Inside Israel’s Sde Teiman Scandal: Gadi Taub on Media, Leaks, and the Deep State

Описание: In this wide-ranging interview, Israeli historian and public intellectual Gadi Taub joins Quillette’s Pamela Paresky to discuss the controversy surrounding the Sde Teiman detention facility, the leaked surveillance footage that went viral worldwide, and the legal and political fallout inside Israel.

Taub argues that the release of the footage triggered one of the most damaging international narratives of the war—and that the real story involves internal power struggles, media institutions, and Israel’s legal establishment.

Topics include:
The Ronen Bergman lawsuit
Military censorship in Israel
The Sde Teiman detainee case
The Advocate General and Attorney General controversy
Allegations of selective law enforcement
Pegasus spyware and police investigations
Social media, truth, and Orwell’s 1984
The rise of alternative media in Israel

This is a conversation about media power, democratic accountability, and the battle over narrative during wartime.

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0:00 — Introduction
0:36 —Interview begins: The Ronen Bergman Lawsuit
3:45 — The ‘Beeper Operation’ Leak
5:38 — How Military Censorship Works in Israel
8:45 — Ali Rosenfeld and Selective Enforcement
10:14 — The Arrest of Force 100
13:19 — The Rape Allegation
15:03 — Who Triggered the Complaint?
19:15 — The Released Detainee
20:17 — A “Show Arrest” and the Riot
22:07 — Channel 12 and the Global Narrative
23:19 — Was It a Frame-Up?
26:46 — The International Court Argument
27:41 — Was the Video Manipulated?
29:36 — Why No Leak Investigation?
31:40 — The Attorney General Intervenes
33:18 — The Shin Bet Shakeup
34:03 — The Lie Detector Revelation
35:32 — The Resignation Letter
37:15 — The Phone in the Sea
39:19 — The Blocked Special Investigator
41:30 — Pegasus and Police Surveillance
43:21 — Public Backlash
45:29 — Israel’s Media Divide
47:08 — “Truth Has Lost Its Monopoly”
49:01 — Orwell and the Ministry of Truth
50:15 — Being Sued and Crowdfunded

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