​This study explores Israeli archives, spotlighting the policy followed by Israeli governments regarding records of the 1948 war, the Nakba, and the Palestinian cause: to firmly seal access to documents and records which contradict with the Israeli historical narrative, and especially those related to the expulsion of Palestinians from their homeland and the commission and investigation of war crimes committed against them. It tracks the steps taken by Israeli government institutions whom “New Historians” (and others) confronted with discoveries of Israeli archival evidence gainsaying the established Israeli historical narrative, including the step of tasking one of the country’s most secretive and feared security services to conduct a comprehensive examination of archives existing in Israel, and to seal off public access to all documents and files related to the Nakba, the Palestinian cause, and the Arab-Israeli conflict which in an important way contradicts the Israeli historical narrative.