Background Information: MAG under Arrest! 10 November 2025, 19 Cheshvan 5786.
Background Information:
Arab Terrorists Raped Jewish captives!
Sexual abuse of Israeli captives (male and female) including vicious rape with extreme force has been carried out by Hamas operatives.
See:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_J3uVNnXzk
On the other side: Israel has also been accused of sexual offences BUT the evidence so far is NOT convincing.
# Since the atrocities of the Hamas-led attacks on Oct. 7, 2023, the Israeli military facility Sde Teiman in the Negev has served as a detention center for Palestinian terrorists captured in the war. In response to alleged abuse of detainees there, including supposed instances of sexual violence, on July 29, 2024, military prosecutors ordered a full-scale raid involving a multitude of masked military police who descended upon the base and apprehended a group of reservists suspected of having committed the offenses. #
https://www.jns.org/the-legal-scandal-roiling-israels-unelected-oligarchy/
The alleged rape of one Arab terrorist while in captivity by Israeli soldiers, in connection with the above, continues to make headlines.
It appears not to have actually happened, at least not in this case. Five israeli soldiers (four Jews and one Druze) were initially accused. The claimed victim at first denied that he had been attacked then due to pressure of the prosecutors said it happened. At present he is back in Gaza and is said to now say it NEVER took place. The five accused have since appeared (wearing masks partially concealign their faces) in the Media denying the charges. Their presentation has been convincing.The Arab "victim" is now back in Gaza having been among the Hamas prisoners who were recently exchanged. How this exchange was affected is not clear since he may not have met the necessary criteria. Perhaps someone wanted him out of the way?
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/world/middleeast/israel-soldiers-detainee-tomer-yerushalmi.html
# .. . the Palestinian detainee at the center of it was sent back to Gaza last month without testifying. He was one of about 1,700 Gazan detainees exchanged for [the dead bodies of] 20 Israeli hostages as part of a cease-fire deal, according to an Israeli official.
In addition to he above, numerous other claims of mistreatment of Hamas detainees have been made. Most of these are exaggerated. They would probably not have happened if the miliary personnel involved had have been Religious Jews.
Nevertheless, the Jews are being looked after by Divine Providence. In the one instance where an incident was reported on by the World Media it just happens that forgery was involved. A film was released showing partially blurred pictures of soldiers hiding behind a wall of anti-Demonstration shields, an Arab being rushed behind the wall, someone running up behind the shields and quickly doing something. The accompanying explanation said that a sexual attack had been carried out but this was not so clear from the footage. An examination of the film showed it was a film of a film, had been compiled from at least two other films, and may have been at least partially staged. It was also shown that the film had been taken in two different places, one in Sedeh Teman and the other in another camp altogether. The two films had then been spliced together. That did not matter much. The world had been shown something and believed the explanation (derogatory to Israel) given of it. The problem is that in this case at least the explanation was incorrect. Where the film originated from is unknown.
The event filmed allegedly took place at Sdeh Teman in the Negev near Gaza. This is a miliary detention center with male and female personnel. The film had reached the Media through unknown channels. The Military Attorney-General commented at first that it was impossible to reveal where the film had come from. More information however suggested that she herself had been partially responsible! A revelation concerning the film came to light by chance. An understudy in the office of the Military Attorney-General (MAG) requested a raise in salary. Standard Procedure required that the requester undergo a polygraph test. One question led to another until the applicant admitted having released the problematic film to the public and had done so with the knowledge of the MAG herself. Later, the MAG, Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi, born 1954, stated that she had approved the release of the material "in an attempt to counter false propaganda against the army's law enforcement authorities". How this was supposed to happen was not explained.
Previously the MAG had made numerous visits to Sdeh Teman where she seemed to mainly occupy herself with examining the numerous cameras. The MAG was also supposed to be responsible for "gender issues" from the female staff. Girl soldiers on the place made numerous complaints against the Palestinian detainees who were sexually harassing them and (amongst other offences) exposing their sexual organs to them. The MAG ignored these complaints.
Wikipedia reports:
# The leaked footage showed soldiers at the Sde Teiman facility taking a detainee aside and surrounding him with riot shields to block visibility. Reports indicated that the detainee was subsequently stabbed in the rectum with a sharp object, an act characterized by some sources as sexual assault or sodomy; the alleged stabbing was not shown in the film. The detainee reportedly suffered serious injuries and required hospitalization because of the alleged abuse. Following an investigation into the incident, five Israeli reserve soldiers were charged with aggravated abuse and causing serious bodily harm; they denied the charges. #
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said, that the publication of the video was "perhaps the most severe public relations attack that the state of Israel has experienced since its establishment".
The MAG resigned and is facing criminal charges. She disappeared for a few hours one morning and was later found after having ditched her private phone in the sea. After ca.30 hours the phone was retrieved in mint condition - which has also raised questions of its own. She then took an overdose of sleeping pills but recovered. Meanwhile the MAG office does not seem to be revealing how they got hold of the tape and who put it together.
This case has also involved Gali Baharav-Miara (born 1959) the first female Attorney General of Israel. The Israeli government had fired Baharav-Miara on 4 August 2025. She was considered too left-wing (though she has denied it) and also too provocatively defiant of the Israeli Minister of Security, Itamar ben-Gevir, and other offences. The High Court of Justice froze her firing the same day and the case may (or may not) be re-heard. Meanwhile she continues to hold her position. Gali Baharav-Miara and Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi are close friends. The son of Tomer-Yerushalmi had formerly been accused of stealing an expensive bullet-proof vest and other items from a fellow soldier. Gali Baharav-Miara helped close the case.
In Israel one thing flows into another. Up until new yeshivah students have more or less been de facto exempt from the miliary draft. Anti-religious elements in the Government and in Public service have been pushing for the the Law be enforced agaisnt them. These negative forcves included Tomer Yerushalmi.
Deri: Reason For MAGs Downfall? She Was Central Figure In Arrests Of Lomdei Torah
https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2469438/deri-reason-for-mags-downfall-she-was-central-figure-in-arrests-of-lomdei-torah.html
Shas [Sepharidc Religious Political Party] chairman Aryeh Deri said that the reason for the downfall of disgraced former Military Advocate General [MAG] Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is that she was one of the main figures who pushed for the arrests of lomdei (students of) Torah.
Deri's words were quoted in the Shass HaDerech newspaper: Look how the Creator runs the world, he said. The MAG (CMA) was one of the leading figures pushing for the arrest of bnei yeshivos. She stood at the forefront of the battle against lomdei Torah, urging military authorities to arrest more and more bnei yeshivos [yeshivah students].
She unintentionally caused the organization of the mass atzeres tefillah [Prayer Demonstration in which 250,000 to 500,000 Religious Jews participated]. She created the power of tefillos brabim (public prayer) that pierced the heavens, and in doing so, brought about her own downfall.
The Vizhnitzer Rebbe said similar words in a drasha [sermon] over Shabbos, saying that the MAGs arrest was the result of her harming lomdei Torah.
They are the most ruthless judicial officials toward the Jewish people and the Chareidi sector, the Rebbe said. They try to curry favor and prettify themselves in the eyes of the goyim while defaming Am Yisrael and speaking ill of them, seeking approval from the nations of the world.
(YWN Israel DeskJerusalem)