Israel Cracks Down on Foreign Media Outlets with New ‘Zero Tolerance’ Censorship Policy

Gateway Pundit ^ | June 20, 2025 | Jack Davis

[Macho MAGA Man]

Israel is placing strict limits on video that news organizations can take at the scene of Iranian missile attacks.

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi announced the policy, which requires prior approval from “the Israel Police, the Government Press Office (GPO), and the military [Israel Defense Forces] censor,” according to the Jerusalem Post.

“In accordance with new zero-tolerance enforcement measures led by the national security minister and the police commissioner, any transmission — live or recorded — from areas under missile fire must receive explicit clearance from the IDF censor,” GPO Director Nitzan Chen said.

The new policy was enacted after missile attacks in Beersheba, Holon, and Ramat Gan.

In those incidents, footage was appearing on Al Jazeera. The Jerusalem Post report said CNN and The New York Times were targeted by the new rule in addition to Al Jazeera.

Although some photographers said they represented other outlets, Israeli officials said the footage was used by Al Jazeera, regardless of who might have recorded it.

On Tuesday, Israeli police confiscated photo equipment used by journalists in Haifa.

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Government; Military/Veterans; Politics
KEYWORDS: iran; israel; israelicensorship; netanyahu

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Read the comments section below the article.

[PoeToaster]

Only democracy in the Middle East says what?

We should stop spouting that line, which nobody can possibly believe, and just admit that there are good religious reasons to maintain the state of Israel no matter how undemocratic it is over there.

[Angelino97]

there are good religious reasons to maintain the state of Israel

And yet Jews (from Orthodox to atheist) have long been advocating for separation of church and state in the U.S., and active in secularizing Christian culture.

[Captain Walker]

I don't think Israel should be blamed for censoring these pictures or news broadcasts; it's common practice in wartime, both to keep the enemy from using the information for targeting assistance and to keep morale up among the home population.

While the Germans were being relentlessly pounded by the Allied air campaigns during the Second World War, damage was downplayed as a rule; only those in the city itself knew how destructive a particular raid was, even as that day's daily Zeitung described it almost dismissively.

[SpaceBar]

‘Journalists’ = spotters