IS THERE A FREE PRESS IN ISRAEL?


If we ask the Jewish public if they believe there is a free press in Israel, the answer will be clearly negative: “No, there is no free press because the government finances the big newspapers, which receive this significant financial aid. And it is difficult to imagine that if a newspaper receives money from the government, its reporting line will criticize it; and instead it will support it and support Prime Minister Netanyahu, who is therefore considered a war criminal.


And yet this negative assessment of the Israeli press is incorrect. Because there is a free press. It is only one newspaper, it is true, but even if it is only one, it has a freedom of information that the other newspapers ignore. It is the newspaper Haaretz, which publishes an edition in Hebrew and another in English; and it criticizes the government of Benjamin Netanyahu, for having declared a disproportionate war in Gaza, and invaded Lebanon.


In today's editorial, Haaretz says: “Israel's Highest Moral Imperative Is to Stop the War in Gaza Too”. And continues: “Promoting Lebanon Cease-fire, Netanyahu's Cynicism on Gaza and the Hostages Is Apparent While the Israeli PM was quick to agree to a fragile”- Haaretz condemns Netanyahu for his attempt to silence the newspaper: “Netanyahu wants to shut us down. Read Haaretz now”


A conversation is quoted between Netanyahu and several politicians from his party who ask him: “Now that we have the agreement with Lebanon, who is its worst enemy?” The Hebrew prime minister answers: “You are wrong if you think that Hamas is my main enemy. My main enemy is Haaretz.”


Haaretz echoes the discontent among Jewish public opinion over Netanyahu's failure to free the hostages held by Hamas, instead of prolonging the war; and calls the prime minister the “new Pharaoh” who, like the famous Ramses II, enslaved the Jews in ancient times.


The existence of Haaretz is at stake after Netanyahu called it his worst enemy. But as long as the paper exists, we can say that there is, albeit a small, free press in Israel.


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