Claim 518

Israel's High Court requires proof that publication would cause imminent, certain and actual harm to state security before security-related material can be censored.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: Israel's High Court requires proof that publication would cause imminent, certain and actual harm to state security before security-related material can be censored.
Field: stated_justification
Value: military censorship standard
About: incident 2010-israel-prisoner-x-gag-order
Source: Attacks on the Press in 2013: Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2014-02-12

Quotation from the source

imminent, certain, and actual harm to state security