Israel government’s boycott of left-wing Haaretz newspaper is understandable for an administration in wartime

By Ori Wertman, Research Fellow, Faculty of Life Sciences and Education, University of South Wales

At a recent conference held in London by Israel’s longest-running newspaper, Haaretz, the publisher Amos Schocken – who is known for his critical stance towards Israel’s treatment of Palestinians – argued that the Palestinians who are defined by Israel as terrorists are, in fact, freedom fighters. Schocken also claimed that Israel is running a brutal apartheid regime against the Palestinian people and called for sanctions to be imposed on the Israeli leadership.…

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