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Censor Makes Exception -- Permits Publication That Son Of Dr. Baruch Goldstein Is Pilot
2005-06-29
The Censor's Office explained to IMRA today that they made an exception to their prohibition on publishing the names of pilots when they allowed publication that the son of Dr. Baruch Goldstein just completed the air force pilots' training course. In February 1994 Dr. Baruch Goldstein shot and killed 29 Islamic worshipers in the Cave of the Patriarchs before being killed.
The item was broadly covered in Israel.
The Censors Office explained that the policy of not publishing either the names or photographs of pilots is so that they can claim not be pilots should they fall behind enemy lines.
The Censor prohibits publication of a photograph of pilot Goldstein or of his complete first name.
