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"I believe he will bring back the documents, he will not be harmed and the affair with Anat will also come to an end, I hope, quickly."
Blau's attorneys, Mibi Moser and Tal Leiblich, called it "a positive development." Meanwhile, a number of journalists signed a petition requesting no prosecution of Blau, saying authorities haven't previously done so for holding secret information, which most reporter/writers at times get. Thus far, the IDF Spokesman said only (on April 11) that claims Blau reported "are upsetting and distorted."
On April 12, Haaretz writer and Haaretz Service headlined, "Anat Kam: I stole IDF documents to expose West Bank war crimes," saying:
According to newly released court materials, Kam explained that:
"Classified documents reveal that the Israel Defense Forces had committed war crimes in the West Bank....and that her motivation for removing them was to expose 'certain aspects of the IDF's conduct in the West Bank that I thought were of interest to the public.' "
She added that "if and when the war crime the IDF was and is committing in the West Bank would be investigated, then I would have evidence to present." She believed nothing she did endangered Israel's security because she focused only on "the principles and the policies that were behind the top officers' decision," not specific military details.
By exposing these crimes, she thought she "would make a change...."
Kam now faces trial and a possible life sentence. Blau fears he's in danger no matter where in the world he hides. Nazareth-based journalist/author Jonathan Cook raised the specter of Israel's "dark underbelly," its tarnished image, and "battle for what is left of its soul," given its eroding democratic freedoms and fast track toward fascism in a nation where no one is safe, even Jews.
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