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Jerusalem Post says 'terror hijacker', Haaretz says 'suspected hijacking attempt', and nobody can confirm an Iran link

A flydubai co-pilot attacked his captain on a flight to Israel on 30 September. Israeli outlets disagree on what to call it. A Jerusalem Post headline about Iran rests on an official who says he can neither confirm nor rule out a link.

Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during hijacking attempt - report
Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during hijacking attempt - report as published by The Jerusalem Post · seen at The Jerusalem Post
Levant & Iran Israel United Arab Emirates Oman Iran Saudi Arabia

What happened. A flydubai co-pilot "stabbed his captain with an emergency 'crash axe'", Reuters reports via Al-Monitor. It says the plane dropped 16,000 feet in 30 seconds before passengers and a stand-by crew brought it under control. Everyone on board survived. This is one account. No other report we hold gives the drop.

Four words for one event.

Outlet What it calls it Hedged?
The Jerusalem Post "terror hijacker", "terrorist co-pilot" No
Ynet "the pilot-terrorist from Oman" No
Haaretz "suspected hijacking attempt" Yes
Al-Monitor (Reuters) "what UAE prosecutors have called a terrorist attack" Attributed

4 of 8 reports give the label flat. 2 hedge it as suspected. 1 attributes it.

Iran. A Jerusalem Post headline says the Mossad "probes link to Iran". The Israeli official it quotes says there is "no information that can rule out or confirm" a link. No other report we hold names Iran.

Israel's own security. Ynet reports a closed Knesset committee hearing. It heard that 1,240 aircrew from states with no ties to Israel entered the country. The Jerusalem Post, citing Army Radio, says the Transportation Ministry turned down Shin Bet help. It also says the ministry never filled 10 posts it was funded for.

Not settled - Whether Iran had any role. No report we hold shows one. - The co-pilot's motive. Israeli officials told Reuters he planned the attack before joining the airline. We hold no detail. - Whether the ministry refused help. There is one account, from Army Radio. - The injured captain's name. No report gives it.

This story is about a co-pilot who attacked his captain in mid-flight on a Dubai-to-Israel service. It is also about what Israel knew about the people who fly its routes.

How it got here. Israel and the United Arab Emirates normalised relations in September 2020 under the Abraham Accords, which the United States brokered. Direct flights followed, and Dubai's airlines became a main link between Israel and the Gulf. Oman, a neighbouring Gulf state, has no formal diplomatic relations with Israel.

The Hamas-led attacks of 7 October 2023 started the war in Gaza. That war strained these ties and widened into open conflict between Israel and Iran. The two countries struck each other directly in 2024 and fought a short war in June 2025. Israel accuses Iran of arming groups that fight it. Iran rejects Israel's existence as a state. That history is why Israeli outlets ask about Iran first.

On 30 September 2026, flydubai flight FZ1073 made an emergency landing in Saudi Arabia, a Jerusalem Post photo caption says. Its passengers were later flown on to Ben Gurion airport.

The actors. flydubai is a state-owned airline based in Dubai. UAE prosecutors are handling the case. In Israel, the Transportation Ministry under Miri Regev oversees aviation. The Shin Bet is the domestic security service, and the Mossad is the foreign intelligence agency. The Knesset's Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee examines security questions in closed session.

What is at stake. flydubai has suspended its Israel flights. The Israeli government is weighing NIS 9 million in support, the Jerusalem Post reports. If foreign aircrew are a gap in Israel's security, every route from a country without ties to Israel comes into question. If Iran is shown to be involved, the attack becomes part of a wider conflict.

Where it stands. The co-pilot is being questioned. No report we hold establishes a motive or a sponsor.

