Mayor of Nesher, Roi Levy, ordered a halt on advertising in Haaretz after the newspaper's publisher, Amos Shocken, claimed at a conference in London that "Palestinian terrorists are freedom fighters." Levy wrote: "I informed the municipality spokesperson and the treasurer to stop any advertising in Haaretz and agreements related to this newspaper. Only a consumer boycott with public money will have any effect." Channel 14 mentioned on Wednesday that Shocken said: "The Netanyahu government is not bothered about imposing a brutal apartheid regime over the Palestinian population. It ignores the cost of defending the settlements to both sides, while fighting the Palestinian freedom combat soldiers, whom Israel calls terrorists." "To a certain extent, what is happening now in the occupied territories and in part of Gaza is a second Nakba. A Palestinian state must be established." Shocken also claimed that, "The only way to achieve this is through sanctions against the Israeli leaders, who oppose it and against the settlers." Related articles: Haaretz columnist sits down with antisemitic podcast host Sara Netanyahu seeks restraining order against journalist MK Tzvi Succot mocks MK Yair Lapid: 'Racism is ugly' IDF broke international law in Gaza Commentator Amit Segal responded: " Israel spends millions of shekels every year in Government Advertising Agency publications, statutory ads and subscriptions to Ha’retz . After October 7, the newspaper's reporter, terrorist supporter Amira Hass, published a praise for Hamas terrorists and actually justified their invasion of Israel and killing of soldiers. Now the publisher of the newspaper defines the terrorists as freedom fighters," Segal wrote. He wondered "How much longer will taxpayers' money finance this support for terrorism?". "By the way, the nicest thing is that pro-Palestinian activists also protested against this conference in London on the grounds that it encourages apartheid," Segal concluded.
