The Israeli parliament on Sunday unanimously agreed to sanction Haaretz, the country's oldest newspaper, citing its critical coverage of the Israel-Hamas war. Why it matters: Press-freedom advocates slammed the move,

The Israeli government is once again brazenly targeting media independence and seeking to silence critics of war on Gaza,' says media watchdog RSF

The Israeli Deputy Attorney General, Avital Sompolinsky, wrote a letter to Justice Minister Yariv Levin saying that the bill “severely damages the independence of the Public Broadcasting Corporation, whose proper and independent functioning is known to play a central role in Israeli democracy.”

Foreign press group condemns the Israeli government's recent actions against media outlets, including the Al-Jazeera ban and proposed changes to public broadcasting.

Israel's government has ordered officials to boycott the Haaretz newspaper and is also putting pressure on the public broadcaster Kan over their perceived critical reporting of the Israel-Hamas war.