Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi

Editor's Notes: Sde Teiman case is over, but the problem of Israel's insular legal culture isn't

It's time not only to demand discipline. Investigate real abuse, but also demand seriousness from the people who run the legal system. Demand an end to leaks, vanity, and internal cover.

The Sde Teiman case is over. The lesson should not be. A man adjusts his kippah as right-wing Israelis demonstrate next to the Sde Teman military base near Beersheba, against the detention for questioning of military reservists who were suspected of abuse of a detainee following the October 7 attack
 Demonstrates protest against the detention of Israeli reserve soldiers suspected of assaulting a Hamas terrorist, at the Sde Teiman military base near Beersheba, July 29, 2024.

Israel's political Right celebrates Sde Teiman case dismissal as rights groups condemn it

Former IDF Military Advocate-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi is released to house arrest outside the Neve Tirtza Women’s Prison in Ramle, November 7, 2025

Sde Teiman leak: Israel Police conclude investigation into IDF's ex-top attorney

‘WHY HAS Israel left the legal playing field primarily to its critics?’ the writer asks. Here, the International Court of Justice bench sits empty ahead of the case on Israel’s humanitarian obligations to Palestinians in Gaza, in the Hague, Netherlands in April.

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Police raid office of former IDF top lawyer as A-G transfers case to military prosecution

The events concern an ongoing probe into the leak of a video from the Sde Teiman detention facility in July that depicted alleged abuse of Palestinian detainees by reservist soldiers.

Chief Military Advocate Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi speaks at the Israel Bar Association annual conference of attorneys in Eilat in southern Israel, on May 27, 2024.

A-G denounces Justice Ministry appointing replacement in overseeing chief IDF lawyer case

Baharav-Miara denounced Justice Minister Yariv Levin's appointment of retired justice Asher Kula to have oversight in the case.

Israeli attorney general Gali Baharav Miara at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem

Alert! ‘Deep dark state’ rising: Conspiracy questions in the Sde Teiman scandal - opinion

Many questions remain unresolved about the Sde Teiman scandal and its leaked footage.

THEN-MILITARY advocate-general Maj.-Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi attends a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court president Uzi Vogelman last year. Tomer-Yerushalmi and her entire office covered up their own crimes, the writer charges.

Sde Teiman leak probe: Tomer-Yerushalmi detention extended amid 'delicate mental state'

The court extended the detention of the ex-IDF lawyer until Friday, due to concerns about obstruction. Police suggest her disappearance as a scheme to destroy evidence in the Sde Teiman leak probe.

IDF Military Advocate-General Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi seen at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, October 1, 2024

'Destroying the system': Lapid accuses Levin of harming Sde Teiman investigion

Opposition leader Yair Lapid slammed Justice Minister Yariv Levin for announcing his plan to hand-pick Attorney-General Gali Baharav-Miara's replacement in the Sde Teiman case.

Yesh Atid, opposition leader Yair Lapid, November 3, 2025.

Katz appoints former Defense Ministry legal advisor Itai Ophir as IDF's top attorney

In a surprising move, Israel Katz appoints Itai Ophir as IDF chief lawyer, following Tomer-Yerushalmi’s resignation after the leaked video incident and amid ongoing legal controversy.

Attorney Itay Ophir

Levin, Attorney-General to go to High Court over who will probe ex-MAG

Justice Minister Levin says AG Gali Baharav-Miara has a conflict of interest in the probe of ex-MAG Tomer-Yerushalmi and has announced a plan to bypass her office.

JUSTICE MINISTER Yariv Levin sits in the Knesset plenum. Last week, he was appointed acting Jerusalem and Jewish tradition minister and now holds five ministerial portfolios, the writer notes.

From Sde Teiman to MAG, Israeli media must show accountability without incitement - editorial

With footage of abuse of a Palestinian detainee facility, indictments of five reservists, and politicians reacting sloppily

Rescue and police forces search for Military Advocate General Maj. Gen. Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at Hof HaTzuk Beach in Tel Aviv. Yerushalmi was later found alive and well, November 2, 2025.

Judge denies former IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi’s appeal, extends her detention

Tomer-Yerushalmi's appeal arguing that there was a “clear error in the court’s decision” was rejected.

Former IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi at a farewell ceremony for retiring acting Supreme Court President Uzi Vogelman, at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on October 1, 2024.

Civilians claim to find phone after searching Tel Aviv beach for Tomer-Yerushalmi’s missing device

“We found the phone exactly where she was found. I hope it’s really hers,” one of those present told Walla.

A group of civilians search for the missing phone offormer IDF legal chief Yifat Tomer-Yerushalmi.