In a statement, the foreign ministry said France would 'respect its international obligations' but added that the Israeli leader was covered by immunity rules that apply to states that are not a party to the ICC.
“Israeli” media is constantly censored. Haartez is being newly targeted by censors because they didn’t back down on publishing basic facts about “Israeli” forces firing on concertgoers on October 7. These are not unpopular moves. A supermajority of “Israelis”, for example, believe media should be censored so as to not show Palestinians in a sympathetic light.
if it is highly popular why is he so keen to silence all media including israeli media like haartz? https://www.axios.com/2024/11/25/israeli-government-votes-to-boycott-haaretz
“Israeli” media is constantly censored. Haartez is being newly targeted by censors because they didn’t back down on publishing basic facts about “Israeli” forces firing on concertgoers on October 7. These are not unpopular moves. A supermajority of “Israelis”, for example, believe media should be censored so as to not show Palestinians in a sympathetic light.
May I ask how do you know how many Israelis support media censorship? Is there a poll data somewhere I could look at?
Here’s one reported by Haaretz itself: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2024-09-05/ty-article/.premium/poll-majority-of-israelis-back-censoring-gaza-war-posts-exposing-jewish-arab-divide/00000191-c119-de0a-afd5-d959c4d20000