1)🧵📜📝Summary of Israel’s political-military scandal that has been rocking the country (as of November 7th)- What we know so far

Strap your boots- this is a better script than any political thriller series.

As some of you have heard, Israel’s military advocate general, Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi, has been fired and arrested after charges of fraud, breach of trust, obstruction of justice and misuse of power.

The case started last year when a video was leaked to the media which allegedly showed IDF reserve troops sexually assaulting a Palestinian detainee in Sde Teiman. As of now, we know the video was stitched together and leaked to the media. It is not clear what actually took place but this is beside the point of the scandal.

What happened over the past week was the discovery that the source of the leaked video was Yifat Tomer Yerushalmi, the woman who was supposed to investigate the source of the leaked video.

What came later was even more shocking- Tomer Yerushalmi along with her deputies coverup their tracks and lied to Israeli media, courts and the Israeli people with the alleged help of the attorney general, Gali Baharav Miara and State Attorney Amit Aisman. This is one on the biggest coverups in Israel’s history showcasing how Israel’s “deep state” operates with top officials covering for each other and acting with top goal of self preservation.

Here is a conclusive summary of the main points of the story as reported in Israeli media to make sense of what we know so far:

How did we discover the case?

Tomer yerushalmi wanted to promote one of her subordinates to a new position. As part of the procedures in the military share took a poligrpah test where she failed to pass when asked about her ties to the leak. Then she spilled the beans on the leak. The shin bet notified the military of the leak and this was passed to the military correspondents. 2) Attorney General, Baharav Miara, wrote over a year ago that it is unacceptable to assume that the investigation of the source of the leak would be tainted by the military advocate general as suggested by some commentators on the right.

Baharav miara said at the time that the investigation concluded there is nothing to investigate further and there is no technological way to find the source of the leaked video.

To put everything in context, Baharav Miara “owes” to Tomer Yerushalmi- Baharav Miara’s son, and IDF officer, stole a vest from the army and yet he wasn’t indicted despite a video of him caught in the act and his admission. Tomer Yerushalmi as part of her job is responsible for administering justice in the army.

Tomer yerushalmi had a WhatsApp group which was used to coordinate with her deputies the leak and the coverup.

Tomer yerushalmi lied to the court and said they couldn’t find the source of the leak.