Comments on: Lisa Goldman could be in legal trouble

By: Gus

Gus — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 00:00:54 +0000

Hi, I have an opinion about Lisa. The problem is the people running this site have just edited my idiotic comment because I’ve also posted as Alex (the antisemitic idiot), Greg, Kirk, Steve and some others the person editing this can’t be bothered to list.

I really ought to figure out something better to do with my sad life.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:12:41 +0000

Um, David? Your response makes, like, no sense whatsoever.

By: David

David — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 20:59:11 +0000

Lisa,
so you have a new story. Probably something with more relevance.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 14:02:14 +0000

David, the point is not whether or not you think my piece for Channel 10 or my article for Time Out were good journalism.

The point is that the government is trying to limit the freedom of the press by selectively enforcing a law that was passed in 1954 in order to prevent infiltration from enemy states.

There has not been a single case of that law being enforced, despite the fact that Israeli journalists have been routinely traveling on foreign passports to enemy states for many years. I did not invent the wheel by reporting from an enemy state.

Ron Ben Yishai reported from Beirut one day after the ceasefire in August 2006 but the police said nothing. Itai Anghel reported from Iraq a few months ago, but he has not been interrogated. These are only two examples out of approximately one dozen – all recent occurrences – none of which has been mentioned by the police.

By: David

David — Sun, 09 Dec 2007 18:10:41 +0000

Joel,
the only thing I remember from the whole story on TV was a taxi driver being cited saying something like “cus ohkt hizb’allah”.
So, yes. As far as this opinion is concerned there is certain level of understanding. Apart from this I didn’t see the big journalistic insight from this story.

By: Joel Pollak

Joel Pollak — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 01:00:32 +0000

The whole investigation is crap. Lisa’s report from Lebanon was a big step forward in understanding between the two peoples. Israel shouldn’t practice this sort of repression. Go Lisa go!

By: ck

ck — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:16:43 +0000

Jon C: Pretty? Dude, Lisa is hotness incarnate!

Lisa: Why you gotta be that way?

By: Jon C.

Jon C. — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:54:32 +0000

Lisa,

you’re pretty

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:34:52 +0000

ck, thou doth protest too much. I know it was you.

By: ck

ck — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 23:27:09 +0000

Lisa… I had NOTHING to do with any of this.

By: David

David — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:34:37 +0000

If they have dual citizenship and travel with their foreign passports, I see no way of constructing a case against them. Unfortunately I have seen enough questionable legal trouble in Israel to believe that almost everything is possible. If someone in the state prosecution wants to make a to make an example, it could mean a lot of trouble (bli ayin harah).
Anyway, it’s always a good idea to keep a low profile. And to have powerful protekzia.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:21:05 +0000

Next time, definitely. I just hope it won’t be at a prison.

Seriously, get a very good lawyer please.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:17:49 +0000

Aw, TM, I wasn’t really angry at you – just teasing. I understand the time limitations of a short visit. Next time, yes?

Thank you for the supportive post. I will publish my response to the story on my own blog pretty soon.

By: themiddle

themiddle — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:46:04 +0000

Whatever. I wrote "enemy" countries because I was trying to emphasize the status of those countries, not because of any political intent. Lisa is a good person. If she made a mistake in this instance, she can receive the same treatment as Israeli Arab politicians who go to those countries. Nothing happens to them unless they actually support the enemy. Anyway, doing nothing is precisely in the national interest. If nothing was done to that fucking drug smuggler, Elhanan Tannenbaum, for whom hundreds of security prisoners were released, then why pursue these journalists?

By: Imshin

Imshin — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 20:35:51 +0000

No, not “enemy” countries –
enemy countries. Enough with the naivety already. Yes, there are a lot of nice, western, modern people to talk to in Lebanon, but there is also Hizballah (and a lot of Palestinians who really, really hate us – far more than the local ones).

Can’t you imagine what it would have cost this country (not to mention cost her and her family personally), had she fallen into Hizballah hands? Didn’t we pay enough for that fool Tenenbaum? And for what?

I doubt she’ll get prison, if she’s charged and then eventually convicted. Probably a few months of community service. But, if charged, she’ll go through a lot of unpleasantness on the way. Luckily for her, she’s not as high profile as that pompous ass, Ron Ben Yishai (besides being a much nicer person).

I truly hope for her that they don’t charge her and it just fizzles out. However, much as I don’t want anything nasty happening to Lisa, I’m not at all sure that closing this case is in the best national interest.

One possibility is that the investigtion was on the verge of fizzling out, and that’s why someone leaked it – so it wouldn’t be able to fizzle out.