Wednesday, November 5, 2025, 14:01 This morning (Wednesday), a joint hearing between the Constitution, Law, and Justice Committee and the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee was held at the Knesset on the Sde Teiman case and the investigation of the former Chief Military Advocate. The Attorney General, Gali Baharav-Miara, was asked to attend the hearing, but refused. Honenu Attorneys Adi Keidar, Nati Rom, and Moshe Poleski are representing two of the IDF Unit 100 soldiers indicted in the case. Attorney Rom attended the hearing with Hila, the wife of one of the soldiers.
Hila said at the hearing, “I am asking for justice and transparency for the soldiers. The media is focusing entirely on the [former] Chief Military Advocate’s emotional condition, and not talking about the soldiers. Even though the Attorney General did not attend the hearing, we will do everything we can to ensure that she is investigated, and if necessary, put on trial.”
Hila speaking at the hearing (Hebrew); Video credit: Hezki Baruch
Attorney Rom added “We all remember the photographs of the masked police officers detaining the soldiers, and the damage that the case caused to the IDF’s image. At the court hearings in this case, [the prosecution] always said that the soldiers cannot be released to house arrest due to concerns of corrupting the investigation. We see here that the most senior officials are suspected of corrupting the investigation, and they have not been detained. We also see at the hearing that there are individuals who are not giving answers to the public. We ask you, the members of the Knesset, for assistance. You are our gatekeepers. It is disheartening that more Knesset members from the opposition are not here. This is not an issue of the left or the right. This is a matter of rectifying our State and finally bringing to a close one of the biggest corruption scandals in the history of the State of Israel.”
Attorney Rom speaking at the hearing (Hebrew); Video credit: Hezki Baruch