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The newspaper's attorneys noted that, in recent years, the minister in charge of the police, Itamar Ben-Gvir, has repeatedly said that anyone receiving bad press in Haaretz would be considered for promotion, as well as the lawsuits he filed to silence the newspaper

Police reportedly said the subscriptions were halted 'in line with readers' requests.' Haaretz responded that it 'will not be deterred,' including in its coverage of the police. The High Court is reviewing a petition against the government's ban on Haaretz, which the attorney general has deemed unlawful

The Israeli government has practically paralyzed the agency dedicated to Palestinian refugees, and sanctions have caused extensive budget cuts. But UNRWA is still the most important humanitarian organization operating in Gaza. In an interview with Haaretz, its heads tell their side of the story

The state submitted an affidavit to the High Court of Justice in response to petitions against the decision to terminate its ties with the newspaper. It also accused Haaretz of 'defaming the state ... and the Zionist enterprise as a whole'

Education Committee chairman Zvi Succot, of the Religious Zionism party, announced his plan to target Haaretz earlier this month, and said the paper 'chose to stand by the enemy during the most difficult war in Israel's history'

A Knesset panel on banning Haaretz articles from high school exams was not actually about that at all, but about politicians who have no interest in working on behalf of the Israeli people

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara said that Defense Minister Israel Katz's decision violates a High Court ruling forbidding the military from discriminating between newspapers - adding that his order to end the IDF Spokesperson's Unit subscriptions to Haaretz is also illegal

Backed by his party's youth arm, MK and Knesset Education Committee chair Tzvi Succot is set to meet with education officials to push for the exclusion of Haaretz articles, particularly in grammar tests. The move follows the government's November resolution barring engagement with Haaretz

Between 2019 and 2024, Levinson received payments from Perception, a company owned by Srulik Einhorn, a Netanyahu associate who admitted to running a PR campaign for Qatar and is suspected of leaking a classified IDF document to Bild. Levinson confirmed working for Einhorn but denied any Qatar link, saying he was paid for campaign work in the Balkans. Haaretz summoned him for clarification and ended his employment

After columnist Gideon Levy accused IDF West Bank commander Avi Bluth of the war crime of 'collective punishment' and dubbed him 'Oberkommandant,' Haaretz faced a barrage of condemnations from the Israeli army and government, with Netanyahu's top ministers labeling the newspaper a 'hostile entity'

Haaretz and Ynet reporters were briefly detained near a Kafr Qassem forest where two bodies were found, on suspicion of 'obstructing a police officer.' They were searched, taken to the station, and released after their identities as journalists were confirmed

Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir sued Haaretz and Josh Breiner for 3 million shekels (about $886,000), over a report that exposed that a Kahanist charged with terrorism was advising Ben-Gvir. The court accepted Ben-Gvir's request to withdraw the suit, but ruled he must pay legal fees

In May, Haaretz reported that hundreds of reservists with mental health conditions recognized by the Defense Ministry were being called up for duty without the army being aware of their condition

Ibrahim, 16, was held at Megiddo for eight months until the parole board said his condition had deteriorated to 'life-threatening underweight.' He talks about recurring scabies infections, intestinal disease, beatings and neglect – and a Haaretz probe reveals that this is the experience of many others, some of whom didn't survive

In an interview, the top government official was asked about the Haaretz report that the prime minister's candidate said in closed talks that Israel's judicial system is 'a dictatorship that controls the entire country'

After a Haaretz exposé on IDF aid site killings in Gaza, the mayor of Arad ordered that the newspaper not be sold in his city. Locals handed out copies to residents in protest, hoping for 'more press freedom'

Despite lacking evidence to refute the report, Arad's mayor accused Haaretz of 'libeling the country in the service of terrorists.' Haaretz editor-in-chief responded: 'We will continue to loyally serve our readers in Arad'

Iran's enrichment capability may be damaged, but not destroyed. Israeli nuclear experts spoke with Haaretz about how small-scale operations could resume, what was hit, and why a cease-fire alone won't stop a bomb

Israel's High Court issued a conditional injunction ordering the government to explain its severing of ties with Haaretz. After six months, the State Prosecutor called the move 'declarative' to avoid judicial review, but Haaretz demanded a binding order, calling it an illegal economic boycott

The Gulf state stopped wiring funds to Yonatan Urich, after Haaretz revealed the prime minister's aide was receiving money from Qatar, Channel 13 News reported. A Mossad agent told Channel 12 News that the agency asked Urich to work for Qatar