A leak, a cover-up and the battle for Israel’s rule of law: the Sde Teiman Affair explained
Haaretz Podcast6 Nov 2025

A leak, a cover-up and the battle for Israel’s rule of law: the Sde Teiman Affair explained

The scandal rocking Israel’s military justice system has “serious ramifications” that could undermine the country both internally and in its ability to address accusations of war crimes overseas, Dr. Eran Shamir-Borer said on the Haaretz Podcast.

Shamir-Borer, who served for over 20 years in the IDF Military Advocate General's Corps, and currently heads the Israel Democracy Institute’s Center for National Security and Democracy, said he was “personally and professionally shocked” by the admission of now-former Military Advocate General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.

She was arrested and is now in detention after she admitted to leaking video documentation from July 2024 of IDF soldiers physically and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee at the Sde Teiman detention camp. Tomer-Yerushalmi is likely facing charges of participating in a cover-up of the leak, which involved misleading both the State Prosecutor’s office and the Supreme Court.

On the podcast, Shamir-Borer, with host Allison Kaplan Sommer, lays out the dramatic events behind what’s being called the Sde Teiman Affair – and how the affair that “shocked him on so many levels” unfolded in his former military unit.

The affair, he fears, will both boost the power of those in the Netanyahu government working “trying to undermine the independence and professionalism of the justice system,” as well as “undermine the credibility of the IDF justice system overseas with serious repercussions for Israel and for those in its military service.”

Read more:

Haaretz Explains | Two Leaks, Two Tales: Why the Prisoner Abuse Video Leak and the Bild Hamas Document Are Different

How the IDF Legal Chief Drama Overshadows the Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners

IDF Probe Into Sde Teiman Video Leak May Disrupt Abuse Investigation, Legal Sources Say

Ex-IDF Top Lawyer Sticks to Story in Initial Police Interrogation on Leaked Abuse Video

Israel Released Palestinian Detainee Allegedly Seen in Leaked Abuse Video Back to Gaza

We Served on Israel's Sde Teiman Base. Here's What We Did to Gazans Detained There

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