The IDF Video Censored by YouTube
by Baruch Gordon
(IsraelNN.com) The Israel Defense Forces has opened an IDF channel on the YouTube video site which features videos of the War in Gaza made available by the IDF Spokesperson's Unit. Some of the videos have been taken down by the YouTube management.
The most popular video, which had received over 10,000 views in less than one day until it was removed, is available for viewing below:
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/129143
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The night video shows Hamas terrorists clearly loading Grad-type Katyusha rockets onto pickup trucks. Towards the end of the video, a great explosion and fire is seen as the IDF terminated the terrorist activity with extreme prejudice.
The above video and others were apparently taken down due to numerous complaints by pro-Arab viewers who "reported" the video as inappropriate.
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1. Israel only ones to stand up against the Arabs who terrorize the world.
Shalom, (31/12/08)
1. Israel only ones to stand up against the Arabs who terrorize the world.
You-Tube and other cowardly Leftists worldwide would rather capitulate than fight terrorism. 
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Shalom, (31/12/08)
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2. YouTube
George, North Port, Fl (31/12/08)
2. YouTube
YouTube has no issues playing porn vids or showing Iraqi's being killed in war. I apologize. As an american it makes me sick when I hear or see this kind of warped politcally correct thinking. Good work on taking out those who would do Israel harm.. Close Reply
George, North Port, Fl (31/12/08)
Close Reply3. Dhimmis at youtube
WASP, (31/12/08)
3. Dhimmis at youtube
pandering to the muslims again, so much for free speech Close Reply
WASP, (31/12/08)
Close Reply4. Why don't we all email you tube and complain? I did (N"C)
Yosef, (31/12/08)
4. Why don't we all email you tube and complain? I did (N"C)
Yosef, (31/12/08)
Close Reply5. Post the videos here for download
Ya'cov Shimpson, Vienna (31/12/08)
5. Post the videos here for download
If Atutz7 would post the videos here for download, each of us can upload them to YouTube. Let them and their arab masters chase all over looking for them. Close Reply
Ya'cov Shimpson, Vienna (31/12/08)
Close Reply6. Extreme Bias
Ephraim Dovid, Monsey (31/12/08)
6. Extreme Bias
I have personally flagged many hate filled anti-semitic propaganda videos on you tube and even after flagging a video several times, and writing exactly how it violates the you tube guidelines for what videos can be posted, I would monitor to see if they removed it and saw that they never did. I could understand if they removed it and then someone put it back under a slightly different name, but it was as if they completely ignored these. Close Reply
Ephraim Dovid, Monsey (31/12/08)
Close Reply7. Pollard rots in prison and another US/Israel spy goes free!
BMT, USA (31/12/08)
7. Pollard rots in prison and another US/Israel spy goes free!
December 31, 2008
New Jersey Man, 85, Pleads Guilty to Spying for Israel in the 1980s
By ALISON LEIGH COWAN
An espionage case that had threatened United States relations with Israel and stirred talk of the death penalty ended quietly on Tuesday when an 85-year-old New Jersey man pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to reduced charges of leaking classified military documents to the Israeli government in the 1980s.
The man, Ben-Ami Kadish, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but may serve far fewer than that. Sentencing guidelines call for a term of zero to six months, and federal prosecutors have also promised not to object if the judge ultimately imposes a sentence that involves no prison time. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 13.
“Given that Ben-Ami Kadish is 85 years old, and that the events in question happened from 25 to 30 years ago, we are heartened that the government, as they said in court, agreed not to oppose or object to a nonjail sentence,” said Jack Litman, his lawyer, after Mr. Kadish’s appearance in Federal District Court in Manhattan. “And we hope that Mr. Kadish can go on and spend the golden years of his life with his lovely wife, Doris.”
Though it was linked tangentially to the case of Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former naval analyst serving a life sentence for spying for Israel around the same time that Mr. Kadish did, the Kadish case has been an odd one from the start. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Mr. Kadish only in April for conduct going back to 1980 to 1985, when he had access to a library full of classified documents as a mechanical engineer working at an Army installation.
By the time the government accused him of being a homegrown spy, Mr. Kadish was living in a retirement community in Monroe Township, N.J., where he blended in seamlessly with the other bridge-playing retirees. Neighbors were stunned that the same man who was busy organizing hospital visits and serving meals to the homebound could be at the hub of a major spy case.
