Former Israeli military conscript Anat Kam, facing a treason charge which could carry a lifetime prison sentence, abandoned any claim of legal protection as a whistleblower today, and her lawyer Avigdor Feldman insisted that Haaretz reporter Uri Blau was free to return to the country without having to protect Kam as a source.
But while Feldman and the rest of Kam’s legal team are said to be working on a “plea bargain” with the Israeli government exactly where Blau stands, legally speaking, remains unclear.
The reporter, who penned several articles on Israeli military war crimes based on Kam’s leaks of classified documents, fled to London amid a Shin Bet probe into the leaks, and remains there at the moment. Shin Bet insists that he is a “fugitive felon,” though so far it is unclear if Israel is even charging him with any felonies.
Though all of Blau’s articles were legally cleared through Israel’s military censor, he is said to fear being forced to reveal every single source he has when subjected to interrogation should he return. Shin Bet already destroyed his computer, claiming its very existence was a threat to national security.
But where Blau goes from here is unclear. Israel is reportedly planning to attempt to secure his extradition from Britain, likely to be a serious legal battle in and of itself. Barring that, some papers suggest the nation may dispatch Mossad in an attempt to “smuggle” Blau back to Israel.
There is no need to "smuggle" Blau back into Israel. They merely need to hang him in Britain, either from a light fixture in his hotel room, or from a lamppost.
Of course! That's a fitting fate for someone who exposed monstrous war crimes.
Why do they even bother when they are so furiously trying to exterminating the Iranians?
Can all this "witch hunting" restore any semblance of credibility to the Israeli Govt?
It's probably the usual routine about intimidation & silencing dissent.
cut ,copy and paste mutiply magazines,thats the best way for this patriot to protect herself,,,maybe send a copy or two to Goldstone just for fun,OO,back door,come to think of it baring any movement on the NucleurNonProlifferationTREATY I would probably pay to see some/it my self,maybe yer queer ass goon squad needs some more busy tyme
Why any human with a conscience would WANT to return to Israel is the $10M question. And Andrewp111, the one's that need to be hung are currently in Israel, mostly in the Knesset and the IDF. The same fate that was meted out to their German counterparts in Nuremberg.
Anat Kam facing a treason charge & Kissinger getting the Nobel prize?
She is a hero! As is Vannunu. (Sp.?)
Q. Who said "I never for for anyone, only against"
A. Will Rogers
Anat Kam facing a treason charge & Kissinger getting the Nobel prize?
She is a hero! As is Vannunu. (Sp.?)
Q. Who said "I never vote for anyone, only against"
A. Will Rogers