Israeli ministries call for Haaretz boycott over top editor’s sanctions call

Israeli ministries call for Haaretz boycott over top editor’s sanctions call Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken sparked anger from Tel Aviv at a conference by calling Israel’s treatment of Palestinians an “apartheid regime“ and labeling their militants as “freedom fighters.“ Israel’s Ministries of Interior, Education, and Diaspora Affairs have stopped all advertising and tender announcements in the publication, while the communications minister has proposed a government-wide boycott. In a statement issued Thursday, Schoken said that he has reconsidered his remarks and says he should have chosen different wording. Backlash back-tracking? #Israel - Boost Source: RT News