Four Israeli newspapers ran full-page ads on Tuesday morning consisting of a large black square with a sentence in small white text at the bottom saying: “A Black Day For Israeli Democracy.” The word “advertisement” was printed in tiny white text at the very top.
The ads, which are estimated to cost about $300,000 [each front-page ad cost about $80,000], were funded by the Hi-Tech Protest movement, a left-wing organization comprised of business owners and hi-tech employees.
The ads, printed on the front pages of Haaretz, Yediot Achranot, Calcalist and Yisrael HaYom, were ostensibly published in response to the passing of the reasonableness bill on Monday. Although the protesters were trying to portray the “blackness” of the situation, it’s quite apropos that they printed a page empty of text since they would not be able to actually provide any reasons why the passage of the bill is “a black day for democracy.”
National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir responded by stating: “This not what a protest of the people looks like. And your opinions will not be bought by the hundreds of millions from foreign entities that finance the protests, bought all the front pages of the newspapers this morning, and are running a campaign to destroy the country.”
the small print says [paid] "advertisement." Anyway, glad to see free press managing to get by in the new dictatorship. https://t.co/iWVhXypgqN
— Eugene Kontorovich (@EVKontorovich) July 25, 2023
(YWN Israel Desk – Jerusalem)
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Every page of those newspapers should be like that!
the ink is worth its paper!!!
Why is it lies? Also, it’s Ben Gvir who is the fear monger and the lier. His entire politics is built on fear. That’s why my rebbi called him a fascist. And he’s fear mongering by saying that the protests are funded by some mysterious foreign source. I’ve seen thousands of Israeli protestors who are passionate about what they belive in and aren’t protesting because of some foreign source. I was in Chevron for a Shabbos and when Ben Gvir davened for the ammud, I had friends who were afraid that they weren’t yotzei since he was so extreme and made such a chilull Hashem.
Why is it lies? Also, it’s Ben Gvir who is the fear monger and the lier. His entire politics is built on fear. That’s why my rebbi called him a fascist. And he’s fear mongering by saying that the protests are funded by some mysterious foreign source. I’ve seen thousands of Israeli protestors who are passionate about what they belive in and aren’t protesting because of some foreign source. I was in Chevron for a Shabbos and when Ben Gvir davened for the ammud, I had friends who were afraid that they weren’t yotzei since he was so extreme and made such a chilull Hashem.
Probably financed by US and EU taxpayers via the New Israel fund.
Dan the, people including some Arabs were paid to join the protests.And yes Soros organizations and other leftist NGO’s in Europe and elsewhere are helping to fund the privileged secular leftist elites’ protests so they can continue their oppressive control and power in Israel.
The right as litterely been in control and power for two decades! What are you talking about? And please provide good evidence that people were paid to protest. Hundreds of thousands of people have been protesting for months. It’s ridiculous to say that they were all paid off and it’s also blatantly false.