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Written by Earthworm on 2024-11-25 at 06:55

"Israeli Government Imposes Sanctions on Haaretz, Cuts All Ties and Pulls Advertising"

-> Now is the time to get a haaretz subscription, or support the newspaper otherwise, folks!

Yes, this newspaper is diverse, which means that not all opinions are of one's taste. But if we are interested in a solution that does not consist in erasing a population, haaretz has definitely a role to play.

https://bird.makeup/users/haaretzcom/statuses/1860684568556093655

[#]Haaretz #Israel #Netanyahu

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Written by Earthworm on 2024-11-25 at 07:17

Here is more background to the story:

"On 31 October 2024, Haaretz's publisher Amos Schocken made remarks during a speech at a Haaretz conference in London criticising the Netanyahu government for allegedly imposing an apartheid regime on the Palestinian population and referring to "Palestinian freedom fighters that Israel calls terrorists." In response, the Israeli interior, education, diaspora ministries severed ties with Haaretz while the Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi advocated a boycott of the newspaper covering all government bodies and employees. By 4 November, the newspaper had received hundreds of cancellation and subscription termination requests, and a decline in advertising revenue. Several ministries had requested to cancel their subscriptions, with the Israeli foreign ministry cancelling 90 subscriptions. Following significant criticism, Schocken retracted his remarks."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haaretz

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Written by Earthworm on 2024-11-25 at 07:21

Schocken's clarifications:

"On Wednesday, Schocken clarified his remarks. "Given the reactions to my labeling Palestinians who commit acts of terror as freedom fighters, I have reconsidered my words. Many freedom fighters around the world and throughout history, possibly even those who fought for Israel's establishment, committed terrible acts of terrorism, harming innocent people to achieve their goals.

"I should have said: freedom fighters, who also resort to terror tactics - which must be combated. The use of terror is not legitimate."

"As for Hamas, they are not freedom fighters as their ideology essentially states, 'It's all ours, others should leave.' I have stated, though not in the conference speech but in an article, that the organizers and perpetrators of the October 7 attacks should be severely punished.

Schocken added, "There are Palestinian freedom fighters who do not use terrorism. Mahmoud Abbas, upon assuming his role as head of the Palestinian Authority, declared his decision to renounce terror and pursue only a diplomatic path. Perhaps for this reason, Netanyahu avoided establishing a relationship with him and chose Hamas instead."

https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-10-31/ty-article/.premium/haaretz-publisher-clarifies-hamas-remarks-as-netanyahu-govt-threatens-sanctions/00000192-e326-df50-a1bf-fbeef3fc0000 (paywalled, I almost never achieve to find the snapshot in archive.org, sorry)

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