Knesset members who led to the loosening of the gag order on the Prisoner X case got some back-up today from what could seem an unlikely source: the Chief Israel Military Censor Brig.-Gen. Sima Vaknin-Gil.
Speaking at a conference at Bar-Ilan University’s Faculty of Law, School of Communications and Center for Law, Vaknin-Gil said “as long as I am in my post, the censor will not work to shut up Knesset members.”
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Vaknin-Gil admitted that “censorship and democracy don’t go hand in hand,” but added that “in any instance where someone is sent secretly by the state for our defense, I will not weigh the issues of freedom of information.”
