Notable Cases
- 1954 – Lavon Affair. Censor circumvented by use of code words.
- 1977 – The Rabin Memoirs. Yitzak Rabin's account of David Ben-Gurion's 1948 instructions to expel the populations of Ramla and Lydda removed from English edition.
- 1982 – Tyre HQ attack.
- 1984 – Kav 300 affair. Picture published in The New York Times.
- 1986 – Trial of Mordechai Vanunu.
- 1988 – Assassination of Abu Jihad. Two American reporters have their accreditations removed for failing to submit stories for clearance.
- 1997 – Attempted assassination of Khalid Mashal.
- 2002 – Operation Defensive Shield. 2 April: CNN and NBC threatened with legal action for broadcasting from Ramallah.
- 2008–2009 – Gaza War.
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