What is being argued about

  • Whether to call it a hijacking, a terror attack or a suspected attempt
  • Whether Iran had any role: raised, not shown
  • Foreign aircrew entering Israel, and a ministry that reportedly turned down Shin Bet help
  • flydubai's suspension of Israel flights and help for the passengers
What each outlet calls the attackSide by side
OutletWords usedHedged?
The Jerusalem Post"terror hijacker"; "Omani terrorist co-pilot"No
Ynet"the pilot-terrorist from Oman"No
Haaretz"suspected hijacking attempt"Yes
Al-Monitor (Reuters)"what UAE prosecutors have called a terrorist attack"Attributed to prosecutors
Quoted from each outlet's own text.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel 'in the dark' over flydubai terror hijacker investigation as Mossad probes link to Iran Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בדיון החסוי נחשף: "1,240 אנשי צוותי אוויר ממדינות בלי יחסים עם ישראל נכנסו לארץ" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel yet to offer aid to flydubai passengers after suspected hijacking attempt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
How 8 reports label the eventChart
These are counts of reports, not of outlets. One report uses no label.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Transport Ministry rejected Shin Bet help in securing flights before flydubai hijacking - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during hijacking attempt - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel 'in the dark' over flydubai terror hijacker investigation as Mossad probes link to Iran Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Government weighs NIS 9m. assistance after flydubai suspends Israel flights - analysis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בדיון החסוי נחשף: "1,240 אנשי צוותי אוויר ממדינות בלי יחסים עם ישראל נכנסו לארץ" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel yet to offer aid to flydubai passengers after suspected hijacking attempt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Ironi Ness Ziona honors brave hero of Flydubai flight: 'An inspiration' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
The bias in this coverageBias

Hijacking, terror or 'suspected'

Four reports call it a hijacking or terror with no hedge. Two hedge it as 'suspected'. One attributes the terror label to UAE prosecutors.

4 reports labelling it flat 2 reports hedging it as suspected 1 reports attributing the label 8 reports held

Iran: a probe, not a finding

One report raises an Iran link, and its only quoted official says there is no information either way. The co-pilot is named, and so is a passenger who helped. The injured captain is not named in any report.

1 reports raising an Iran link 0 reports naming the injured captain 1 reports naming a passenger who helped
Scored without the mastheads. Where the two passes differ, both are kept.
Sources The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Transport Ministry rejected Shin Bet help in securing flights before flydubai hijacking - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during hijacking attempt - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel 'in the dark' over flydubai terror hijacker investigation as Mossad probes link to Iran Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Government weighs NIS 9m. assistance after flydubai suspends Israel flights - analysis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בדיון החסוי נחשף: "1,240 אנשי צוותי אוויר ממדינות בלי יחסים עם ישראל נכנסו לארץ" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel yet to offer aid to flydubai passengers after suspected hijacking attempt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Ironi Ness Ziona honors brave hero of Flydubai flight: 'An inspiration' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Claims and verdicts

unverified Iran was behind the flydubai co-pilot's attack.
The Jerusalem Post quotes an Israeli official saying no information can confirm or rule out a link to Iran, and reports that the Mossad is looking into one. No report we hold establishes Iranian involvement.
Checked against 1 source:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel 'in the dark' over flydubai terror hijacker investigation as Mossad probes link to Iran Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified UAE prosecutors have called the attack terrorism, and the plane dropped 16,000 feet in 30 seconds.
Both details come from a single Reuters report carried by Al-Monitor. The Jerusalem Post calls the co-pilot a terrorist but does not report what the UAE prosecutors said, and Haaretz calls it a suspected hijacking attempt.
Checked against 3 sources:
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel 'in the dark' over flydubai terror hijacker investigation as Mossad probes link to Iran Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel yet to offer aid to flydubai passengers after suspected hijacking attempt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
unverified Israel's Transportation Ministry turned down Shin Bet help with securing foreign flights, and never filled 10 security posts it had been funded for.
The Jerusalem Post is passing on an Army Radio report, so this is one account. Ynet reports a closed committee hearing that found 1,240 air crew from countries without ties to Israel had entered the country, but it does not confirm the refusal.
Checked against 2 sources:
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Transport Ministry rejected Shin Bet help in securing flights before flydubai hijacking - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בדיון החסוי נחשף: "1,240 אנשי צוותי אוויר ממדינות בלי יחסים עם ישראל נכנסו לארץ" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →

