot investigative reporter Ronen Bergman states that the site relies on information from sources with an agenda such as neo conservative elements of the US Republican Party whose worldview is that the situation is bad and is only going to get worse and that Israeli intelligence officials do not consider even 10 percent of the site s content to be reliable 1 The site s operators in contrast state that 80 percent of what Debka reports turns out to be true and point to its year 2000 prediction that al Qaeda would again strike the World Trade Center and that it had warned well before the 2006 war in Lebanon that Hezbollah had amassed 12 000 Katyusha rockets pointed at northern Israel 1 References edit a b c d Israeli Web site Debka com at center of New York dirty bomb tip Debkafile on Forbes Best of Web Debkafile home page 2014 10 18 Archived from the original on 2014 10 18 Retrieved 2014 10 18 lt https www debka com netanyahu wont respect his deals with coalition partners once government in place debka gt Debkafile home page 2023 09 11 Retrieved 2023 09 11 Debka Conflict s Drudge Report Wired com Noah Shachtman October 5 2001External links editDEBKAfile on Facebook DEBKAfile English on Twitter nbsp Debka Webmaster on YouTube Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Debkafile amp oldid 1174986008, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
