Netanyahu government “sanctions” Haaretz financially

The vice-president of Haaretz, Noa Landau, announced on the X network that the government of Benjamin Netanyahu had decided to “sanction” the famous Israeli daily “by ending all state advertising, subscriptions financed by State or any other link.” “We will not be discouraged,” she responded.

The Haaretz editorial team specifies on its site that the “resolution approved on Sunday was not on the government agenda, generally published before the weekly cabinet meeting, and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu approved it without her has been subject to the usual examination. The measure was proposed by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, a member of the Likud party chaired by Mr. Netanyahu. It applies to all “government-funded” Israeli organizations.

The government’s explanation, according to the verbatim report by Haaretz, is based on “numerous articles that have undermined the legitimacy of the State of Israel and its right to self-defense.” The Israeli executive did not particularly appreciate the “remarks made in London by the editorialist (and head of the press group which owns the newspaper) Amos Schocken, whose comments support terrorism and call for imposing sanctions on the government” .

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Speaking of Amos Schocken

At the beginning of November, Haaretz, founded in 1919 and oriented to the left, dissociated itself from the remarks made by Amos Schocken. The latter declared during a press conference in London: “The government of Benjamin Netanyahu is not concerned about imposing a cruel apartheid regime on the Palestinian population. He dismisses out of hand the price paid for defending the West Bank settlements, fighting against freedom fighters who are labeled terrorists by Israel. »

Since the start of the Gaza war on October 7, 2023, Haaretz has distinguished itself from other Israeli media by adopting a more critical line on the way in which Benjamin Netanyahu’s government has waged the war against the enclave. More recently, the daily has not failed to relay the news linked to the legal proceedings which have led so far to the indictment of at least one of the collaborators of Benjamin Netanyahu’s government. He is accused of having transmitted classified documents with the intention of harming the State. Reacting to the warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against Benjamin Netanyahu and his former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, Haaretz published an editorial three days ago calling the proceedings a “nadir.” unprecedented morale” for the country.