Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's cabinet approves proposal to sanction the country's oldest newspaper.
Israel's cabinet approved a proposal to cut all government ties with Haaretz, a move that could financially cripple the 105-year-old newspaper and force it to close.
Haaretz condemned the action and described it as “another step in [Prime Minister Benjamin] “Netanyahu’s journey to dismantle Israeli democracy.”
Can a free media survive in Israel?
And can Israel's Western allies pressure it to respect the democratic values they claim to uphold?
Presenter: Tom McRae
Guests:
Akiva Eldar – former member of the Haaretz editorial board
Tim Dawson – deputy secretary general of the International Federation of Journalists
Dan Perry – former president of the Israel Foreign Press Association
