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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.

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[-] narr1@lemmy.world 30 points 1 month ago

Once again, every accusation is a confession.

[-] homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world 21 points 1 month ago

That's always a sign of a strong state. Yep. Nothing to see here.

[-] xenomor@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Only democracy in the…yadda yadda yadda.

[-] jlh@lemmy.jlh.name 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Netanyahu is turning on his own supporters. Just put him on the plane to the Netherlands already.

[-] ButtermilkBiscuit@lemm.ee 10 points 1 month ago

Hey stop reporting about our ongoing genocide and war crimes or we will........commit more war crimes? ........ Nutinyahoo

[-] queermunist@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Israel hurt itself in its confusion!

[-] watson387@sopuli.xyz 8 points 1 month ago

Yeah, nothing fascist about that...

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 month ago

Haaretz is antisemetic!

[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 4 points 1 month ago

What horrible people, never evolved past "might makes right." Vile.

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