Who wrote it

A Anna Barsky The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Victim identification one victim is identified by nationality, not by name, and the other dead are not mentioned×1
Victim identified by nationality The one person described is identified by nationality and age, not by name; the other dead are not mentioned×1
Voice quoted The only voice is a foreign government's consular response; no Ukrainian official, witness or family is heard×1
Which measure is chosen the measure is named by the goods it covers, not by where they are made×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
2 unverified
From 65 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
א אמיר אטינגר Ynet
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted vs attributed says plainly the video was made with AI×1
Asserted vs attributed the headline calls him a pilot-terrorist flat×1
Naming calls him 'the pilot-terrorist', flat×1
What the video is says outright that the video is AI-made×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 103 reports we hold under this byline, at Ynet. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
O Or Shkedi The Jerusalem Post
No independent reading has coded a report under this byline yet. We do not infer a journalist's views from the outlet that employs them.
From 41 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
A Amir Bohbot The Jerusalem Post
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Asserted versus attributed a Saudi request for Israeli intelligence help stated as fact, no source given in the text we hold×1
Asserted vs attributed Saudi request for Israeli intelligence help stated flat, no source given×1
Asserted vs attributed calls the co-pilot a terrorist as fact and names him×1
Attribution second killing attributed to the army and Shin Bet in the body×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
4 unverified1 true
From 71 reports we hold under this byline, at The Jerusalem Post. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
Y Yair Foldes Haaretz
What the bias passes found in their reporting
Hedged the event is hedged as suspected×1
How hard the claim is stated hedges the event as 'suspected'×1
Claims we checked that rest on their reporting
1 unverified
From 42 reports we hold under this byline, at Haaretz. Two independent readings, each made without the masthead, a quote attached to every tag. A record, never a rating. Their full record →
The bylines on the reports this story is built from. Hover one for what our passes have measured on their reporting. · 3 reports we hold carry no byline — we do not invent one.

