History of Censorship in Israel
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- https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/history-censorship-israel/
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- reference
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- 2026-09-22
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- Israel retains a British-era law giving the military the power to review and restrict the press
- Claim 198: When Israel became independent in 1948, it retained the Press Ordinance from the British Mandate period, which gave the military the power to censor publications on security grounds.
- Claim 199: In 1953, cooperation between the Israeli military and the press was institutionalized with the formation of the Editors' Committee.
- Claim 200: Editors of newspapers in the West Bank and Gaza Strip had to submit all their articles to military censors each night, unlike newspapers elsewhere in Israel that could self-censor.
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