Uri Blau

A reporter with Israel's Haaretz newspaper, Uri Blau, was sentenced to four months of community service under a plea bargain for possessing classified military documents, the court said.

Uri Blau, a reporter with Israel's Haaretz newspaper, was convicted on Tuesday under a plea bargain of possessing classified military documents, an AFP correspondent said.

Reporters Without Borders said on Friday it had "deep reservations" about a plea bargain in which Israeli journalist Uri Blau will serve four months' community service for possessing secret military documents.

Prosecutors on Thursday filed charges against an Israeli journalist over secret military documents he received from a former soldier now in prison for spying, the justice ministry said.

Israel's attorney general has decided to put a journalist on trial over secret military documents he received from a former soldier who is now in prison for spying, the justice ministry said on Wednesday.

A Tel Aviv court on Sunday convicted a young Israeli woman of leaking classified military documents, but dropped espionage charges as part of a plea-bargain agreement, media reports said.

The newspaper had published a series of articles by Uri Blau on the Israeli military's controversial methods of operation in the occupied West Bank, using information passed to him by the secretary of a top general.

A 23-year-old Israeli went on trial on Monday on charges of "serious espionage" for allegedly leaking secret military documents and could face a maximum of life behind bars.

A 23-year-old Israeli went on trial on Monday on charges of "serious espionage" for allegedly leaking secret military documents and could face a maximum of life behind bars.

Report: Israeli reporter returns classified military documents obtained from whistleblower. An Israeli newspaper says one of its investigative reporters has returned to authorities the classified documents he had received from a military whistleblower.

Court records say former Israeli soldier admitted stealing documents for 'war crime' evidence. Court documents released Monday show that a former Israeli soldier admitted stealing classified military secrets to reveal Israeli "war crimes" against Palestinians.

From London, Israeli journalist wanted in military whistleblower case defends his reporting. An Israeli journalist who fled to London to avoid questioning by authorities in a case involving the leak of secret military documents defended his reporting Friday, after an Israeli court lifted a months-long gag order on the story.

An Israeli journalist has been under house arrest for over three months accused of "serious espionage" for leaking secret military documents, media reported on Thursday after a gag order was lifted.

An Israeli journalist has been under house arrest for over three months accused of "serious espionage" for leaking secret military documents, media reported on Thursday after a gag order was lifted.

A journalist has been under house arrest for several months accused of "serious espionage" for leaking top secret military documents, Israeli media reported after a gag order was lifted.

Israeli woman accused of leaking secret military data as soldier is placed under house arrest. A former Israeli soldier is being kept under house arrest after being accused of leaking classified military information about Israel's policy of assassinating wanted militants, people familiar with the case told The Associated Press on Thursday.