Coverage, outlet by outlet

The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Government weighs NIS 9m. assistance after flydubai suspends Israel flights - analysis Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
flydubai has suspended Israel flights. The government is weighing NIS 9 million to cover empty flights and baggage.
The proposed mechanism would help cover empty outbound flights from Israel to Dubai and separate cargo flights carrying passengers’ baggage back to Israel.
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910772
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Transport Ministry rejected Shin Bet help in securing flights before flydubai hijacking - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Army Radio says the Transportation Ministry turned down Shin Bet help and never filled 10 posts funded with NIS 10 million.
Army Radio also reported that the Transportation Ministry received NIS 10 million and 10 new positions to help secure foreign flights, but none were ever filled.
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-910767
Al-Monitor
Centre estimate · not a score
Al-Monitor 🇺🇸US/ME · digital · independent Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11 Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Al-Monitor → What we have measured Actor from anonymous officials Puts the IRGC at the trigger in a sentence sourc ×1Actor named Names the Director-General as the one who requested the dismissal ×1Actor named names Trump as the one who began the war, with Israel ×1Actor named names Israel as the actor in its military actions against the Palestinians ×1 from 1566 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Reuters' account of the attack: the crash axe, the 16,000-foot drop in 30 seconds, and UAE prosecutors calling it a 'terrorist attack'.
Key aircraft incidents that reshaped aviation safety rules since 9/11 By Gianluca Lo Nostro Oct 6, 2026 Add AL-MONITOR on Google 10th Anniversary of the Germanwings 4U9525 crash in Haltern — Stephane Nitschke By Gianluca Lo Nostro Oct 6 (Reuters) - A flydubai co-pilot stabbed his captain with an emergency "crash axe" in what UAE prosecutors have called a terrorist attack, with the plane plunging 16,000 feet in 30 seconds before it was brought under control by passengers and a stand-by crew. It landed safely thanks to some heroics from the injured captain, with all on board surviving. The co-pi
Asserted vs attributed: attributes the 'terrorist attack' label to UAE prosecutors — “in what UAE prosecutors have called a terrorist attack”
Hurt named: the stabbed captain is credited but not named — “It landed safely thanks to some heroics from the injured captain”
Asserted vs attributed: the terror label is attributed to the UAE prosecutors — “in what UAE prosecutors have called a terrorist attack”
Whether anyone hurt is named: the injured captain is not named; one other report names a passenger who helped — “It landed safely thanks to some heroics from the injured captain”
Read it at Al-Monitor → https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/10/key-aircraft-incidents-res…
Ynet
Centre estimate · not a score
Ynet 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent בדיון החסוי נחשף: "1,240 אנשי צוותי אוויר ממדינות בלי יחסים עם ישראל נכנסו לארץ" Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Ynet → What we have measured A claim in the headline that the other reports very close to deciding the regime appears in one report only ×1Active voice The killers are the subject of the verbs 'beat' and 'burned'. ×1Active voice The killers are named as acting ×1Army's term, attributed the army names the target of its strikes, and no one on the other side is quoted ×1 from 2683 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
A closed Knesset hearing heard that 1,240 aircrew from states with no ties to Israel entered the country, Syrians and Lebanese among them.
המחדל הולך ומתבהר: בדיון בוועדת החוץ והביטחון שהתקיים היום (שלישי) ועסק בפרשת ניסיון חטיפת טיסת פליי דובאי, התברר כי 1,240 אנשי צוות אוויר ממדינות שאין לישראל יחסים איתן נכנסו בשנה האחרונה לישראל. השבוע הגיעו אנשי שב"כ לאיחוד האמירויות - והם משתתפים בחקירת הטייס-מחבל העומאני, המאם אל-המאמי, כאמור אזרח מדינה שלא ביחסים עם ישראל. בחקירה הוא אמר שמה שהניע אותו לפעולה זה רצון לנקום בישראל על מה שעשתה ברצועת עזה. כמו כן, בחקירה שללו את המעורבות של הדיילים בנסיון חטיפת וריסוק המטוס, שכן הם היו מבוהלים מאוד. עם זאת, נוסעים חשדו שהם שיתפו פעולה עם הטייס-מחבל. מהחקירתו עלה גם כי תוכניתו הייתה לרסק את ה
Naming: calls him 'the pilot-terrorist', flat — “הטייס-מחבל מעומאן”
Asserted vs attributed: the headline calls him a pilot-terrorist flat — “הטייס-מחבל מעומאן”
Read it at Ynet → https://www.ynet.co.il/news/article/sjej5dzsmg
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Ironi Ness Ziona honors brave hero of Flydubai flight: 'An inspiration' Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Names a passenger, Yaniv Hayoun, who helped save the flight.
Ironi Ness Ziona representatives visited Yaniv Hayoun, a city resident who was among the passengers who helped save a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Israel. Club founder Yaniv Mizrahi, Meir Tapiro, Adam Ariel, and Jacob Wiley attended the visit and heard from Hayoun, his wife Meital, and their daughters about the dramatic events that unfolded during the flight.At the end of the meeting, team officials presented the family with an Ironi Ness Ziona scarf and jersey, inviting them to be guests of honor at the team's first home game of the season.Adam Ariel said: "We were moved to visit Yaniv and t
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/sports/article-910752
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai jet during hijacking attempt - report Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
Israeli fighter jets would have entered Jordanian airspace if the plane had kept coming, two sources told CBS News.
