lego 44,165 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Death threats to Haaretz journalists appear on right-winger’s Facebook page Following wave of comments, including - 'With God’s help, the journalists at Haaretz will be murdered just like in France' - Ronen Shoval promises to remove offending remarks. Director of Im Tirtzu Ronen Shoval. Facebook users have called for the murder of Haaretz journalists, responding to a call by a right-leaning politician who wants an investigation into Haaretz’s editors on suspicion of “defeatist propaganda†under Statute 103 of Israel’s penal code. Ronen Shoval, who is running in right-wing party Habayit Hayehudi’s primary, called for the investigation on Facebook over the weekend. This came after Haaretz had run a cartoon in which its graphic designers paid tribute to the cartoonists killed in the terror attack on the Charlie Hebdo newspaper in France. Shoval, a founder of the Im Tirtzu movement that an Israeli court has described as having fascist "similarities,†wrote: “If we have learned anything, it is that terror attacks are the result of an atmosphere of incitement.†According to Shoval, “Unfortunately, the attorney general will not do a thing, as usual. But determined lawmakers can change this situation.†A raft of death threats came in. “We must do what the terrorists did to them in France, but at Haaretz,†wrote Facebook user Chai Aloni. “Why is there no terror attack at Haaretz?†wrote Moni Ponte. “Let the terrorists eliminate them,†wrote Daniella Peretz. “With God’s help, the journalists at Haaretz will be murdered just like in France,†wrote Miki Dahan. As Danit Hajaj put it, “They should die.†“Haaretz is where the terrorists should have gone,†wrote Riki Michael. “Death to traitors,†added Moshe Mehager. “I hope that terrorism reaches Haaretz as well,†wrote Tuval Shalom. “With God’s help, [there will be] a Hamas operation that kills all of you, like the journalists in France,†wrote Ruti Hevroni. Haaretz’s editorial staff said the cartoons published in the project were a personal gesture by the newspaper’s designers, not the editorial board, and this is how they were presented. “It is astonishing that in the framework of the global debate over freedom of expression and freedom of the press, and at a time when journalists have been killed over the existence of this right, Internet users are demanding that Haaretz completely censor a cartoon whose content they do not like,†a spokesman for Haaretz’s editorial staff said. “[The cartoon represents] the personal view of the cartoonist, just as the cartoons in Charlie Hebdo expressed the opinions of the cartoonists who worked there and were published in the name of freedom of expression, even though they were provocative and angered many people. The role of caricature, or of any other visual message, is to arouse thought and debate.†Shoval responded to the wave of Facebook comments on Sunday afternoon, promising to remove the offending remarks. "Thank you for drawing my attention to the severe comments posted on my page," Shoval said. "I will make sure to erase them quickly; as you said, I understand that incitement leads to murder. In the same breath, I ask you to remove the caricature immediately." The cartoon that sparked the death threats (captions in Hebrew read: 10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris (top), about 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza (bottom) (Noa Olchowski) http://www.haaretz.com/mobile/.premium-1.636488?v=33497CB6FB6CEBF6507D9CC92B7684AD FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTC 0 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 this world has become an ugly place im not suprised by anything anymore .. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 867 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 Haaretz Best Israeli news paper tbh death @ you using an article about facebook comments tho :toofloppy: don't you have something better to do, lego? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted January 11, 2015 Author Share Posted January 11, 2015 Haaretz Best Israeli news paper tbh death @ you using an article about facebook comments tho :toofloppy: don't you have something better to do, lego? I thought you hated Haaretz, since they're "anti-zionists". Well comments are not just random, they are incited by Israeli right wing politician, they are on his page. You don't find them worrying or disgusting? I didn't create the article, Haaretz did. It's obviously big deal to them. I follow them on twitter:) FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dolev 867 Posted January 11, 2015 Share Posted January 11, 2015 I thought you hated Haaretz, since they're "anti-zionists". Well comments are not just random, they are incited by Israeli right wing politician, they are on his page. You don't find them worrying or disgusting? I didn't create the article, Haaretz did. It's obviously big deal to them. I follow them on twitter:) You're thinking way too much dear Of course I find the comments worrying, and of course its a big deal for them - it is them! But really? Is it so dramatic? Was it such a big event? Believe me, I could easily find worrying comments made by Arabs against Jews as well. There's enough nasty-hateful comments on the web towards everyone, all of them are usually done by stupid & less-moderate people. It says nothing, really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,451 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 If Haaretz felt in danger, they probably would go to the police. but they didn't, they know it's only an "expression" of ignorants. few facebook comments from a minority that can't even read Haaretz because the Hebrew is too difficult for them to read, don't need to scare anyone or give any picture of a whole country.. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,451 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 I follow them on twitter:) off topic for a moment: I worked as a salesperson for haaretz for 2 years, I spread the left in Israel So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 off topic for a moment: I worked as a salesperson for haaretz for 2 years, I spread the left in Israel Traitor:) Jk. FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lego 44,165 Posted January 12, 2015 Author Share Posted January 12, 2015 If Haaretz felt in danger, they probably would go to the police. but they didn't, they know it's only an "expression" of ignorants. few facebook comments from a minority that can't even read Haaretz because the Hebrew is too difficult for them to read, don't need to scare anyone or give any picture of a whole country.. Can you check that guy's profile, are comments still there? I thought they're in Hebrew but Haaretz just translated them for english version of their site? FreePalestine Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
River 127,451 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 Can you check that guy's profile, are comments still there? I thought they're in Hebrew but Haaretz just translated them for english version of their site? I checked them few hours ago when all my facebook friends started to share it and write many posts against those comments. he really deleted them, which is good, but tbh I don't like this guy.. he's too extreme and evil. So sploosh your juice all over me you Riverboy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noah X 5,250 Posted January 12, 2015 Share Posted January 12, 2015 With god's help... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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