censorship

An Israeli soldier confronts a photographer documenting a raid on the Old City of Hebron, the occupied West Bank, October 4, 2025. (Mosab Shawer/Activestills)

15 articles a day: The extent of the Israeli army’s media interference

In 2025, the military censor banned or redacted over 5,000 news reports, with suppression peaking during Israel’s war with Iran.

By Haggai Matar June 17, 2026

Israeli rescue and emergency forces at the scene where shrapnel from a ballistic missile fired from Iran fell in Yehud, March 9, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘Our coverage is not truthful’: How Israel is censoring reporting on the war

Barred from publishing details of Iranian missile impacts or interceptions, local and international journalists are struggling to tell the full story.

By Oren Ziv March 13, 2026

A Palestinian flag hangs on a building in Amsterdam, Holland, June 20, 2024. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Between a revolution and a whisper

For Palestinians in Israel, self-censorship has long been a survival mechanism, our silence the condition of our citizenship. But encountering solidarity abroad, I realized my body forgot what it feels like to speak freely.

By Thawra Abukhdeir October 6, 2025

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Screening of ‘No Other Land’ in At-Tuwani, Masafer Yatta, occupied West Bank, March 14, 2024. (Oren Ziv)

Israel decries Hollywood boycott — while silencing its own critical filmmakers

Films challenging dominant Zionist narratives have long faced bans, funding cuts, and smear campaigns from Israeli officials and right-wing activists alike.

By Roy Cohen September 22, 2025

A screenshot of Nasser Laham during a video hearing to extend his remand, July 13, 2025. (Hagar Shezaf)

My journalist friend was arrested by Israel. He won’t be the last

The harassment of Nasser Laham and others like Israel Frey sends a message that neither Palestinian nor Jewish journalists who criticize Israel are safe.

By Meron Rapoport July 18, 2025

The front pages of newspapers in Israel at a shop in Jerusalem during the judicial overhaul, July 25, 2023. (Chaim Goldbeg/Flash90)

Breaking new records, Israel sees unprecedented spike in media censorship

In 2024, Israel's military censor banned 1,635 articles from publication and partially redacted another 6,265 — part of a wider assault on freedom of press.

By Haggai Matar May 2, 2025

Members of the Turkish media seen during clashes between Israeli police and Palestinians after Friday prayers in East Jerusalem, December 15, 2023. [Nati Shohat/Flash90]

Israeli military censor bans highest number of articles in over a decade

The sharp rise in media censorship in 2023 comes as the Israeli government further undermines press freedoms, especially amid the Gaza war.

By Haggai Matar May 20, 2024

A Palestine solidarity demonstration in the Potsdamer Platz area, Berlin, October 15, 2023. The police suppressed the demonstration shortly after authorizing it.

The spiraling absurdity of Germany’s pro-Israel fanaticism

As repression of Palestine solidarity penetrates every sector of life, the state's liberal self-image is fast becoming a story Germans can only tell themselves.

By Michael Sappir March 21, 2024

Workers at the Al Jazeera offices in Jerusalem, June 13, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Will Israel shut down Al Jazeera?

The government is advancing regulations to close the network's Israel branch, a move journalists and free press defenders decry as baseless and dangerous.

By Oren Persico and The Seventh Eye November 1, 2023

Israeli protesters demonstrate outside the Israeli army's headquarters in Tel Aviv, calling for a ceasefire in the war on Gaza, October 28, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

Risking arrest and assault, Israelis begin protesting Gaza war

Gathering outside the army’s headquarters in central Tel Aviv, dozens of Israelis called for a ceasefire and the release of all hostages.

By Oren Ziv October 31, 2023

An activist uses a cellphone to live stream as Israeli police forces block Palestinians at an entrance to the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem's Old City, July 26, 2015. (Faiz Abu Rmeleh/Activestills)

For Palestinians, social media influence comes with the threat of prison

The persecution of activists like Ramzi Abbassi illustrates Israel’s escalating attempts to stifle Palestinian expression online since May 2021.

By Sophia Goodfriend October 2, 2023

Journalists take cover in the face of attacks by participants in the annual Jerusalem Day Flag March in Jerusalem's Old City, May 18, 2023. (Oren Ziv)

IDF media intrusions drop, but self-censorship remains in full force

While redactions fell to a 12-year low, Israel’s military censor is still violating press freedom and blocking vital information from reaching the public.

By Haggai Matar September 18, 2023

Hundreds of Palestinians and supporters protest in front of the U.S. embassy against President Trump’s decision to recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, Berlin, Germany, December 8, 2017. (Anne Paq/Activestills)

Germany’s anti-Palestinian censorship turns on Jews

Anti-Zionist Jews in Germany are increasingly being targeted with accusations of antisemitism, a charge usually directed at Palestinians.

By Hebh Jamal April 4, 2023