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Inquiry finds MK Elkin leaked info to right-wing activists
Yair Altman
Published: 08.01.12, 16:37
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1. rude headline
nva ,   jerusalem   (01.08.12)
proven to be totally false by reading the article. what's the point with this YNet? Totally misleading. Readers need a correction and an apology.
2. Free Hand-Dangerous!
Politico ,   TLV/LA   (01.08.12)
Let's see, he is allowed to use his position to leak sensitive information when it suits him, his political agenda! What would happen if the tables are turned and a member of the opposition or "chas vichalilah", an Arab member leaked information to what he looks at as the other side! Now we're going to have every MK tweek, e-mail info. no matter how potenially explosive as they see fit! It is a slippery sloap! Is his smartphone completely secure...A certain recent creditcard hacking incident raises questions!
3. Arab MK's ride ON flotillas and do all kinds of truly.......
Orwellian Backwards ,   Israel   (01.08.12)
treasonous acts... For that the leftist media gives them applause and the defense ministry does nothing. Good Jews try to protect themselves from their own government and get indited, called all sorts of dirty things in the media.... This is one backwards country.
4. He should get the same punishment as Zoabi
Rachel ,   US   (01.08.12)
Weinstein was understanding with her when she conspired to attack IDF soldiers, he can also be with Elkin.
5. Sky fell us on head
2Mad ,   צרפת   (01.08.12)
There actually is one Mk that care about the people who elected him. Why knesset guards did not detect this deviant behavior ?
6. How can an MK attack the IDF? He should be tried & punished
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7. #4 Same punishment as Zoabi is nothing
Sam   (01.08.12)
The AG ruled that there were no grounds to charge Zoabi so according to your logic Elkin also did no wrong. Article also glosses over the fact that Elkin was appointed by Netanyahu to work for peaceful solutions. His actions were in line with that directive.
8. "Leaked information" to Israelis?
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (01.08.12)
How is informing the people that he represents "leaking information"? This is what they are suppose to do. The only crime here is the libel that this article represents. The person that wrote this and the editor should be facing libel charges right now.
9. How much have Arab - Leftist MK's helped the real enemy?????
UNdemocracy ,   Israel   (01.08.12)
Dept. of Defense, police, courts.... nobody cares about those insidents.
10. The Hypocrite !
Michael ,   Haifa   (01.08.12)
The man who so badly wanted to make the Supreme Court "kosher" gives assistance to "trayfe" lawbreakers.
11. #3" Yes, Zoabi should have been tried for treason
David ,   Karmiel, Israel   (01.08.12)
However, the Knesset, with a RIGHT WING majority blocked removing her Parliamentary Immunity! So much for your "Good Jews" thing. What is a bad Jew in your book? One who loves freedom of speech, freedom to live the way they want to, freedom to travel when they wish, freedom to eat what they want to and to marry whom they want to, no doubt! No, this is not a "backward country". It is an asylum and the lunatics are running it!
12. #7 Of course there were grounds to
Rachel ,   US   (01.08.12)
prosecute Zoabi. But if the AG wasn't concerned about her, he shouldn't be concerned about Elkin.
13. palestinian state
Zivron   (01.08.12)
An arafat led palestinian state would be an abomination even the islamists would agree to that and there are many arafats in palestine still in one form or another . Abbas was a holocaust minimilizer and insists on rightof return likeHanna ashwari . Sure right of return for the arabs no right of escape for the jews from nazi occupied europe and genocide even the offer of turkey islamic india or afghanistan.The arabs of israel all of israel will be maximum thirty percent like the jews were maximum thirty percent in 1939 by2039.The califates of eygpt and syria iran and iraq will absorb them.
14. Mistreating Israeli Patriots!
Shai ,   Kew Gardens, NY   (01.08.12)
Isn't it strange that an Arab MK was calling in airstrikes for Hizbollah and directing enemy fire.All Israel is concerned about are people who serve bravely in the ranks of the best IDF units and trying to destroy their lives.What goes around comes around.
15. 4
john Darren ,   cairns-Australia   (01.09.12)
Do you really that Zoabi was punished?
16. two governments
yaacovic   (01.09.12)
Let me see. Those who have set up outposts deemed illegal, are in regular contact with a MK who sends them conciliatory messages. What would Elkin have done had Ramat Gilad really been slated to be demolished? Would he have texted "it is Ramat Gilad"? The Knesset and its members should uphold and be seen to uphold, the law. However here we seem to have a situation where a member of the government more than sympathizes with law breakers. He identifies with them. Notice his words. He said there was a rumor "they're going to violate the agreement". It wasn't a rumor that "we are going to violate the agreement". Elkin seems to be part of the government as long as it fits his agenda. When it does not he is an opponent or outside it. He is part of a government within the government. A MK is not like a talkbacker with an opinion. He has a responsibility. Time for all MKs to uphold the law even if they disapprove of it.
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