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Related: About this forumIsraeli government orders officials to boycott left-leaning paper Haaretz
In a statement on Sunday, the office of Shlomo Karhi, the communications minister, said that his proposal against Haaretz had been unanimously approved by other ministers.
We will not allow a reality in which the publisher of an official newspaper in the state of Israel will call for the imposition of sanctions against it and will support the enemies of the state in the midst of a war and will be financed by it, the statement said.
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The newspaper has published a series of investigations of wrongdoing or abuses by senior officials and the armed forces, and has long been in the crosshairs of the current government. It has also been a vocal supporter of the campaign for a ceasefire to free hostages seized by Hamas in October last year and still held in Gaza.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/nov/24/israeli-government-orders-officials-to-boycott-left-leaning-paper-haaretz
Authoritarian government throws a tantrum.
Klarkashton
(2,285 posts)Beastly Boy
(11,305 posts)Eko
(8,602 posts)When he eviscerates the justice department will you still think we have a democracy?
When he takes away federal funds to blue states because they don't follow his whims will you still think we have a democracy?
When he fires the generals and officers involved in the Afghanistan pull out will you still think we have a democracy?
When his goons start pulling people off the streets will you still think we have a democracy?
When he gets a nationwide abortion ban will you still think we have a democracy?
If his justice department shuts down left wing sites will you still think we have a democracy?
When the last one happens you wont be able to finally tell me no.
Beastly Boy
(11,305 posts)My point exactly.
Eko
(8,602 posts)That we aren't a democracy? And that Israel isn't?
eppur_se_muova
(37,653 posts)Crunchy Frog
(27,115 posts)Israeli
(4,310 posts)'The bill's immediate significance is the full and total elimination of public broadcasting in Israel, fundamentally altering Israeli media. Such a drastic decision cannot be made hastily through a private bill,' the official legal opinion on the bill states. Journalists' unions say that 'about 1,000 employees who work in public broadcasting are being attacked by ministers and in order undermine freedom of the press'
Source : Haaretz
link : https://archive.md/GTTYu
Israeli
(4,310 posts)Make no mistake, the decision that was approved by the government of Israel on Sunday, to boycott Haaretz imposing economic sanctions, forbidding any use of public funds for advertising or subscriptions is not a stand-alone event.
It partners another incident, when one of Israel's most important investigative journalists, Ilana Dayan, was brutally attacked when she "dared" to tell CNN's Christian Amanpour that Israeli media doesn't show the scale of the humanitarian crisis in Gaza. Shortly after this interview, Dayan was bombarded by incitement, hate speech, threats on social media and via text messages to her private cellphone, along with a clear delegitimization of her right to express the facts.
These are not separate incidents. This is part of a well-crafted masterplan by Netanyahu and his government to destroy press freedom in Israel and the independent media in this country.
The masterplan plays out in several dimensions..............
Continued @ : https://archive.md/3RNZm
Source : Haaretz .
C0RI0LANUS
(1,843 posts)Writing for Haaretz, Gideon Levy won the Sokolov Award (AKA the Israeli Pulitzer) in 2021.
Israeli
(4,310 posts)he gets more attention outside of Israel than he does inside where he is hated because he
speaks the truth .
David Horovitz is the other side of the journalistic political spectrum ......leans more towards the Right than the Left
least he used to ......probably best described as a Centralist .
When he writes this ......
Why you should be worried for Israeli democracy
@ https://www.timesofisrael.com/why-you-should-be-worried-for-israeli-democracy/
Makes you wonder how long before they add The Times of Israel to their list .
C0RI0LANUS
(1,843 posts)BTW: I enjoyed listening to Gideon Levy years ago when I still watched TV. He's a smart guy with compassion who reminded me of this mensch:
The late, great Amos Oz, the "humane heart of Israel." Of course, he's pictured with his cat.