The Israeli military’s top lawyer has resigned after saying that she was responsible for the leaking of a video that purportedly shows soldiers sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee last year.
Maj Gen Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, the military advocate general, had been on leave since a criminal investigation was launched by police earlier this week into how the surveillance video at the Sde Teiman detention facility was leaked.
“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 video and reports of abuse of detainees were fabricated.
Before giving kudos to the lawyer, read the exact reason she’s resigning. It’s not because of the abuse, it’s because the video was exposed.
If the video wasn’t exposed, she wouldn’t have resigned.
You apparently haven’t read it. She is resigning BECAUSE SHE IS THE ONE WHO ILLEGALY RELEASED IT.
This is a whistleblower releasing evidence of war crimes to the public being chased out of her job. So yes. Absolutely do go e her kudos for this.
I doubt she knowingly released the specific video for transparency. I think she released some videos that weren’t properly vetted and included the rape video.
Your doubt here is based on what? She said she released them on purpose because right wing people were claiming that her offices investigations were unfounded. You can be angry at her for not prosecuting harder or for being part of the Israeli military or justice system or whatever.
But trying to find something wrong with the one time she definitely did the right thing is so weird to me.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-top-idf-lawyers-resignation-letter-over-detainee-abuse-video-leak/
Read her letter of resignation carefully. It wasn’t her dismay over the actions of the IDF. She wanted to use the video to counter propaganda that her office favored the Palestinians over the IDF and miscalculated the impact. That’s why she resigned.