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Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

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The whole situation is so extreme it almost reads like sick parody. Last year there were riots in Israel when some IDF soldiers were arrested for raping prisoners. The riots were in defense of the rapists, and were attended not only by extremist Israeli civilians but also Israeli lawmakers, who stormed the military base where the rapists were being held.

The leaker releases a video of some of the abuse and is then accused of "blood libel" against the IDF by the Minister of Defense, Israel Katz. That phrase, "blood libel", is specifically intended to invoke the old medieval stories of Jewish people sacrificing and eating gentile children for their religious holidays. For leaking a video proving that the abuse is real.

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

#32

Interesting, that when it comes to Israel, it's a scandal and not an exposure. With every other country, an apple would be an apple and not a banana.

I think the term you are looking for is “blood libel”, which I haven’t heard until recently.

From context, it means “to speak the truth and present irrefutable evidence to back it up”.

I guess that’s a crime?

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

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post #32

Interesting, that when it comes to Israel, it's a scandal and not an exposure. With every other country, an apple would be an apple and not a banana.

I think the term you are looking for is “blood libel”, which I haven’t heard until recently. From context, it means “to speak the truth and present irrefutable evidence to back it up”. I guess that’s a crime?

No, it's a very specific thing and not at all applicable here. Blood libel was something along the lines of "the Jewish people are murdering children to use their blood for secret ceremonies"[0]. The "libel" part should give it away - it doesn't apply to someone revealing true facts.

The people calling it blood libel because the facts are inconvenient and make Israel look bad are being disingenuous.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_libel

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

#34

Israeli soldiers sexually abuse a Palestinian prisoner, while the leaker gets hounded. From settler violence to cases like this, there is little or no accountability anymore in Israel.

This is an allegation. There's been no trial and the footage, which was doctored, does not clearly show this. Innocent until proven guilty.

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

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post #32

Interesting, that when it comes to Israel, it's a scandal and not an exposure. With every other country, an apple would be an apple and not a banana.

I think the term you are looking for is “blood libel”, which I haven’t heard until recently. From context, it means “to speak the truth and present irrefutable evidence to back it up”. I guess that’s a crime?

This is the first time I've ever seen someone suggest there was truth to the blood libel. It seems pretty obviously absurd to me that there would exist a Jewish ritual requiring Christian blood. Can you provide this "irrefutable evidence," please?

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

#37

Israeli soldiers sexually abuse a Palestinian prisoner, while the leaker gets hounded. From settler violence to cases like this, there is little or no accountability anymore in Israel.

anymore? Based on the many books I've read about Israel, there was never any accountability. It's just more prominent and unavoidable now because of social media.

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

#38

Israeli soldiers sexually abuse a Palestinian prisoner, while the leaker gets hounded. From settler violence to cases like this, there is little or no accountability anymore in Israel.

This is an allegation. There's been no trial and the footage, which was doctored, does not clearly show this. Innocent until proven guilty.

Reuters—OHCHR: weaponisation of food as potential war crime (June 24, 2025).

Reuters—UN adds IDF to list of grave violators against children (June 7, 2024).

Reuters—breakdown of verified Gaza deaths (women/children) from UN rights office (Nov 8, 2024).

Just allegations.

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

#39

The whole situation is so extreme it almost reads like sick parody. Last year there were riots in Israel when some IDF soldiers were arrested for raping prisoners. The riots were in defense of the rapists, and were attended not only by extremist Israeli civilians but also Israeli lawmakers, who stormed the military base where the rapists were being held. The leaker releases a video of some of the abuse and is then ac…

One of the rapists is now paraded as a hero on Israeli TV. Sick, sick society.

Re: Israels top military lawyer arrested after she admitted leaking video of abuse

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post #32

Interesting, that when it comes to Israel, it's a scandal and not an exposure. With every other country, an apple would be an apple and not a banana.

I think the term you are looking for is “blood libel”, which I haven’t heard until recently. From context, it means “to speak the truth and present irrefutable evidence to back it up”. I guess that’s a crime?

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