His advanced age, and the large gap of time between his illegal conduct and the filing of charges, clearly played a role in the government’s willingness to allow him to plead guilty to one of four counts in the original complaint — the one alleging conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without United States authorization. Two counts that were dropped involved obstruction of justice, and a third, an espionage charge, is serious enough to be eligible for the death penalty under certain circumstances.
On Tuesday, Mr. Kadish appeared in good spirits but had trouble keeping up with the proceeding. Accompanied by his wife of 57 years, he had trouble hearing the clerk’s questions and seemed relieved when Magistrate Judge Theodore H. Katz allowed him to sit for the bulk of the interrogation.
Some additional details about the episode tumbled out on Tuesday. Mr. Kadish admitted that while working at the Armament, Research, Development and Engineering Center at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, N.J., he provided numerous classified documents, including information about missile systems, to Israel at the behest of Yosef Yagur, then a science adviser at the Israeli Consulate General in New York.
After Mr. Kadish checked out the materials from the arsenal’s library, Mr. Yagur would come to his home in Clifton, N.J., and photograph the documents. Mr. Kadish said he neither asked for nor received anything of value for the documents. He agreed with the judge’s assessment that he did what he did “for the benefit of Israel.”
Asked for comment, a press officer of the Israeli Consulate General said in a statement, “This is an old case which occurred over 25 years ago, and all aspects of it are part of the past.”
After entering his guilty plea, Mr. Kadish said, “I wish all of you a happy New Year.” His wife warned him to let his lawyer do all the talking as they left court. “Ben, you’re not saying a word,” she said, shushing him as he was approached by reporters.
Mr. Kadish’s case has been linked to the case of Mr. Pollard, which has long been a matter of contention between the United States and Israel, whose leaders have argued, unsuccessfully, for Mr. Pollard’s release.
Mr. Yagur, who is known as Yossi, also received information from Mr. Pollard.
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New Jersey Man, 85, Pleads Guilty to Spying for Israel in the 1980s
By ALISON LEIGH COWAN
An espionage case that had threatened United States relations with Israel and stirred talk of the death penalty ended quietly on Tuesday when an 85-year-old New Jersey man pleaded guilty in federal court in Manhattan to reduced charges of leaking classified military documents to the Israeli government in the 1980s.
The man, Ben-Ami Kadish, faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but may serve far fewer than that. Sentencing guidelines call for a term of zero to six months, and federal prosecutors have also promised not to object if the judge ultimately imposes a sentence that involves no prison time. Sentencing is scheduled for Feb. 13.
“Given that Ben-Ami Kadish is 85 years old, and that the events in question happened from 25 to 30 years ago, we are heartened that the government, as they said in court, agreed not to oppose or object to a nonjail sentence,” said Jack Litman, his lawyer, after Mr. Kadish’s appearance in Federal District Court in Manhattan. “And we hope that Mr. Kadish can go on and spend the golden years of his life with his lovely wife, Doris.”
Though it was linked tangentially to the case of Jonathan Jay Pollard, a former naval analyst serving a life sentence for spying for Israel around the same time that Mr. Kadish did, the Kadish case has been an odd one from the start. Federal prosecutors in Manhattan charged Mr. Kadish only in April for conduct going back to 1980 to 1985, when he had access to a library full of classified documents as a mechanical engineer working at an Army installation.
By the time the government accused him of being a homegrown spy, Mr. Kadish was living in a retirement community in Monroe Township, N.J., where he blended in seamlessly with the other bridge-playing retirees. Neighbors were stunned that the same man who was busy organizing hospital visits and serving meals to the homebound could be at the hub of a major spy case.
His advanced age, and the large gap of time between his illegal conduct and the filing of charges, clearly played a role in the government’s willingness to allow him to plead guilty to one of four counts in the original complaint — the one alleging conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government without United States authorization. Two counts that were dropped involved obstruction of justice, and a third, an espionage charge, is serious enough to be eligible for the death penalty under certain circumstances.
On Tuesday, Mr. Kadish appeared in good spirits but had trouble keeping up with the proceeding. Accompanied by his wife of 57 years, he had trouble hearing the clerk’s questions and seemed relieved when Magistrate Judge Theodore H. Katz allowed him to sit for the bulk of the interrogation.
