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'''Tikun Olam''' (תקון עולם '''[[Tikkun olam]]''') is a [[Seattle]]-based [[political blog]], which regularly reports on [[Israel]]i security matters.<ref>Matthew Kalman, [http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/ehud-olmerts-revenge-attempt-against-ehud-barak-lifts-israeli-security-veil/19641588 Olmert's Revenge Lifts Israeli Security Veil], [[AOL News]], 21/9/2010</ref> The blog was created in 2003 by Richard Silverstein, a [[Hebrew]]-[[Literacy|literate]] [[American Jews|American Jew]] and covers the [[Arab–Israeli conflict]] and [[Jewish]]-[[Muslim]] relations. |
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With help from Israeli [[Journalism sourcing|sources]], '''Tikun Olam''' exposed several stories banned for publication in Israel because of [[gag order]]s, or directives from [[Israeli Military Censor|Israel's Military Censor]]. The blog was the first to break the IDF censor's prohibition against naming [[Anat Kamm]] as a former IDF soldier held for [[News leak|leaking]] secret military documents to [[Haaretz]] reporter, [[Uri Blau]].<ref>{{cite news |
With help from Israeli [[Journalism sourcing|sources]], '''Tikun Olam''' exposed several stories banned for publication in Israel because of [[gag order]]s, or directives from [[Israeli Military Censor|Israel's Military Censor]]. The blog was the first to break the IDF censor's prohibition against naming [[Anat Kamm]] as a former IDF soldier held for [[News leak|leaking]] secret military documents to [[Haaretz]] reporter, [[Uri Blau]].<ref>{{cite news |
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One of Israel's foremost security correspondents, [[Yossi Melman]] of Haaretz, wrote: |
One of Israel's foremost security correspondents, [[Yossi Melman]] of Haaretz, wrote: |
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: The American blogger Richard Silverstein has transformed himself into the international message board of information which military censorship and Israeli courts forbid publishing. In the past, he reported on the Anat Kamm case while Israeli authorities gagged the mouths of Israel’s media...Silverstein’s blog is important because he exposes the security services and the courts in all their nakedness. They use the instruments of the 20th century to protect secrets which aren’t really secrets in the age of 21st century technology.<ref>{{cite news |
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==External links== |
==External links== |
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* [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam |
* [http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam Tikun Olam] |
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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 18:51, 5 October 2010
Tikun Olam (תקון עולם Tikkun olam) is a Seattle-based political blog, which regularly reports on Israeli security matters.[1] The blog was created in 2003 by Richard Silverstein, a Hebrew-literate American Jew and covers the Arab–Israeli conflict and Jewish-Muslim relations.
With help from Israeli sources, Tikun Olam exposed several stories banned for publication in Israel because of gag orders, or directives from Israel's Military Censor. The blog was the first to break the IDF censor's prohibition against naming Anat Kamm as a former IDF soldier held for leaking secret military documents to Haaretz reporter, Uri Blau.[2] It was also the first to break a gag order and identify "Captain George" (Doron Zahavi), a former interrogator in the Israeli Intelligence Corps, accused of sodomizing Lebanese prisoner Mustafa Dirani.[3] Tikun Olam was the first non-Israeli publication to break the story of of Prisoner X, an unknown detainee held in isolation whose identity was not even known to his jailers. A source within Israel Prison Service speculated to Silverstein that he may be an Arab security prisoner. The fact that there is a gag order against reporting about him and that he sits in a special cell constructed to house the Israeli assassin, Yigal Amir, who murdered Yitzhak Rabin, indicates that Prisoner X is likely a high-profile security suspect.[4] The blog broke the gag order against reporting the arrest of prominent Israeli Palestinian political activists Ameer Makhoul and Omar Said by the Shin Bet, who accused them of spying against Israel on behalf of Hezbollah. Neither detainee was permitted to consult an attorney for several weeks, and Makhoul contends that his alleged confession was extracted under torture. Said pled to a reduced charge and went free. Makhoul remains in custody.[5] [6] Tikun Olam also revealed the identity of Immanuel Sonino, a Mossad agent who died in line of duty, and whose name is still a secret in Israel, almost two decades after his death.[7]
One of Israel's foremost security correspondents, Yossi Melman of Haaretz, wrote:
- The American blogger Richard Silverstein has transformed himself into the international message board of information which military censorship and Israeli courts forbid publishing. In the past, he reported on the Anat Kamm case while Israeli authorities gagged the mouths of Israel’s media...Silverstein’s blog is important because he exposes the security services and the courts in all their nakedness. They use the instruments of the 20th century to protect secrets which aren’t really secrets in the age of 21st century technology.[8]
External links
References
- ^ Matthew Kalman, Olmert's Revenge Lifts Israeli Security Veil, AOL News, 21/9/2010
- ^ "Debate in Israel on Gag Order in Security Leak Case". The New York Times. April 7, 2010. Retrieved June 18, 2010.
- ^ "Coming soon to Shabaks dungeons". Ha'Ir Tel Aviv Magazine. August 6, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2010.
- ^ "Israel gripped by identity of 'Prisoner X'". The Daily Telegraph. June 21, 2010. Retrieved September 23, 2010.
- ^ "Shin Bet's Cult of Secrecy Continues, Arab NGO Director Arrested Under Gag Order in Dead of Night". May 6, 2010.
- ^ "Security scandal angers Arab sector". Ynetnews. May 9, 2010.
- ^ "Mossad, the Cult of Secrecy, and Its Israeli Victims". April 22, 2010.
- ^ "Land of Secrets (Hebrew)". Haaretz. August 26, 2010.