Israel was prepared to shoot down flydubai flight FZ 1073 during last Wednesday's suspected hijacking attempt, despite 166 Israeli passengers being aboard the aircraft, two Israeli sources with direct knowledge of the incident told CBS News on Monday.The flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv was approaching Israel when the co-pilot attacked the captain in the cockpit and attempted to crash the aircraft.After the aircraft plunged 14,000 feet, the Israel Air Force attempted to contact the cockpit but received no response, CBS News reported. Israeli authorities activated a long-established procedure for
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-910749
The Jerusalem Post
Centre-right estimate · not a score
The Jerusalem Post 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel 'in the dark' over flydubai terror hijacker investigation as Mossad probes link to Iran Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at The Jerusalem Post → What we have measured A count the body does not carry the headline says eight countries; the sentence names seven foreign ministers ×1Actor framing The Gulf ministers are the ones acting. Iran is the party they meet. ×1Actor generalised The headline has 'Baghdad' celebrating. The photo caption says the crowd is supporters of one armed group. ×1Actor named names the militias and calls the act 'desecration', in its own voice ×1 from 4111 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The Mossad is looking into an Iran link. The Israeli official it quotes says nothing can confirm or rule one out. It names the co-pilot.
The Mossad is in direct contact with its counterparts in the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, but even information transferred to Israel has not made it possible to determine clearly whether Omani terrorist pilot Hamam al-Hammami is concealing sensitive information, Walla learned on Monday.“At this stage, we are in the dark,” an official familiar with the matter said. “There is no information that can rule out or confirm an Iranian connection to or involvement with the co-pilot. At this stage, the defense establishment assesses that he acted alone.”The Mossad, Shin Bet (Israel Security A
Naming: names the co-pilot and calls him a terrorist, flat — “Omani terrorist co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami”
Headline vs body: headline puts an Iran probe up front; the quoted official can neither confirm nor rule it out — “There is no information that can rule out or confirm an Iranian connection to or involvement with”
Asserted vs attributed: calls the co-pilot a terrorist as fact and names him — “Omani terrorist co-pilot Hamam al-Hammami”
Headline vs body: the headline raises an Iran probe; the official it quotes says there is no information either way — “There is no information that can rule out or confirm an Iranian connection”
Read it at The Jerusalem Post → https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-910741
Haaretz
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Haaretz 🇮🇱IL · newspaper · independent Israel yet to offer aid to flydubai passengers after suspected hijacking attempt Open this report in The AI Times → Read it at Haaretz → What we have measured A previous framing corrected the twelve-country statement described as ambiguously worded ×1Asserted flat The report states as fact that barring Arab parties is a standing ritual. ×1Asserted flat The report says ethnicity explains the different outcomes, in its own voice. ×1Asserted in the report's own voice Parties are characterised by what they are said to promise, unattributed, and the headline calls the result frightening. ×1 from 1936 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → — independent
The only report to call it a 'suspected hijacking attempt'. Israel has not yet offered aid to the passengers.
oNavigationAccount Details Haaretz - back to home page SearchAccessibility Elections HQ Poll Tracker Netanyahu's Abu Dhabi Plan Who's Eisenkot? Learn From Abu Shehadeh Current section Unlike hospitalized victims, whose details are provided to the National Insurance Institute, people suffering psychological trauma are generally required to seek treatment themselves Ad-free and in a comfortable reading format No Israeli government agency has contacted the passengers of flydubai Flight 1073 to offer assistance, nearly a week after they survived an attempted hijacking.
How hard the claim is stated: hedges the event as 'suspected' — “Israel yet to offer aid to flydubai passengers after suspected hijacking attempt”
Hedged: the event is hedged as suspected — “suspected hijacking attempt”
Read it at Haaretz → https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/israel-security/2026-10-06/ty-artic…
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Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Palestine TV · Palestinian Broadcasting Corporation 🇵🇸PS · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted versus attributed recognition itself stated as fact ×1Attribution 'historic' attributed to the Palestinian ambassador ×1Dead counted, not named two dead are counted as 'citizens' and none are named; the wounded are not counted ×1Dead named Gives the dead man's full name and age. ×1 from 766 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
IRNA (Islamic Republic News Agency) 🇮🇷IR · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A contested word in the headline "illegal" is a Chinese spokesperson's characterisation, carried unmarked in the headline ×1A contested word taken as the report's own "illegal" appears in the headline without quotation marks or attribution to the speaker ×1Acted upon, never acting police are named as acting; whoever hoarded a billion toman of staples is not named at all ×1Actor label The Houthi-run authority is called Yemen's transport ministry. ×1 from 15024 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → North Press Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
North Press Agency 🇸🇾SY · wire · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Attribution the damage list is carried in full, attributed to the side claiming it ×1Single official source Uses the Saudi Press Agency's account: 'bilateral relations', with no mention of reconstruction or money. ×1What is at stake presents the stakes as trade and energy security; no ship, crew or price is counted ×1Which line is led with led by the legal instrument, naming the Security Council resolution by number ×1 from 1168 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Shargh
