A NEW film aims to expose how “secret censorship” is suppressing what people are allowed to see and hear about events in Palestine.

The documentary by Platform Films, which made Oh Jeremy Corbyn — The Big Lie, warns that censorship relating to Palestine is on the rise.

Producer Norman Thomas said that Censoring Palestine will look at how the topic is silenced from mainstream and social media to education, art and entertainment.

Mr Thomas said: “In recent weeks we’ve seen a stand-up comic being cancelled for mentioning the name of Israel in a gag, paintings being dropped from an exhibition because their subject matter included Palestine and a university rector being dismissed after she made reference to genocidal attacks by Israel.

“But these are only a few cases which have hit the headlines — there’s a lot more going on behind the scenes.”

Mr Thomas said the new film will investigate “secret censorship,” which he calls “the worst kind.”

He said: “This is … the things you don’t know you’re not being told, things which never get to the printed page, the screen or the stage.”

Censoring Palestine will be released in October.