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Article by Haggai Matar examines Israel’s decision to cease public access to original paper documents at the State Archives, transitioning to a fully digitized system. While digitization is presented as a modernization effort, the move is accompanied by increased military censorship of historical materials. Researchers and civil liberties groups express concern that these changes will limit transparency and hinder historical research, particularly regarding the 1948 Nakba and Israeli military operations. This source is valuable for research on historical archives, narrative control, Israeli occupation, historical transparency, and censorship.
