From the Other Side with Guy Zaher
A daily current-affairs program examining the gap between reality and its representation in the media
From the Other Side with Guy Zaher was a daily current-affairs program hosted by journalist and broadcaster Guy Zaher. It was broadcast each evening on Kan 11, before Games of Thrones, and focused on reading news and public messages critically.
A different perspective on the news
The program addressed examples from public discourse and media coverage, seeking to bring order to a crowded flow of messages. It examined how information is packaged, which emphases are selected and how media presentation shapes the public’s perception of reality.
Media figures, journalists, influencers and other guests appeared alongside Zaher from time to time. Leah Lev and Roy Idan had recurring segments, and some episodes addressed viewers’ responses to earlier broadcasts.
Professional recognition and production
In 2020, the program won an award from the Israeli Academy of Film and Television in the current-affairs programs category.
Before the program went on air, its production raised questions about filming in the studios of Israel’s public broadcaster. The broadcaster’s employees’ committee sought to prevent the filming, arguing that the use of the studios by an outside production company conflicted with restrictions on outside productions in the news field. The program ultimately went to air and was produced in an unused studio belonging to the broadcaster.
Production was temporarily suspended on August 8, 2019, following a dispute between Kan and Koda Communications concerning the production of Jerusalem District. The program resumed on September 18, following an arrangement under which Guy Zaher would produce it personally.
An Arabic-language version
On November 14, 2021, an Arabic-language version began airing on Kan 33, hosted by Rami Younis.
Why this legacy belongs in Moreshet
From the Other Side with Guy Zaher merits inclusion in Moreshet because it documents an important form of Israeli television: a program that sought to strengthen the public’s ability to read news and media messages critically. For an archive concerned with Israeli life, culture and institutions, it records a chapter in the history of Israeli journalism and television. Its place on Moreshet.com is therefore meaningful as part of the record of a television work that made the examination of media itself a central subject on the screen.
