Tuesday, November 13, 2018

History suppressed: Censorship in Israel's archives



Troves of looted Palestinian books, documents, photographs and films are sealed in Israel's archives and libraries.


Sealed in Israel's archives and libraries are troves of Palestinian books, documents, photographs and films that were looted from Palestinian institutions and personal archives by Jewish militias and later, the Israeli military.
"This confiscation is a kind of daily struggle that Palestinians face," says Sherene Seikaly, a scholar of Middle Eastern history. "One of the reasons, that these archives are a target, that they're threatening, is because they're really a record of Palestinian social life, and Palestine more broadly."




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