The secrets in Israel's archives
The Israeli government has extended the period for releasing classified documents from 50 to 70 years. The move is the government's response to Israeli journalists who have been seeking through courts to gain access to documents that should already be declassified. The documents in question relate, among other events, to the 1948 war, which established Israel, and the 1956 Suez crisis. The state’s chief archivist says many of the documents "are not fit for public viewing" and raise doubts about Israel's "adherence to international law." Had Germany's archives remained secret for 70 years, we would only have documentary proof of Nazi war crimes until 1940. Those responsible would be largely unknown to the general public, and Simon Wiesenthal would have spent his days idly by until his death in 2005. http://aljazeera.com/news/articles/39/The-secrets-in-Israels-archives.html
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