ki-yoshi

What did they do with the children?

joeysaperv

So I'm curious. When old declassified information is released, does it still contain redactions?

putneg

usually yes. especially since old documents were not digital and thus any stamp or mark on it is permanent.

joeysaperv

Makes sense, thank you.

2impendingdoom

She also pointed out that the documents only cover the period 1948-1954. Evidence, however, shows the disappearances continued way into the 1960s.

“We are obliged to give these families answers,” Koren said, urging the government to release the rest of the documents.

According to official information, the document database will only contain information for those families who had requested to be included in the initiative. Any others who had failed to do so can call the State Archives directly.

Meanwhile, Israeli news website Ynetnews ran a story with the reactions of relatives whose siblings went missing in hospitals, with many of them saying the information in the protocols released was neither complete, nor accurate. Some have accused the Israeli government of a deliberate “cover-up” and even of “mockery.”

“There is nothing new here,” said Yaakov Ben Aba from Rehovot, who lost five siblings between 1944 and 1953, and who believes they were kidnapped. “Opening the protocols to the public is mockery. It’s in order to keep covering up the affair. Instead of opening the adoption files, they are throwing a bone at us in the form of protocols that will not really get us closer to the truth.”

concernedaboutitall

This has been posted twice at least.

QuestionEverything

So for 40+ years Israels stole a couple thousand babies, YEARLY. From their enemies.

Let that sink in.

/you won't do anything about this either? Israel can do no wrong?

Bratton912

The fact that they are willing to come forward about past wrongs is a decent indicator they aren't still doing those things. It seems they are sending a message that they have some leverage and are willing to use it. The threat can often be greater than the execution.

goat_cheese_pizza

sending a message is exactly what they're doing. the obama administration pissed them off the other day.

SlackeryTurnBull

Not if it's a limited hangout. And since the release coincided with the ridiculous UN debacle, it probably is, meaning there are heavy PR ramifications attached. I guess with Trump we're all supposed to be blindly pro-Israel again like the old days.

Bratton912

I don't think we should blindly do anything. But, it is worth noting that Israel is the only country in the region who doesn't currently consider us the Great Satan.

SlackeryTurnBull

What would you consider a country who wants to come in, bomb you to smithereens and then steal your children? Sounds pretty accurate.

SIMONBARROW

Relevant to Pizzagate how?