In January 2015, Shoval, running as a candidate in Habayit Hayehudi's primary, called for an investigation into editors at "Haaretz", accusing them of "defeatist propaganda" prohibited under Statute 103 of Israel's penal code. In response to Shoval's accusations on Facebook, multiple death threats against "Haaretz" editors were posted, which Shoval promised to remove. The "Haaretz" cartoon that sparked the death threats said "10 journalists killed in attack on Charlie Hebdo in Paris, about 13 journalists killed last summer in attack on Gaza" and "JeSuisGaza" below JeSuisCharlie.