Rightist surprise for leftist 'spy'

Ex-soldier Anat Kam, who faces serious espionage, was in for a surprise Thursday after being confronted by rightist activist Itamar Ben-Gvir at court.

Kam arrived at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem on Thursday for a hearing on her motion to lift confidentiality on investigation materials pertaining to her trial, specifically the document illustrating how the Shin Bet traced her.

Kam, who was allowed to breach her house arrest on a one-time basis to travel to the court, is requesting that the documents be handed over to her.

During a break in the hearing, Kam unexpectedly encountered far Right activist Itamar Ben-Gvir, who was in court to support Haim Pearlman, suspected of murdering Palestinians.

Upon seeing Kam, Ben-Gvir shouted: "You Spy! You should be ashamed of yourself. It's the lowest of the low. You lot are stabbing a knife in the nation's back. All of our claims against you lot will turn out to be true."

Kam replied: "I don't need to answer to you. There are judges in Jerusalem and they will be the ones to decide. I was at your wedding at the press table."

Kam in the Supreme Court on Thursday (Photo: Gil Yohanan)

Prior to the hearing, the ex-soldier appeared pleased with the change of scenary.

"I arrived in Jerusalem. It's a change of atmosphere. I'd rather not talk about what I'm going through and do not wish to address the issue of Uri Blau at the moment," referring to the Haaretz journalist suspected of using documents leaked by Kam in his news stories.

The hearing was held behind closed doors, and the prosecution was expected to object to Kam's motion.

Anat Kam is charged with stealing thousands of classified documents during her IDF service at the office of then Central Command Chief Yair Naveh, and handing them over to Haaretz reporter Uri Blau. Blau allegedly used the information for several of his articles, the most prominent having discussed targeted killings breaching High Court of Justice guidelines.

During her Shin Bet interrogation, the ex-soldier admitted to stealing the documents and handing them to Blau but stated she had no intention of compromising national security and had therefore forwarded the information to Israeli reporters, assuming it will be subject to censorship, which will scrap any detail that may endanger the State or its soldiers. It should be noted that Blau's articles had indeed been approved by the censor.

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