Tag: Haaretz

Rights Groups List 50+ Calls for Gaza Genocide on Israel’s Channel 14

Since the October 7 attack, Israel’s right-wing Channel 14 has broadcast over 50 statements by presenters, panelists, and guests advocating or defending genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and more than 150 calls for war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to a report published Tuesday by an Israeli newspaper.

Haaretzreported that the Israeli human rights groups—Zulat for Equality and Human Rights, Hatzlacha: Movement for the Promotion of a Fair Society, and the Democratic Bloc—have compiled a list of genocidal statements and incitements to war crimes made by individuals appearing on Channel 14 since October 7.

Rights Groups List 50+ Calls for Gaza Genocide on Israel’s Channel 14

Massive Demonstrations, National Strike in Israel as Crowds blame PM Netanyahu for deaths of Hostages

Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Basil Maghrebi at the Israeli newspaper Arab 48 reports that tens of thousands of Israelis participated on Sunday evening in […]Al Jazeera English Video: “Israelis hit the streets en masse to demand captive deal”

Massive Demonstrations, National Strike in Israel as Crowds blame PM Netanyahu for deaths of Hostages

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Investigation Details IDF Use of Gaza Civilians as Booby Trap Detectors

IDF Chief of Staff Herzl Halevi and Southern Command chief Yaron Finkelman in Rafah.


Believing that “our lives are more important than their lives,” Israel Defense Forces soldiers have widely used Palestinians including civilians as booby trap detectors in Gaza, according to a new Haaretz investigation, the latest of numerous reports detailing IDF use of kidnapped Gazans as human shields.

Investigation Details IDF Use of Gaza Civilians as Booby Trap Detectors

Rape & Genocide: the Israeli War Machine We Support

“Rapists as heroes,” Gideon Levy said in Haaretz newspaper last week. “Heroically sodomizing shackled and helpless men. How can we dare to complain about their Nukhba? [Hamas’s elite fighters, some of whom are accused of rape on October 7th].

“Even the shocking number of prisoners who have died in detention and the number of amputees do not tell the story of the evil and the sadism of Sde Teiman in full. The brutality, torture and inhumane conditions were, insofar as is known, accompanied by various kinds of sexual violence.

Rape & Genocide: the Israeli War Machine We Support

Haaretz confirms the “The Hannibal Directive Oct 7th

Haaretz, published the results of its thorough, comprehensive investigation into what actually happened when Hamas attacked on October 7. So far, the U.S. mainstream media has not said a word about the shocking results of that investigation

Israel’s leading paper says its own army deliberately killed Israelis on October 7. But in the U.S. media: silence

Report Confirms Israel Ordered ‘Hannibal Directive’ During October 7 Response

The directive means the Israeli military could use any means to prevent Israelis from being taken captive even if it puts their life in danger.

A report published by the Israeli newspaper Haaretz on Sunday confirmed that the Israeli military implemented a secretive procedure known as the “Hannibal directive” during the response to the October 7 Hamas attack on southern Israel.

The directive allows Israeli forces to prevent Israelis from being taken hostage, even if that means putting their lives in danger. The directive had historically only applied to soldiers, but it was also used on Israeli civilians during the October 7 response.

Report Confirms Israel Ordered ‘Hannibal Directive’ During October 7 Response

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Israel has Haaretz newspaper in its sights as it tightens screws on media freedom – Pearls and Irritations

News reporter interviewing censored eyewitness person Image: iStock / :chameleonseye

The Israeli government is putting pressure on the left-leaning newspaper Haaretz to line up in support of the government in its conduct of the war in Gaza.

Source: Israel has Haaretz newspaper in its sights as it tightens screws on media freedom – Pearls and Irritations