Original sentence: The trial was held in secret, at the District Court in Jerusalem, before Chief Justice Eliahu Noam and judges Zvi Tal and Shalom Brener, and he was not permitted contact with the media — however, he managed to reveal to them the date and location of his detention, by means of writing it on the palm of his hand which he held against the window of a van while being transported so that waiting journalists could get the information
Edited sentence: The trial was held in secret, at the District Court in Jerusalem, before Chief Justice Eliahu Noam and judges Zvi Tal and Shalom Brener, and he was not permitted contact with the media — however, he cleverly managed to reveal to them the date and location of his detention, by means of writing it on the palm of his hand which he held against the window of a van while being transported so that waiting journalists could get the information