Haaretz Calls Avi Bluth The "General of Bloodshed"

August 28, 2025

Many officials condemned this opinion piece:

• Netanyahu: "The newspaper "Haaretz" does not allow freedom of expression - it allows incitement without stopping. Prime Minister Netanyahu strongly rejects the vile accusations against the commander of Central Command, Major General Avi Bluth, and against the settlers in Judea and Samaria. These are antisemitic blood libels that characterize our enemies in the world. The Prime Minister supports and strengthens Major General Bluth and the IDF fighters who operate day by day to eradicate terrorism in the West Bank. They do so with determination and also with uncompromising morality, and we all salute them."^[1]
• Israel Katz and Eyal Zamir also condemn the article and fully back Avi Bluth.^[2]