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The Sde Teiman incident: a retrospective

JL;DR SUMMARY The article revisits the controversial Sde Teiman incident, where Israeli reservists were accused of abusing a detained Hamas terrorist. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish EthicsTerrorismIsrael Defense ForcesIdf SoldiersCompassionJudgmentSde TeimanMilitary LawLifnim Mi Shurat Ha DinDan Le Kaf Zekhut

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Sde Teiman, Southern District, Israel
"The start of the Sde Teiman trial in July 2025 brought back into public awareness that painful and emotionally charged affair."
Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Preamble: The following article was written prior to the two major revelations of late October/early November 2025 regarding this case the seeming direct involvement of the military attorney general herself in leaking evidence to the press[1] and the revelation that the supposed victim and sole witness had been released to Gaza."
Israel
"This initiated Israels longest war."
Northern District, Israel
"It is possible - but could it have been dealt with by an internal investigation and disciplinary action rather than sullying the reputation of these soldiers, the army, and the entire country? Indeed, that would have been far wiser. And it seems that someone may have actually gotten the message - in early July 2025 when there was suspicion that three soldiers may have abused terrorists whom they were guarding at a base in the Upper Galilee, the soldiers were summoned for questioning,[18] and their base was not stormed by masked military police."

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