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Old March 21st 03, 03:06 AM
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Israel warns Web sites on war coverage


By Declan McCullagh
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
March 20, 2003, 12:45 PM PT


WASHINGTON--Israel's top government censor has warned Web sites in her
country not to publish sensitive information about the war with Iraq.


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Chief Censor Rachel Dolev sent a letter on Wednesday to "scoop" news sites,
instructing editors to seek government permission before publishing
information about "materials that could pose a threat to the security of the
State of Israel and its residents."

Dolev's letter warned the sites, including Rotter.net and Fresh.co.il, not
to publish the locations of any missile strikes, information about Israeli
Cabinet deliberations or information about Israeli wartime cooperation with
other governments such as that of the United States.

Dolev said editors must contact official censors in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem
before posting information online. "In addition, censors will be working 24
hours a day in the two media centers--in the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem,
and in the David Intercontinental in Tel Aviv--and you may also turn to
them," the letter said.

Boaz Guttman, an Israeli attorney, said that the Web sites targeted are
widely read.

"Israelis around the globe are connected to this forum," Guttman said. "In
such a crazy country, the news appears quicker (in such forums) than in the
official media. So you can get videos, pictures, a long time before they
will be published on regular TV or radio."

Guttman said this was the first time that the government has warned Web
sites. "The (Israel Defense Forces) censor can forget about cooperation,"
Guttman said. "Everybody knows the law well. If someone needs to publish
something, he also knows how to do it without a trace."

Israel has ranked poorly in a press-freedoms index created by advocacy group
Reporters Without Borders, ranking below the Palestinian National Authority,
Zambia and Cambodia. Last year, the Committee to Protect Journalists
condemned what it called "attempts by the (Israel Defense Forces) to
intimidate the press from covering the IDF's widening military campaign in
the territories."







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