B'Tselem: Israel ignoring IDF violations depicted in leaked documents

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The Israeli government is overlooking the serious allegations indicated in the documents leaked in the Anat Kam affair, while choosing to investigate the leak itself, the human rights group B'Tselem stated Thursday, joining reactions from different groups in the wake of the lifted gag order in what is named a "serious espionage" affair.

The lifting of months-long gag order earlier Thursday revealed that Anat Kam, a journalist and ex-soldier, is suspected of "serious espionage" for allegedly giving classified information to a reporter from Haaretz regarding the IDF's rules of engagement.

In a statement released just hours after the gag order was released, B'Tselem said that with "the lifting of the gag order over the Anat Kam affair, B'Tselem would like to reiterate that this case deals with documents which indicate that the military has been conducting assassinations in the West Bank in the guise of arrest operations, thus contradicting Israel's official statements and in violation of a High Court ruling."



"The last official assassination initiated by Israel in the West Bank was in August of 2006. Since then, Israel had stated that, given the opportunity, IDF forces would arrest wanted Palestinians," B'Tselem added.

in full: http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1161739.html