Today, an Israeli judged removed the gag order prohibiting the domestic media from reporting that Avera Mengistu, an Israeli-Ethiopian citizen, crossed the border into Gaza last September and was imprisoned. He has been detained there for the past eleven months. During this time, no Israeli publication could report Mengistu’s name nor could they
Israel Removes Gag Order, Acknowledges Hamas Holds Israeli-Ethiopian Prisoner
‘The “liberal” Haaretz didn’t report a single word on my role. They did to me what Israel did to Mengistu. They erased me and my reporting entirely.’