World Press Photography exhibit shut in Lebanon - tried to censor an Israeli...

For a week it was no problem until they found out he was Israeli...

A World Press Photo exhibit in Beirut is shutting down early after Lebanese authorities ordered the removal of an Israeli photographer’s prize-winning work, an organizer of the exhibit said Friday.

Erik de Kruijf, a World Press project manager, said the Netherlands-based organization preferred to close the exhibit 10 days early rather than face censorship.

“For a week it was no problem and then someone noticed that he is an Israeli photographer,” de Kruijf told The Associated Press. “We cannot allow censorship of any kind so that’s why we decided to take everything down.”