A Haaretz journalist has revealed that Israeli security officials threatened him and blocked his reporting on a story about a Mossad chief's efforts to intimidate a top prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC). The journalist was told he would 'suffer the consequences' and 'get to know the interrogation rooms of the Israeli security authorities from the inside' if he published the story. The incident reportedly occurred in 2022, but the Israeli government used emergency powers to prevent its publication at the time. Haaretz had the story in 2022.
A Haaretz staffer says he was told by an Israeli senior official that he would ‘suffer the consequences’ if he published a story about alleged Mossad pressure on an ICC prosecutor. Read here: https://t.co/lN9FtwsERY https://t.co/rzgthXz6aM
A Haaretz journalist reveals Israeli security officials threatened him and blocked his reporting about a Mossad chief's efforts to intimidate an ICC prosecutor (@petersbeaumont / The Guardian) https://t.co/5grH4Mpa5M https://t.co/pXv4ETosKl
Israeli journalist describes threats over reporting on spy chief and ICC https://t.co/Q0XVpb5HR5
Haaretz reporter had the story of the Mossad chief threatening the top ICC prosecutor but Israeli authorities said if he published, he’d "suffer the consequences and get to know the interrogation rooms of the Israeli security authorities from the inside." https://t.co/sBAwEihm7a
Reporter for Haaretz says he had the story of the then-Mossad chief threatening the top ICC prosecutor but Israeli security officials made clear he would "suffer the consequences and get to know the interrogation rooms of the Israeli security authorities from the inside." https://t.co/1npAsTkSke
New twist on Mossad intimidation of the ICC: Haaretz says it had the story in 2022. Israeli government officials “used emergency powers to prevent the story from being published.” Reporter told he would “suffer the consequences” of publication. https://t.co/fiuCY2mgmV