“Israeli” Journalist on Trial for Publicizing “Israeli” Militarys Policies

Local Editor

"Israeli" 23-year-old Anat Kam went on trial on Monday for leaking "Israeli" military documents and could face a maximum of life behind bars.

Monday's hearing was held at the Tel Aviv District Court behind closed doors, after Kam was under house arrest for five months.

She is accused of stealing about 2,000 documents, including details of operational planning and force deployment, during her military service between 2005 and 2007.

Some of the documents are the source of a 2008 report published in "Israeli" newspaper Haaretz that "Israeli" soldiers received orders to carry out targeted killings of Palestinian militants in violation of an "Israeli" Supreme Court order.

The leak "posed a direct and real threat to the lives of IDF (Israel Defense Force) soldiers and "Israeli" citizens," the head of the Shin Bet domestic intelligence service, Yuval Diskin, told "Israeli" editors last month when a gag order on the case was lifted.

Kam said her actions were ideologically motivated and that she wanted to publicize the "Israeli" military's policies in the Palestinian territories.