On June 5, 2026, Haaretz published an investigative report by researcher Adam Raz detailing newly disclosed archival documents and soldier testimonies. The disclosure underscores the newspaper's polarizing position as one of the few outlets in Israel still publishing highly critical state reporting.
Speaking on The Tucker Carlson Show, veteran Israeli journalist Gideon Levy praised Haaretz as his "home and my, my safe place," where his freedom of speech is protected. Levy contrasted this with the broader Israeli media landscape, explaining that while he used to appear on television weekly, he has been virtually blacklisted for three years because "there's no room in all those endless panels on Israeli TV for any kind of alternative view."
To illustrate this isolation, Levy recounted traveling to a hospital in Hebron to meet the family of a "baby of seven months who was killed by an Israeli soldier" in broad daylight. According to Levy, Haaretz is the only outlet keeping these stories alive while mainstream Israeli TV shuts them out.
As legal and political pressures mount against dissenting voices in Israel, the continued survival of Haaretz will serve as the ultimate test of whether any alternative perspectives can survive in the country's media ecosystem.