The former top lawyer in the Israeli military has been arrested, as a political showdown deepens over the leaking of a video that allegedly shows severe abuse of a Palestinian detainee by Israeli soldiers.
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi resigned as the Military Advocate General of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) last week, saying that she took full responsibility for the leak.
On Sunday, the story took a darker turn when she was reported as missing, with police mounting an hours-long search for her on a beach north of Tel Aviv.
She was subsequently found alive and well, police said, but was then taken into custody.
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In her resignation letter, she said she took full responsibility for any material that was released to the media from the unit.
"I approved the release of material to the media in an attempt to counter false propaganda against the army's law enforcement authorities," she said.
That is a reference to efforts by some right-wing political figures in Israel to claim that the allegations of severe abuse of the Palestinian detainee had been fabricated.
She added: "It is our duty to investigate whenever there is reasonable suspicion of acts of violence against a detainee."
Not that PR is really all that important in the grand scheme of things, but I'd think mass-destruction of Gaza and creating starvation conditions for the populace is probably worse. Just a...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu echoed his defence minister's words on Sunday, saying that the incident at Sde Teiman was "perhaps the most severe public relations attack that the State of Israel has experienced since its establishment".
Not that PR is really all that important in the grand scheme of things, but I'd think mass-destruction of Gaza and creating starvation conditions for the populace is probably worse. Just a thought.
(Because it's the Internet and people read into what isn't immediately said -- Don't get me wrong; fuck Hamas. Countries have a right to defend themselves. But not like this. Not via war crimes and crimes against humanity.)
I don’t understand Israeli politics very well, but I imagine the leaked video might reach a different audience domestically? No matter what an Israeli might think is justifiable during a war, it...
I don’t understand Israeli politics very well, but I imagine the leaked video might reach a different audience domestically? No matter what an Israeli might think is justifiable during a war, it doesn’t include this. At least, outside the far right.
Guess what word, which describes what happened on camera, is missing from the article. At least they were brave enough to print out the quote from the UN report, which mentions it once, huh?
Guess what word, which describes what happened on camera, is missing from the article.
At least they were brave enough to print out the quote from the UN report, which mentions it once, huh?
From the article:
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Wow. Good for her.
Not that PR is really all that important in the grand scheme of things, but I'd think mass-destruction of Gaza and creating starvation conditions for the populace is probably worse. Just a thought.
(Because it's the Internet and people read into what isn't immediately said -- Don't get me wrong; fuck Hamas. Countries have a right to defend themselves. But not like this. Not via war crimes and crimes against humanity.)
I don’t understand Israeli politics very well, but I imagine the leaked video might reach a different audience domestically? No matter what an Israeli might think is justifiable during a war, it doesn’t include this. At least, outside the far right.
Leaking recorded footage of Israeli soldiers doing something horrible is now blood libel? Are we devaluing antisemitic canards now?
Guess what word, which describes what happened on camera, is missing from the article.
At least they were brave enough to print out the quote from the UN report, which mentions it once, huh?