Israel’s odd concept of the gag order has received great prominence–and derision– in the case of Anat Kam. Via a Facebook group established to protest her case, a member has devised a hilarious new Israeli order: apparently the top military brass find it inconvenient that the earth revolves around the sun. To stop this malarkey, they’ve issued a military order that it cease and desist from doing so. Judge Einat Ron has even signed the order. Henceforward (Galileo was wrong!), the sun will revolve around the earth. Until, that is, the order is removed, of course at the convenience of the IDF.
To protect the ass of the brilliant general who conceived of this, a gag order has also been imposed to prevent reporting it inside Israel. Oops, I guess we broke the gag again!
My sources tell me the next step in this plan is to expel Galileo from Israel as a thorn in the side of the most moral and geo-physically advanced army in the world.
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I presume you support throwing the book at Kam, just as was done to Pollard and your friend Shamai Leibowitz, who also gave classified documents to people who weren’t supposed to have them and then went to prison.
No, Anat Kam did absolutely nothing wrong, period. But I do think that Naveh & Ashkenazi deserve to join Kam in the next cell, and for a long longer term than hers. And Shamai Leibowitz is not in prison. As soon as you open your mouth you err. It’s quite a feat.
The best critics of Israel are Israelis. The next best are Jews around the world who love Israel. Securing Israel’s existence and securing the peace in the region will require valiant efforts from these internal and external critics who hold the most weight with their opinions and do the most to drive Israel towards high standards of conduct and policy.
Let there be some light at the end of this dark tunnel of middle east madness. It would be nice to see some peace and stability in the region for a change. How we get there, I really don’t know. But objective thinkers are definitely required.