It's a Killing Field': IDF Soldiers Ordered to Shoot Deliberately at Unarmed Gazans Waiting for Humanitarian Aid

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'Too Few Copies, Lots of Support': Locals of South Israeli Town Resist Mayor's Effort to Ban Haaretz

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'

Following the Arad mayor's announcement that he intends to ban the sale of Haaretz in the southern Israeli city, residents gathered at the local commercial center to distribute copies of the newspaper in protest. "

They were scooped up within minutes," said prominent left-wing activist Avi Dabush.

The mayor, Yair Maayan, announced his intention to ban Haaretz from Arad's streets after it published an exposé last week in which Israeli soldiers testified that they were ordered to shoot unarmed civilians in Gaza to keep them away from food distribution hubs, even when they posed no threat.

Dabush, executive director of Rabbis for Human Rights, joined a small group of locals handing out Haaretz's Hebrew newspaper in the city's main shopping area in response to the ban.

In a social media post, he noted that all 50 copies were gone almost immediately. "Too few copies, but lots of support," Dabush wrote on X. "For the newspaper, yes - but even more for press freedom and the need to resist the mayor's violent populism. We'll keep adding light. Our hope is not yet lost," he added

Dabush and his fellow distributors also said they would return as many times as needed to distribute more newspapers. "We will not surrender to [far-right, ultranationalist] Kahanism or to any attempts to silence us," Dabush vowed.

The report sparked global outrage over the actions of Israel's military in Gaza. However, some pro-Israel supporters and Israeli politicians – including Maayan, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Israel Katz – were more angered by the existence of the report itself, accusing Haaretz of "echoing Hamas propaganda" and perpetrating a "blood libel."

"The municipality will not allow false incitement against IDF soldiers and the State of Israel, certainly in times of war. The municipality will act to prevent the entry of the inciting newspaper into the city in accordance with the Prevention of Incitement Law," Maayan told the Jewish News Syndicate on Monday.

In an interview with Israel's public broadcaster Kan, Maayan said that he would first approach any shops carrying Haaretz and "request nicely" that they stop selling the newspaper. When asked what he would do if the seller refused, the mayor responded, "We will just happen to renovate the sidewalk right in front of that store, and it will have to be closed."

"What can we do?" he asked with faux innocence. "We have to renovate the sidewalks."

In response to the proposed ban, Haaretz editor-in-chief Aluf Benn declared, "We will continue to loyally serve our readers in Arad, just like everywhere else," while Noa Landau, the paper's deputy editor, raised another point: "Someone should just let him know that Haaretz is also sold digitally – and it's a bit harder to "renovate the sidewalk" on the internet.".................

Source : Haaretz
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