- cross-posted to:
- brainworms@lemm.ee
- cross-posted to:
- brainworms@lemm.ee
Israel has approved a resolution to cut ties with the Israeli news outlet Haaretz and ban government funding bodies from communicating or placing advertisements with the newspaper.
The government said its decision was due to “many articles that have hurt the legitimacy of the state of Israel and its right to self-defence, and particularly the remarks made in London by Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken that support terrorism and call for imposing sanctions on the government,” Haaretz reported on Sunday.
“Like his friends [Russian President Vladimir] Putin, [Turkish President Recep Tayyip] Erdogan, and [Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor] Orban, Netanyahu is trying to silence a critical, independent newspaper. Haaretz will not balk and will not morph into a government pamphlet that publishes messages approved by the government and its leader,” the outlet added.
“It dismisses the costs of both sides for defending the settlements while fighting the Palestinian freedom fighters that Israel calls ‘terrorists’,” he added.
Following an Israeli public outcry over the comments, Schocken said that his mention of Palestinian freedom fighters did not mean Hamas.
Once again, every accusation is a confession.
Only democracy in the…yadda yadda yadda.
That’s always a sign of a strong state. Yep. Nothing to see here.
What horrible people, never evolved past “might makes right.” Vile.
Israel hurt itself in its confusion!
Hey stop reporting about our ongoing genocide and war crimes or we will…commit more war crimes? … Nutinyahoo
Netanyahu is turning on his own supporters. Just put him on the plane to the Netherlands already.
Haaretz is antisemetic!
Yeah, nothing fascist about that…