Spotlight on video leak overshadows systematic crimes in Israeli prisons

The arrest of the former top lawyer in the Israeli military for the leak of a video showing Israeli soldiers assaulting a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman military prison is creating a political and legal storm in Israel. You have the Israeli government accusing Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalm of blood libel against the Israeli army, of defaming Israeli soldiers. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu went as far as saying this was the most dangerous assault on Israel’s image since its establishment.