In 2006, during the invasion of Lebanon, she denounced the Israeli press, saying they had “abandoned their journalistic role, without announcement or apology. (...) It seems that they are no longer capable of performing their professional duty as they have all become subservient to “patriotism”. International Press Director for the IDF Avital Leibovich, on the other hand, claimed to be “positively surprised” by international coverage of the conflict, even in media considered to be neutral or not pro-Israel.
من جهة أخرى، أكدت أفيتال ليبوفيتش، مديرة الصحافة الدولية في الجيش الإسرائيلي "تفاجئها إيجابياً" بالطريقة التي تم بها تغطية الأزمة من قبل الصحافة الدولية، حتى من قبل وسائل كانت تعتبر محايدة و بالطبع غير معادية لإسرائيل.