During a meeting of the Ministerial Committee on Legislation earlier today, Communications Minister Shlomi Karhi lashes out, while discussing the government’s decision to sever ties with the Haaretz newspaper.
In recordings from the meeting leaked to Hebrew media, Karhi bemoans the excuses he claims Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara made to avoid giving a legal opinion on the left-wing paper.
“A year, I’ve been waiting for the Attorney General’s Office to comment on the proposal to stop funding Haaretz and they refuse… claiming that it’s political, that it’s a regime change,” the minister can be heard saying.
“So? We are elected by the public; we can change the regime if we want to.”
Karhi’s proposal to cut off all advertising and announcements of government tenders both in the printed edition and on the Haaretz website was unanimously approved by the cabinet.
The move came in response to recent comments made by Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken referring to Palestinian terrorists as “freedom fighters.”
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