The two-hour panel discussion, attended by more than 100 journalists, was held to mark the publication of a Hebrew novel written by Zvi Li-Dar, a retired Israel Radio broadcaster and editor. Li-Dar served as the Israeli radio and television correspondent in Europe, taught students in the Hebrew University’s department of African studies and wrote his master’s degree thesis on the roots of Ethiopian Jewry. Obsessive love, abysmal jealousy, crashing societies and limitless ambition sweep the two journalists – childhood friends – into a whirlpool of conspiracies and intrigues. “I learned that maybe there were only five copies of this post that Ben-Gvir gave only to journalists. Arie Golan, a veteran Israel Radio journalist, recalled being Washington correspondent when Rabin was prime minister and negotiating with Syria over peace talks.

Source: Ethiopian News February 28, 2019 12:00 UTC