How has Haaretz covered Israel’s wars?
As we’ve been reporting, Israel’s government has approved sanctions on the Haaretz newspaper for publishing articles that “hurt” Israel.
Here’s a look at some of the articles Haaretz has published:
- A recent Haaretz editorial accused new Defence Minister Israel Katz of instituting apartheid in the occupied West Bank by stopping the use of detention without trial for Jewish settlers, but not Palestinians.
- Earlier this month, Haaretz published an editorial accusing Netanyahu and the military of “conducting an ethnic cleansing operation in the northern Gaza Strip”.
- Another Haaretz editorial in August said Netanyahu was “torpedoing” ceasefire negotiations because he ultimately wants a “prolonged occupation of the Gaza Strip”.
- Last month, Haaretz reported on a letter from 130 Israeli soldiers who said they would refuse to serve in the military unless the government reached a ceasefire and captive release deal.
- In May this year, Haaretz published an opinion article, with chunks of text redacted, accusing the Israeli government of censoring media reporting on the practice of administrative detention.
- In November of last year, Haaretz reported that an Israeli military helicopter which opened fire on Hamas assailants also hit some people attending the Supernova festival on October 7. Police denied the report.
A photograph published by Haaretz in December 2023 shows Palestinian men bound and blindfolded by Israeli soldiers
Does Meta censor pro-Palestinian voices?
The way people follow news events has now changed dramatically with digital media, including Israel’s war on Gaza. Al Jazeera examined whether Meta, which owns Instagram and Facebook, has been censoring pro-Palestinian voices on social media.
Not available on YouTube: https://aje.io/afq66v?update=3347264
Anyway it's been brought up since last December
https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/12/20/meta-systemic-censorship-palestine-content
https://www.euronews.com/next/2024/10/07/human-rights-ngos-say-social-media-platforms-continue-to-censor-pro-palestine-content
Some 25 percent of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have scabies
For the first time since cases of scabies were identified in May, the Israel Prison Service (IPS) has admitted to an outbreak of the skin disease among Palestinian prisoners, Physicians for Human Rights-Israel has said.
According to the IPS, 2,874 prisoners have contracted the contagious condition – which causes severe itching, rashes and sores – over the past year, with 1,704 still actively infected.
“Current data reveals that 430 prisoners in Ramon and Nafha prisons are battling the condition, alongside 596 in Megiddo and 566 in the Ketziot prison facility. Additionally, dozens of cases have been reported in Ofer detention centre and other detention centres,” the group said in a statement.
In response to the outbreak, the IPS confirmed it had postponed lawyers’ visits and cancelled court appearances for affected prisoners. These measures were revealed in a state response to a High Court petition filed by Physicians for Human Rights-Israel and other human rights organisations.
The petition calls for urgent action to eradicate the scabies epidemic, asserting that the IPS has failed to implement widely recognised medical interventions necessary to contain the outbreak.
