The ongoing war in Gaza has led to significant financial costs for Israel, estimated at $48 billion, with the US expected to cover a third of the total amount. The Israeli government's handling of the budget during wartime has come under scrutiny, with concerns about its ability to manage the costs and keep the economy afloat. Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi has proposed sanctions against Haaretz, a prominent newspaper, for its coverage of the war, accusing it of spreading 'lying, defeatist propaganda.' This move has sparked criticism from journalists and raised concerns about press freedom in Israel. The government's response to the war and its financial implications has also raised questions about leadership and the nation's unity.
If Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the other members of this Israeli coalition of folly don’t come to their senses over the next month and a half, the 2024 budget will collapse | Haaretz Editorial https://t.co/j5W8MOOD7J
Morale is damaged because of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Morale is damaged because he will drag us from one war to the next, from one mission to the next, until he is convinced he can declare victory | Opinion https://t.co/IL1fvE67w2
Without Israeli – not Jewish – solidarity, Israel won’t be able to defeat its enemies or preserve the Israeli way of life over time | Opinion https://t.co/jGQun12ZPf
Israel's finance minister made an irresponsible decision that will severely undermine Israel’s credibility on international capital markets | Haaretz Editorial https://t.co/j5W8MOO5ib
The nation-state law should be repealed not for the sake of the Druze, but for the sake of all Israelis. The state must nurture an overarching Israeli identity to which every group can feel that it belongs | Opinion https://t.co/jGQun12ZPf
How can a public that demonstrated against Netanyahu place any trust in him? Will that public be able to withstand more and more dead when he is the leader? | Opinion https://t.co/IL1fvE6FlA
Israel needs a leadership that aspires to draw in everyone who currently feels left out of Israeliness, rather than one that deepens the rift by continuing to exclude them from the state’s self-definition | Opinion https://t.co/jGQun12ZPf
After Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi proposed financial penalties against Haaretz for what he termed "lying, defeatist propaganda," prominent journalists slam the Netanyahu government's latest attack on the free press in Israel https://t.co/n0IzS6RuM4
MIDDLE ISRAEL: Bezalel Smotrich's utter misunderstanding of wartime economics proves Israel's finance minister should never have been appointed in the first place. @MiddleIsrael writes: https://t.co/JP5dfeBaMk
Israel's government will lose its ability to function during wartime because its ministers refuse to take responsibility for managing the budget | Haaretz Editorial https://t.co/j5W8MOOD7J
Israel’s war with Hamas will cost it an estimated $48 billion. It’s the job of a team of technocrats that calls itself the “government’s CFO” to find the money to help pay for it https://t.co/fLlP2JcdQ4 via @GalitAltstein https://t.co/3LTVGxoLC0
BREAKING: HAARETZ BANNED IN ISRAEL The Minister of Communications in Israel initiates the process to close down Haaretz, an Israeli newspaper, citing its "anti-patriotic”. This follows Haaretz's coverage of an incident involving an Israeli helicopter shooting Israeli civilians… https://t.co/TLTFQvafeP
🧵1/3 Israel's Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi submitted a proposal to take action against Haaretz by ending the publication of government notices in Haaretz https://t.co/n0IzS6QWWw
🧵1/3 Israel's Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi submitted a proposal to take action against Haaretz by ending the publication of government notices in the newspaper https://t.co/n0IzS6QWWw
For years before he led the attack on the independence of Israel’s judiciary, Netanyahu dreamt of an entirely pliant, if not slavish, media. Today his communications minister reminded us those illiberal dreams are alive, kicking and intensified by wartime https://t.co/EaKneF3pjP
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud) seeks to sanction the Haaretz daily, he told Cabinet Secretary Yossi Fuchs in a letter on Thursday. https://t.co/TWakpu6VTB
Minister suggests sanctions on Haaretz for ‘false propaganda,’ but action unlikely https://t.co/Op6ZdNAGcG . Click to read ⬇️
#Israel's Minister of Communications begins the procedure to shut down Israeli Newspaper Haaretz for being “anti-patriotic”. Haaretz carried the story about Israeli Helicopter shooting civilians on Oct. 7th. #Gaza https://t.co/4ZP6fFMEfc
⚡️Haaretz: “Israel's communications minister threatens Haaretz, suggests penalizing its war coverage”
After Communications Minister Karhi threatens Haaretz with financial penalties for its Gaza war coverage (in his words, 'lying, defeatist propaganda'), prominent journalists slam the Netanyahu govt's latest attack on the free press in Israel @haaretzcom https://t.co/EaKneF3pjP
BREAKING: Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi proposes halt to state advertising, subscriptions or commercial connection with Haaretz due to what he claims is 'defeatist and false propaganda' during a time of war.
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi (Likud) seeks to sanction the Haaretz daily, explaining that much of the paper’s funding comes from ads and subscriptions purchased by the government. #Israel | #Haaretz https://t.co/TWakpu6VTB
Israeli Minister Threatens Crackdown on Haaretz For 'Defeatist' Coverage of War https://t.co/1u52aDOeP1
The Gaza war demands a responsible finance minister who ensures Israel can cover the costs and keep the economy afloat. This far-right politician has other priorities / David Rosenberg https://t.co/etOx8zPDdD
⚡The Israeli government's spending on the military operation in the #Gaza Strip will reach 48 billion dollars, with a third of the total amount provided by the US, Bloomberg reported, citing data from the consulting company Leader Capital Market. https://t.co/7mxm3Zi4Bl
#Israel will spend $48 billion on operations in the Gaza Strip, with the U.S. providing a third of that amount - Bloomberg, citing expert analysis "We are quite capable of financing the state even in more extreme scenarios than the current hostilities," Finance Ministry… https://t.co/10v7lEd2lh https://t.co/OELtZ6NoTT
The financial cost of war for Israel: "The war .. will come with a fiscal price tag estimated at .. $48 billion in 2023-2024 .. Israel will likely be on the hook for two-thirds of the total costs [ie $32bn] .. with the US paying for the rest [ie $16bn]" https://t.co/ziSmZWgfQz
Netanyahu will have to face a state commission of inquiry. But what we know so far is already enough to justify ousting him and preventing him from continuing to oversee a war that is largely the consequence of his incompetence | Haaretz Editorial https://t.co/01TNEMPMOI