Some additional details about the episode tumbled out on Tuesday. Mr. Kadish admitted that while working at the Armament, Research, Development and Engineering Center at the Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, N.J., he provided numerous classified documents, including information about missile systems, to Israel at the behest of Yosef Yagur, then a science adviser at the Israeli Consulate General in New York.
After Mr. Kadish checked out the materials from the arsenal’s library, Mr. Yagur would come to his home in Clifton, N.J., and photograph the documents. Mr. Kadish said he neither asked for nor received anything of value for the documents. He agreed with the judge’s assessment that he did what he did “for the benefit of Israel.”
Asked for comment, a press officer of the Israeli Consulate General said in a statement, “This is an old case which occurred over 25 years ago, and all aspects of it are part of the past.”
After entering his guilty plea, Mr. Kadish said, “I wish all of you a happy New Year.” His wife warned him to let his lawyer do all the talking as they left court. “Ben, you’re not saying a word,” she said, shushing him as he was approached by reporters.
Mr. Kadish’s case has been linked to the case of Mr. Pollard, which has long been a matter of contention between the United States and Israel, whose leaders have argued, unsuccessfully, for Mr. Pollard’s release.
Mr. Yagur, who is known as Yossi, also received information from Mr. Pollard.
BMT, USA (31/12/08)
Close Reply8. Sensibilities.
Nathan Rai, Bangalore (31/12/08)
8. Sensibilities.
Stop cribbing.
Youtube is not the only disseminator of video clips on earth.
Upload videos of Hamas children programmes / speeches in English and Arabic everywhere you can.
Israel should spend the money it uses to buy 3 bombs or produce one tank to make the world aware of Islams taqiyeh.
You will need to buy 30 less bombs or produce 10 less tanks. Close Reply
Youtube is not the only disseminator of video clips on earth.
Upload videos of Hamas children programmes / speeches in English and Arabic everywhere you can.
Israel should spend the money it uses to buy 3 bombs or produce one tank to make the world aware of Islams taqiyeh.
You will need to buy 30 less bombs or produce 10 less tanks.
Nathan Rai, Bangalore (31/12/08)
Close Reply9. YOU TUBE HAS COMPROMISED ITS JOURNILISTIC ABILITIES
LEN, USA (31/12/08)
9. YOU TUBE HAS COMPROMISED ITS JOURNILISTIC ABILITIES
IT IS NOW WORTHLESS. Close Reply
LEN, USA (31/12/08)
Close Reply10. I used to like youtube but not so much anymore!!
Sue, USA (31/12/08)
10. I used to like youtube but not so much anymore!!
youtube shows "its true colors" and I hope someone who is responsible for "editing"/running youtube videos changes this "ruling" because otherwise they are showing they are anti-semitic and anti-Israel!! Then, there should be a colossal boycott of youtube - if this is so!! Why are they afraid to reveal the truth?! What are they hiding? Close Reply
Sue, USA (31/12/08)
Close Reply11. Congrats to IAF & IDF...
Ken Mathews, Maryland (31/12/08)
11. Congrats to IAF & IDF...
A cowardly YouTube gives in to complaints by terrorist sympathizers. I am not surprised. There doesn't seem to be much moral courage or integrity left anymore.
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Ken Mathews, Maryland (31/12/08)
Close Reply12. innocent hot dog vendors ?!!
a nano mouse, iss surreal (31/12/08)
12. innocent hot dog vendors ?!!
obviously utube has reason to bull-leave that those guys are innocent hot dog vendors; and don't wanna show IAF spending bick bucks adding a little chili sauce to dem dogs Close Reply
a nano mouse, iss surreal (31/12/08)
Close Reply13. Prejudice by concealing truth
Grace, Berwick (31/12/08)
13. Prejudice by concealing truth
The "regular" news agencies will not let the truth be known and now this. Ignorance of what is really going on in Israel makes the world hate Israel. 2 Chronicles 20 is my prayer for you. Pray for Jerusalem and Israel! Close Reply
Grace, Berwick (31/12/08)
Close Reply14. censoring actions, not the messages.
Lea de Lange, Jerusalem (31/12/08)
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