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Shargh 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured A count with its base both days given, and the data called preliminary ×1Actor named as a state the attack is Yemen's, not the Houthis' ×1A different actor does the asking Pakistan's army chief, not Beijing, is the one asking Tehran to use its influence, on the word of unnamed Pakistani government sources. ×1'aggression' in the narration The US campaign is called aggression in the report's own narration, which it credits to Al-Ahram's account of the call. ×1 from 10196 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Tehran Times
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Tehran Times 🇮🇷IR · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Asserted vs attributed headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the claimant ×1Attribution the toll is attributed to a body that is described but not named ×1Headline against body headline states the seizure flat; the body attributes it to the IRGC ×1How the objectors are framed opposition is described as protesters speaking for civilians ×1 from 1753 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Jazeera English
Centre estimate · not a score
Al Jazeera English 🇶🇦QA · TV/radio · state-funded international No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accusation attributed Cuba's charge is attributed to its foreign minister, not stated as fact ×1Actor named The headline names Israel as the actor and gives a count of three that includes a child. ×1Agency No actor is named for the detentions. The raids, not the soldiers, 'left' the town in lockdown ×1Agency Names Israel as the actor in the headline, in active voice ×1 from 4954 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → An-Nahar
Centre estimate · not a score
An-Nahar 🇱🇧LB · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Accused named the accused is named and his age is given ×1Accused named names the accused and gives his age ×1A contested finding relayed with the case still the prime minister's claim carried, with the court proceedings noted in the same sentence ×1Active voice and a toll in the background paragraph, the July strikes get named actors and counted dead — the only counted dead in this story ×1 from 10770 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International)
Centre estimate · not a score
LBCI (Lebanese Broadcasting Corporation International) 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Active voice, actor named the Israeli army carried out the detonation ×1Actor framing Tehran calls the meeting. Iraq is the only other state named. ×1Actor left unnamed the strike in Iraqi waters has no one named as firing it — the source is "unknown" ×1Actor named names Israel as the one striking ×1 from 8159 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times →
Silence is recorded, not inferred — each of these was read when we built this story and carried nothing on this event.
We could not read these
K Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation
Centre estimate · not a score
Kan · Israeli Public Broadcasting Corporation 🇮🇱IL · public broadcaster · public-service No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → The Times of Israel
Centre estimate · not a score
The Times of Israel 🇮🇱IL · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Actorless in own voice The killing is passive with no shooter in the se ×1Headline carries the purpose The livestock and the army's reason are in the h ×1Headline frame The headline carries the military's word for the ×1Military words carried whole Both the label for the dead and the phrase for t ×1 from 149 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → A Al-Sabaah
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al-Sabaah 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ma'an News Agency
Centre estimate · not a score
Ma'an News Agency 🇵🇸PS · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al Rai
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Al Rai 🇯🇴JO · newspaper · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Mada
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Al-Mada 🇮🇶IQ · newspaper · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
WAFA · Palestinian News & Information Agency 🇵🇸PS · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
SANA (Syrian Arab News Agency) 🇸🇾SY · state agency · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Al-Manar
State-owned, sometimes critical estimate · not a score
Al-Manar 🇱🇧LB · TV/radio · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Galei Tzahal (Army Radio)
State / loyalist estimate · not a score
Galei Tzahal (Army Radio) 🇮🇱IL · TV/radio · state-controlled No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times → Middle East Eye
Centre-left estimate · not a score
Middle East Eye 🇬🇧UK · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured How hard the claim is stated Its own body says the investigators did not attribute the network to the Emirati state — the qualification its headline drops. ×1How hard the claim is stated The body withdraws in one line the attribution its own headline makes ×1How deeply it is sourced Cites its own past reporting as the evidence for the claim in its own headline, and calls the evidence widespread in its own voice ×1How deeply it is sourced Offers its own past reporting as the evidence supporting the claim in its headline, inside the same sentence that carries the denial. ×1 from 125 articles we hold · quote attached Outlet profile in The AI Times → Ammon News
Centre estimate · not a score
Ammon News 🇯🇴JO · digital · independent No report held from this outlet on this story. What we have measured Nothing scored yet. We do not carry a rating for any outlet — only what we have measured from published text. Outlet profile in The AI Times →
These are must-cite outlets for this desk that we did not manage to read when we built this story. That is a gap in our reach, not a silence on their part, and it is not evidence of anything about this story.

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