Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Anonymous whistleblower fights to reveal the true cause of Israeli military deaths

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An anonymous blogger and whistleblower who is reportedly under investigation in Israel for publishing classified military information has volunteered to turn himself in if the Israeli Defense Forces will publish information it has withheld about the deaths of 126 soldiers.


The blogger is "Eishton," an activist citizen journalist who made the news earlier this year when he challenged the official account regarding the soldiers' deaths, claiming that suicide was the leading cause. Eishton relied on public documents as well as leaked documents from inside the army. A journalist for English news site Haaretz defended Eishton's work as "serious and professional" although he is an amateur.


Two weeks ago, Eishton announced via his Facebook...


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