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Archaic gag order lifted: Two Israeli civilians being held in Gaza
This is the third time in five years — that we can discuss — in which Israeli authorities have tried to use comprehensive gag orders to stop the publication of stories of public interest. This also is the third time that the Internet has made a mockery of such efforts to control information. A 28-year-old…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
July 9, 2015
Press freedom in Israel: Democracy in the age of self-censorship
More worrying than the institutional instruments that enable censorship are the multiple forms of self-censorship that are deeply ingrained in the journalistic practices and conventions of Israeli media. By Ido Liven As the Hebrew proverb goes, “be a tail among lions rather than a head among foxes.” In Freedom House’s latest report, Israel’s state of press…
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May 7, 2013
‘Prisoner X’ and the security elite’s unchecked power
Recent actions taken by the heads of the army, Mossad and the internal security service (Shin Bet) reveal the Israeli security establishment’s unsupervised power, and the way it directs that power at the country’s own citizens and elected officials. These are the main details which have been made public in the affair of Ben Zygier,…
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Noam Sheizaf
February 18, 2013
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Why Israel will continue trying to keep ‘Prisoner X’ a secret
If the reports — and unraveling details — about Ben Zygier’s work with the Mossad are true, Israel has every reason to try and keep his existence and identity a secret, however superflous those efforts may be. As details about the life, work and untimely demise of ‘Prisoner X’ unravel, the most intriguing unanswered questions…
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Michael Schaeffer Omer-Man
February 13, 2013
‘Prisoner X’: Censorship and gag orders in the age of new media
The ‘Prisoner X’ affair was sensitive enough for Israel to use all of its censorship tools at once: the military censor, gag orders and the ‘editors committee.’ But was the effort by the Prime Minister’s Office entirely about national security, or did it have to do with protecting those responsible for the mess? And what should…
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Noam Sheizaf
February 13, 2013
Disappearing articles and the dead prisoner affair (‘Mr. X’): A timeline
UPDATE, Wednesday 9.00 AM: The censorship ban on the ABC report regarding the arrest and death of Australian born Ben Zygier was lifted, and this morning the Israeli media is publishing the details in Hebrew. Here is the ABC report: In June 2010 Ynet, Israel’s largest online news site, posted a story on an unknown prisoner held in…
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Noam Sheizaf
February 12, 2013
Ayalon Prison: Nameless inmate commits suicide, then disappears
Itamar Sha’altiel on the indispensable “Slippery Slope” blog noticed the following new bleep that appeared on YNET: “An inmate held in solitary confinement at Ayalon Prison committed suicide by hanging in his cell two weeks ago. The warden team that noticed him took him down and tried to revive him, but in vain. He was…
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Dimi Reider
December 27, 2010
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