The launch of the book by the extreme leftist Israel Frey has Mickey Zohar jumping: Stop immediately!

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May 6, 2026   
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Following the launch of the book by the extreme left-wing activist Israel Frey at the Enav Cultural Center in Tel Aviv: Minister of Culture and Sports Mickey Zohar ordered this evening (Wednesday) to immediately halt the budget for all literary events.

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According to a report by media person Yinon Magal, after it was announced today that the launch of the book "Enemy of the People" by Israel Frey, which expressed support for the harm to IDF soldiers, would be held at the Enav Cultural Center in Tel Aviv, Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar ordered an immediate halt to the approval of the budget for all literary events and the promotion of the support test model "so that Israeli citizens do not pay out of pocket for a shameful event of this type.".

Minister of Culture and Sports Miki Zohar said: "An event that echoes support for terrorism and harm to IDF soldiers will not happen on my watch - certainly not with the tax money of Israeli citizens.".

According to a report on the Ace website, in a video he posted about three weeks ago, Fry apologized to his followers for his prolonged disappearance and explained the reasons that led him to take a break from public discourse.

""I owe you an apology, many of you asked, wrote and were interested and I disappeared. Sorry for worrying you," Fry said.

He later added that after his detention period about a year ago, on suspicion of incitement following a tweet he posted, he felt a deep inner need to stop and look at what he had been through.

He said he used this time to write a new book, in which he reveals the behind-the-scenes of his personal and professional life. "I poured everything out there, about the Haredi community, how I became a journalist, what goes on behind the scenes, from the field to the studios. My family fell apart, I went days without food and nights without sleep at all. I wrote about how I became the annoying man I became.".