Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cupboard approves proposal to sanction the nation’s oldest newspaper.
Israel’s cupboard has accepted a proposal to chop all authorities hyperlinks with Haaretz – a transfer that might cripple the 105-year-old newspaper financially and power it to close down.
Haaretz has condemned the motion, describing it as “one other step in [Prime Minister Benjamin] Netanyahu’s journey to dismantle Israeli democracy”.
Can a free information media survive in Israel?
And might Israel’s Western allies strain it to respect the democratic values they are saying they stand for?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Friends:
Akiva Eldar – former Haaretz editorial board member
Tim Dawson – deputy secretary-general of the Worldwide Federation of Journalists
Dan Perry – former chairman of the Overseas Press Affiliation of Israel
