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Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) spoke with high school students in Kfar Blum on Monday, during which time he described Breaking the Silence’s actions as “treachery.”

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon discusses Breaking the Silence recording asking for military secrets: However they use it, it’s treachery.

Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon (Likud) spoke with high school students in Kfar Blum on Monday, during which time he described Breaking the Silence’s actions as “treachery.”

Ya’alon was discussing the recent exposé that showed Breaking the Silence gathering classified information from soldiers.

“What was exposed on Channel 2 is that they are asking soldiers questions that aren’t even connected to the manner or ethics in their operations, and including all kinds of question on what are, effectively, operational secrets,” he said.

“So whether they are putting it to use – which would be very serious – or spreading this information around, it’s treachery. If they are only keeping it for themselves, it’s still treachery. Who holds on to this information? Why do they need to know what tools we are using – in the air, in the water, on the land?”

The program aired last week and was based on information gathered by Ad Kan’s hidden cameras. The recordings feature Breaking the Silence gathering testimony from released soldiers and questioning them on, among other issues, notifications about tunnels along the border with Gaza, tools used by the IDF, troop placements, and operational procedures.

The parents of Tzafrir Bar-Or, who was killed in Operation Protective Edge in 2014, were flooded with emotion as they watched the latest investigative report against Breaking the Silence, which was aired on Channel 2 last week, and have asked the prime minister to intervene personally in the matter.

The report showed the ultra-leftist group asking reservist combat soldiers detailed questions about the forces and military equipment in use along the Gaza border, in a way that seemed more like an act of espionage than an attempt to ascertain that the soldiers were behaving in a moral fashion toward civilians.

“Honorable Prime Minister,” wrote Aryeh and Sharona Bar-Or of Nahariya.

“The last time we spoke was during the shiva (seven day period of intense mourning – ed.) over our son, Tzafrir z”l, Deputy Commander of the Golani Reconnaissance Battalion, who fell in the battle of Shejaiya in the course of Operation Protective Edge. When Tzafrir enlisted to Golani, our parental concern was accompanied by great pride. When we were informed that he had been killed, the concern was replaced by great pain, but the pride remained and it has remained there every day since, hour after hour. When you understand the enormity of the task that we were summoned to in Protective Edge, one can only continue to walk with one’s head raised high, in view of the mission Tzafrir fulfilled.

“When you called us in the shiva, you noted that: ‘In the difficult moments, I have to think about all those hundreds and thousands of residents of the South, whom Tzafrir protected with his body, literally.’ You also said that when you experience difficulty with the emptiness left behind by your brother, Yoni, you remember the hostages that he went out to rescue, and to bring home. And yet, nothing prepared us for the flood of emotions that we feel since the report that was broadcast on Channel 2 on Thursday, about Breaking the Silence.

“The investigative report showed Breaking the Silence directing pre-army service youths to enlist into specific units, so that they could serve as contacts and transfer information back to the group. In addition, one could see testimony being taken from a former combat soldier by Breaking the Silence’s employees. The soldier has come to talk to them about a moral dilemma, but the questions he was asked included questions about the order of battle, operational movements, types of weapons and operational information.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon have announced that an investigation has been launched into the activities of Breaking the Silence.

Ido Ben-Porat (INN)

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