That's what I thought at first, but this is not the MSM. It's an Israeli newspaper. I don't think they feel the need to coddle muzzies.
Some Israeli journalism is pro-defense (their defense), and some isn’t. They have some head-in-the-sand types.
It may be an Israeli paper...but it’s Ha’aretz. Hard to imagine a more far-left, mudslime-loving, Israel-hating major newspaper; if they ever missed an opportunity to bash Jews and Israel, they were sleeping at the time. I would want independent confirmation from two reputable sources before believing a single word printed in Ha’aretz, which considers itself the New York Times of Israel. It’s 20% owned by a German scion of a NAZI publisher.
Still want to give it a shred of credibility?