(JNS) In a disturbing revelation this past week, Israel’s Military Advocate General (MAG) Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi admitted to personally authorizing not just the release, but the amplification of a fabricated video accusing IDF soldiers of committing sexual atrocities against Hamas prisoners.

The individual entrusted with defending our military instead became the mouthpiece for a lie so grotesque it painted our defenders as monsters and helped fuel anti-Israel resolutions at the United Nations, branding them as rapists.

In doing so, this senior legal official created the worst blood libel in all of Jewish history, with billions of people around the world seeing that doctored video and believing the outrageous charges.

It only came to light because of an internal Israel Security Agency (Shin Bet) report that surfaced, showing that officials admitted the MAG authorized sending the fabricated video to the media. Not because of the attorney general (AG). Not because of the Supreme Court. And certainly not because of the mainstream media.

They all covered up this scandal for a year and a half while some of them screamed for a proper investigation. The explosive piece of intelligence did not emerge by chance. It was escalated thanks to the courage and integrity of the new head of the Shin Bet, David Zini. Remember his name.

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nominated Zini for the Shin Bet position, the legal establishment and its mainstream media allies launched an all-out smear and legal campaign to destroy his appointment. They called him “unqualified,” “dangerous,” and “politicized” because he is a religious man with 11 children!

Now we know why. Zini represents a serious threat to the political Left deep state, not to Israel’s security, but to their deep state’s control of the running of the country. They were right to fear his appointment.

Had someone from the deep state’s approved list been appointed instead of Zini, this whole scandal would have stayed hidden. Their approval always comes with a price, loyalty to their cover-ups.

Zini took office because Netanyahu stood firm through a year of legal warfare and smear campaigns, and the truth finally broke through their wall of silence. The first brick of Israel’s deep state has fallen, and now the decay underneath is being exposed for all to see.

Attorney General Gali Baharav-Miara appointed the same MAG who opposed his appointment to investigate the scandal, despite the conflict of interest, since only someone in her office could have escalated the fabricated video.

When that decision was challenged in the Supreme Court, justices sided with her, approving an arrangement that would be laughable if it weren’t so dangerous. It’s like letting the arsonist lead the fire investigation, with one corrupt legal official covering for another.

For years, many of us have warned that senior figures in Israel’s legal system operate as a self-protecting, ideologically driven network. This deep state shields its own and crushes dissent. And every time we spoke out, we were called conspiracy theorists or extremists.

Yet a pattern has emerged:

• The MAG caught approving a fabricated attack on IDF soldiers.
• The AG blocking accountability and covering for her.
• The Supreme Court signing off on the cover-up.
• The mainstream media cheering them on and ignoring any factual investigative reporting on this huge scandal.

Yet despite it all, Zini and the brave people inside the Shin Bet who refused to stay silent changed everything

The political Left, which never stops preaching about “democracy” and “rule of law,” has been defending a system that subverts both, a system that protects corrupt insiders while targeting the patriots who defend this country.

This scandal is a turning point. The mask has fallen. The wall of lies and power that has propped up Israel’s deep state for decades is starting to crack.

Tomer-Yerushalmi must be stripped of her rank and face jail time for what she did to IDF soldiers and for the diplomatic damage she did to the State of Israel.

And that’s only the beginning. We must demand true, comprehensive judicial reform to dismantle the unelected fortress that has hijacked Israel’s democracy, betrayed its soldiers and manipulated the public for years.

Israel belongs to its people, not to the legal elites, not to the mainstream media and not to the deep state. The first brick has fallen. Now it’s time to bring down the entire wall.

Update:

On the evening of November 2, 2025, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi was declared missing for several hours after her vehicle was found on the beach in Herzliya. In her apartment, police discovered a letter to her family, initially raising fears that she might have harmed herself.

That same evening, she was found alive following a search operation and was subsequently arrested by police. According to Israeli media reports, she is now suspected of obstructing investigations, as her mobile phone has not been located. The device is considered a central piece of evidence, as it may contain information relevant to the ongoing probes related to the dissemination of the video from the Sde Teiman military detention facility.

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