 Before the Oslo Accords and subsequent 1994 Israeli withdrawal, Israeli police and government controlled much of the Palestinian territories, and with this, Israel censored the books and information Palestinians can read and output.By 1991, some 10,000 books had been banned, fax machines had been banned, and a number of phone lines had been cut.In addition, publications of anything with content considered "political significance" in the West Bank, Palestinian territory, had been prohibited, and Arab publications had been be "completely stopped".