Haaretz publisher Amos Schocken is under fire again after a newly uncovered speech where he referred to Palestinian terrorists as "freedom fighters" and advocated for sanctions against Israeli leaders and settlers.
The controversial remarks were made during a conference hosted by the New Israel Fund and the Berl Katznelson Foundation on October 8 in Israel. The speech, discovered by Channel 14 on the New Israel Fund's YouTube channel, reignited criticism of Schocken, whose earlier comments in London had already led the Israeli government to sever all ties with Haaretz.
In the October 8 address, Schocken said:"The Netanyahu government wants to continue and intensify illegal settlement in the territories that were meant for a Palestinian state. It doesn’t care about imposing a cruel apartheid regime on the Palestinian population. It dismisses the costs of both sides for defending the settlements while fighting the Palestinian freedom fighters that Israel calls terrorists."
* The Jerusalem Post contributed to this article.
