{"id":1304,"date":"2026-05-28T15:42:37","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arabnewsmonitor.com\/2026\/05\/28\/crackdown-on-culture-israel-censoring-palestinian-voices\/"},"modified":"2026-05-28T15:42:37","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T15:42:37","slug":"crackdown-on-culture-israel-censoring-palestinian-voices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.arabnewsmonitor.com\/?p=1304","title":{"rendered":"Crackdown on culture: Israel censoring Palestinian voices"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"t-content t-content--edition\" id=\"main-content\">\n<div class=\"t-content__with-sidebar\">\n<div class=\"t-content__beside-sidebar\" data-article-content>\n<h1 class=\"t-content__title a-page-title\">Crackdown on culture: Israel censoring Palestinian voices<\/h1>\n<div class=\"m-master-tag\">\n<div class=\"a-tag-section\">\n                                    Middle East\n                            <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"o-video-player o-video-player--16x9 t-content__main-media\" data-media-video-8b7f1670-ecfa-46fa-a576-51b24ac01250 data-show-hidden-video-player=\"8B7F1670-ECFA-46FA-A576-51B24AC01250\" data-wrapper-video-player data-autoplay-video-link data-youtube-script>\n<div class=\"o-em-consent \">\n<div class=\"o-em-consent__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-consent__content__text\">To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement.<\/p>\n<p>        <button class=\"a-master-button a-master-button--dark\" data-action=\"accept\"><br \/>\n            Accept<\/p>\n<p>        <\/button><br \/>\n        <button class=\"a-link\" data-action=\"manage\">Manage my choices<\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock\" data-adblock-content>\n<div class=\"o-em-adblock__content\">\n<p class=\"o-em-adblock__content__text\">One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. 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The cultural life of the enclave is also profoundly threatened, with historic buildings destroyed and writers, poets and academics among that huge death toll.                    <\/p>\n<div class=\"t-content__body u-clearfix\">\n<p>So how do you protect and preserve a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/culture\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">culture<\/a> as it comes under systemic attack, even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/genocide\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">genocide<\/a>?<\/p>\n<p>We speak to bookseller Mahmoud Muna in East\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/jerusalem\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Jerusalem<\/a> about how to resist and even create during such challenging times.<\/p>\n<p>We also bring you a report from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.france24.com\/en\/tag\/gaza-strip\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"gtm-add-suggested-tag\">Gaza<\/a>\u00a0itself: a story of hope about 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