Religious protesters are demanding the removal of an artwork depicting a crucified Ronald McDonald at the Haifa Museum of Art in Israel.

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour is appealing her conviction for "inciting violence" after serving five months in an Israeli jail.

On 20 September, poet Dareen Tatour was released from prison after serving several years in detention and house arrest over one of her poems.

Israel’s public broadcaster has apologised to listeners after playing part of an opera by anti-Semitic German composer Richard Wagner.

On 31 July 2018, Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour was sentenced to five months in prison on charges of inciting terrorism over a poem and online posts.

Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour is set be sentenced on 31 May after an Israeli court convicted her of supporting a terrorist organisation.

The Israeli court in Nazareth rejected Palestinian poet Dareen Tatour’s appeal to end her strict house arrest as she awaits a final verdict on her case.

On 27 September 2017, Israeli authorities shut down the el-Hakawati Theatre over a cultural event they claimed was sponsored by the Palestinian Authority.

Israeli authorities arrested three musicians for performing a song that authorities allege was an “incitement to terrorism and violence”.

Palestinian film director and activist Maysaloun Hamoud has received a fatwa against her, as well as multiple death threats over her film ‘Bar Bahar’.