247:. The reporter claimed that Barak, on becoming minister, had transferred his private consulting company to his three daughters, violating the regulation allowing such a transfer only if the daughters were actually employed by the company. Furthermore, the company which he gave to his daughters took in nearly $ 2-million from unknown sources after he entered the government. Blau also claimed that after leaving the army and joining the private sector, Ashkenazi approached Barak about entering into business with him.
313:, its publisher and Blau for allegedly operating in a negligent way that eventually led to her exposure as Blau's source. In 2018 Tel Aviv District Court accepted Kamm's lawsuit. Haaretz and Blau appealed to Israel's Supreme Court against that verdict. Their appeal was accepted. In January 2020 Supreme Court dismissed the District Court verdict in its entirety. As a gesture of good will Haaretz has agreed to participate in paying part of Kamm's legal fees, at the amount of $ 100,000.
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Blau, who had left Israel on an Asian backpacking trip that same month of Kamm's arrest, decided to remain abroad pending resolution of the case and eventually ended up in London. The Shin Bet publicly announced that they want to question and perhaps prosecute him. He claimed journalistic privilege
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negotiated a written agreement with Blau to hand over 50 classified documents and destroy his work computer. In return the IDF agreed not to pursue or prosecute his source. In
December 2009, the Shin Bet secretly arrested Anat Kamm and began interrogating her. Eventually, she was accused of leaking
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Israelis have exhibited mixed feelings about Blau. Some view him as little better than a traitor out to harm the national security. Others support his work. A group of 12 senior
Israeli journalists petitioned the government not to prosecute Blau if he returns from London and gives back any
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began (December 2008), Blau submitted to the censor an exposรฉ revealing he had possession of IDF military plans for the
Operation. At first, the report was approved for publication. Then, just before it was distributed the censor changed its mind and
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that would see him sentenced to four months' community service but avoid serving any time in prison. He completed four months community service in
January 2013, publishing an article about the experience in Haaretz newspaper in August 2013.
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newspaper and other publications. He is specialized in military affairs, corruption and "follow the money" investigations. Blau was convicted of possession of classified IDF documents and sentenced to community service for his role in the
204:. The ruling had "heavily restricted the circumstances in which they were permissible, effectively saying that killing should not take place if arrest was possible." The report reproduced two IDF memos classified as
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party. Blau revealed that a company owned by
Liberman's daughter, who was in her early twenties, received unexplained payment in the millions of dollars Other investigations focused on former Prime Minister
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soldiers. Unlike other military correspondents, he did not join the
Military Reporters Section and tended to rely on low-ranking enlisted personnel, rather than high-ranking officers.
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organization and more, such as an article about exploring his roots in Bosnia and
Herzegovina, and Israeli connections to a mine in Kosovo. IN 2014 Blau completed a fellowship at the
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outstanding documents he may still possess. After Blau became the first journalist in Israel convicted for possession of classified information,
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viewed the soldier's arrest as a violation of their agreement.
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announced its intention to put Blau on trial, subject to the
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investigations in Israel. Later that year Blau joined
448:"BBC News Channel - the Settlers' Billionaire Backer"
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as many as 2,000 documents to the reporter. Blau and
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820:"Israel reporter sentenced over secret army papers"
140:. As part of that investigation he co-produced the
266:On October 24, 2010 Uri Blau returned to Israel.
708:"Case involving military documents roils Israel"
200:in June 2007 had violated a prior ruling of the
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406:"Who's the boss? - Haaretz.com - Haaretz.com"
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113:, Former IDF Chief Moshe Yaalon, the
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375:Blau, Uri; Haran, Tal (April 2002).
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919:Bandel, Netael (13 January 2020).
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347:Elbashan, Yuval (12 April 2010).
119:Nieman Foundation for Journalism
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678:Edelman, Ofra (14 April 2010).
569:Drucker, Raviv (9 April 2010).
623:Kampeas, Ron (12 April 2010).
517:Sengupta, Kim (2 April 2010).
461:Blau, Uri (27 November 2008).
296:In July 2012, Blau accepted a
231:agreed to withdraw the story.
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646:Editorial (25 October 2010).
597:Blau, Uri (15 October 2009).
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627:. Jewish Telegraphic Agency
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