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Gag orders in Israel have tripled over last 15 years

As the Military Censor has become more liberal, authorities have turned to gag orders as a convenient alternative for controling the dissemination of information. Over the past 15 years, the number of gag orders issued in Israel has more than tripled. But that is only a rough estimate because no state body actually monitors them.…

By Haggai Matar May 9, 2016

A Palestinian human rights activist is led to the Jerusalem District Court in handcuffs following his arrest Tuesday morning, January 20, 2016. (photo: Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli authorities arrest two more human rights activists

A sweeping gag order has been issued on all details of the cases. Two human rights activists, an Israeli and a Palestinian, were arrested late Tuesday night. The Palestinian activist was arrested by Israeli army forces at his home in the South Hebron Hills and was transferred to the police for questioning. A sweeping gag order…

By Edo Konrad January 20, 2016

Israeli left-wing activist is led into the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, January 12, 2015. (Oren Ziv/Activestills.org)

Israeli left-wing activist denied access to lawyer, to be held for another week

A gag order bars publishing any identifying information about the activist, who was arrested at Ben Gurion Airport a day earlier. The Jerusalem Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday extended by one week the arrest remand of a well known left-wing Israeli activist. The court also barred him from meeting his lawyer. The activist was arrested at…

By Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man January 12, 2016

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Israeli settlers near the site where the bodies of the three abducted teens where found (photo: Activestills.com)

How the public was manipulated into believing the teens were alive

Details under gag order could have suggested early on that the abducted teens were murdered. The government-led campaign calling for their release helped the legitimacy of Israel’s military operation in the West Bank. Local and even international media played along. The following issue is not the heart of the kidnapping affair, the Israeli military operation…

By Noam Sheizaf July 2, 2014

Palestinian-Israeli journalist on bail after incommunicado arrest

Majd Kayyal, 23, a journalist from Haifa who also works as editor for civil rights center Adalah, is out on bail after days of solitary confinement and interrogation since his arrest on Saturday night. The gag order on the case was lifted hours earlier, after activists in Israel and abroad ignored the ban. Update: The Haifa…

By Dimi Reider April 17, 2014