Channel 12 commentator Amit Segal is unimpressed with the effort by Haaretz reporters and editors to disassociate themselves from publisher Amos Shocken's statement that Hamas terrorists are "freedom fighters."
In an argument he gave today (Monday) on Israeli TV, Segal noted a number of problems with the Haaretz editorial condemning this comparison and Shocken's claim that he chose his words poorly one time.
As Segal said, a simple Twitter search of Shocken's account would show repeated, almost "obsessive" use of the term "freedom fighter" in reference to Palestinian terrorists, and the effort to claim that he was not referring to those involved in October 7 is unconvincing.
The second is that the Haaretz editorial and op-eds criticizing Shocken for comparing terrorists to freedom fighters said nothing about the controversial paper's call to impose sanctions on Israel to force his desired political outcome.
This silent agreement to sanctioning the country appears as hypocrisy given the loud protests against the government's sanctioning of Haaretz by refusing to have any dealings with the ailing paper.
When it comes to sanctions, Segal implies, the rules are: good for thee, but not for me.
