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Israel Radio International is the official international broadcasting

International broadcasting

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station of Israel

Israel

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.

Operating since 1955, the Voice of Israel's shortwave

Shortwave

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transmissions on Reshet hey ("Network E") broadcasts to the entire world. They are also the main link between Israel

Israel

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and the Jewish diaspora

Diaspora

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. In its early years, "Kol Zion la'Gola" (קול ציון לגולה) as it was known, was the sole reliable and direct source of information for Jews living in the Arab

Arab

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countries and behind the "Iron Curtain

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".

Administered by the overseas broadcasting division, it transmits to listeners abroad in 14 languages: English

English language

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, French

French language

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, Russian

Russian language

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, Bukharan

Bukhori language

Bukhori is a unique dialect of the Persian language spoken in Central Asia by the Bukharian Jews. Hence, a more descriptive name for the language might be Judæo-Persian or Judæo-Tajik....

, Georgian

Georgian language

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, Mugrabian

Judeo-Moroccan

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, Yiddish

Yiddish language

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, Tigrinya

Tigrinya language

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, Ladino, Spanish

Spanish language

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, Romanian

Romanian language

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, Hungarian

Hungarian language

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, Persian

Persian language

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and Amharic

Amharic language

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.

Apart from news and broadcasts reflecting events in the country, the channel transmits documentaries on Judaism

Judaism

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, the history of the Israeli people, Israeli culture and discussions on immigration

Immigration

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and absorption.

As of the summer of 2007, the only Israel Radio International / Reshet Hey produced programming, is Persian. The rest of Israel Radio International, is a relay of the domestic REKA network. For example, the English news broadcasts on REKA and Israel Radio International are now identical.

As of April 1, 2008, the only shortwave broadcasts left are 1.5 hours of Persian

Persian language

aimed at Iran. The Persian Service was founded by Amnon Netzer

Amnon Netzer

Amnon Netzer was an Iranian-Jewish historian, researcher, professor and journalist.He dedicated much of his life to uncovering, analyzing, and recording the literature, culture, and 2,700-year history of Iran's Jewry.He founded Israel Broadcasting Authority's Persian Service in 1958 and was a...

in 1958.

As of the same date, they also started a new official Israel Radio (Kol Israel) International webpage, listed below, with live and on-demand audio. The full Israel Radio International feed is now only available via webfeed and via the Amos Middle East spot satellite beam.

The Israel Radio English news may be heard on some radio stations which use the WRN feed, such as Sirius / XM satellite channel 120. These stations do not broadcast at the same schedule as Israel Radio does, they are time delayed.

Since Israel Radio is on WRN, a time delayed English broadcast is sometimes broadcast on shortwave via WRMI. WRMI frequently changes its broadcast schedule.

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