Israel has officially cut ties with the Haaretz newspaper after its publisher “expressed support for terrorism” and called for Israel’s government to be sanctioned.

The government unanimously approved a proposal Sunday to cut ties that was constructed by Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi, which called on the Israeli government and those funded by it to “cease to engage with the newspaper Haaretz in any way and not publish any advertisements in it.”

The vote came Sunday at the end of the weekly agenda meeting, The Jerusalem Post reported, citing Karhi’s statement that added: “following numerous articles that harmed the legitimacy of the State of Israel in the world and its right to self-defense, particularly in light of the recent statements by the publisher of Haaretz, Amos Schocken, who expressed support for terrorism and called for sanctions against the government at the newspaper’s conference in London.”

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