# History of Censorship in Israel

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- Address: https://www.ebsco.com/research-starters/history/history-censorship-israel/
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- Last checked: 2026-09-23
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## Cited by

- [Israel retains a British-era law giving the military the power to review and restrict the press](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/1948-israel-military-censorship-established)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/198)
- [Claim 199: In 1953, cooperation between the Israeli military and the press was institutionalized with the formation of the Editors' Committee.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/199)
- [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.](https://thewaronnews.com/claims/200)

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