Those of you who haven’t been closely following Hebrew media may have missed the biggest story dominating Israel today. Here's a quick breakdown of how it all unfolded: It began with an investigation into the alleged abuse of a Hamas terrorist detained at an IDF facility at the start of the war. An edited and biased video of the alleged abuse was quickly leaked to Israeli television and spread worldwide, accompanied by accusations that Israeli soldiers were “raping Palestinian prisoners.” (Side note: this is far from the truth, but the story goes much deeper.) A public outcry led to a formal investigation by the IDF’s deputy advocate general. His findings? He claimed there was “no possible way” to identify the source of the leak, and that the video “did not pose a danger to the State of Israel” despite the enormous damage it caused to Israel’s image and the surge in antisemitism globally. This conclusion was defended before the Supreme Court and in the Knesset, and even backed by Israel's attorney general, who rebuked critics for questioning how the advocate general’s office could investigate its own case, asking, “How dare you question the professionalism of the investigation?” The story then vanished from headlines for over a year while the criminal case against the soldiers continued. Then, a routine polygraph test given to an officer serving as the advocate general’s spokeswoman blew the lid off the entire affair. It turns out that not only was the advocate general herself behind the leak, but she also appointed her own deputy to “investigate” it, conveniently finding no evidence whatsoever. She misled the court, the Knesset, and the public about the entire process. Worse, it has now emerged that there was a secret WhatsApp group of at least nine IDF officers from her department who all knew the truth about the leak and the cover-up, and chose to remain silent. Yesterday, Israel’s justice minister informed the attorney general that she is barred from overseeing the case, since she was complicit in the cover-up and obstructed the investigation. You honestly couldn’t make this up. Those who support the government’s judicial reform now point to this case as the clearest example yet of how deeply entrenched the “deep state” is in Israel’s institutions.
For the zillion and one people who asked me, the video of the soldiers was absolutely doctored and there is no doubt about that.
— Hillel Fuld (@HilzFuld) November 3, 2025
It was clearly taken on two different days and combined into one video as if it was taken on the same day. Again, that’s an undisputed fact.
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