The government has approved a boycott of Haaretz following a slew of critical reports The Israeli government is set to sanction left-wing daily Haaretz for articles that “hurt” the state. On Sunday, a proposal to ban state-run funding bodies from communicating or placing advertisements with the newspaper was approved. Shlomo Karhi, the communications minister, said in a statement that his proposal against Haaretz was unanimously approved by the other ministers. “We will not allow a reality in