Israeli Soliders Talk About The Occupied Territories

[abso]

Israeli Soliders Talk About The Occupied Territories

About the Organization:

Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran combatants who served in the Israeli military during the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public to the routine situations of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. The organization endeavors to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population’s everyday life.

Soldiers who serve in the Territories witness and participate in military actions which change them immensely. Cases of abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property have been the norm for years, but are still excused as military necessities, or explained as extreme and unique cases. Our testimonies portray a different, and much grimmer picture. While this reality is known to Israeli soldiers and commanders, Israeli society continues to turn a blind eye, and to deny that which happens in its name. Discharged soldiers who return to civilian life discover the gap between the reality which they encountered in the Territories, and the silence which they encounter at home. In order to become civilians again, soldiers are forced to ignore what they have seen and done. Breaking the Silence voices the experiences of these soldiers, forcing Israeli society to address the reality which it has helped to create.

The organization collects and publishes testimonies from soldiers who have served in the West Bank and Gaza since September 2000, and also holds lectures, house meetings, and other public events which bring to light the reality in the Territories through the voice of former combatants. Breaking the Silence also conducts tours in Hebron and the South Hebron Hills region, all with the aim of allowing the Israeli public access to the reality which takes place in its own back yard, yet is rarely portrayed in the media.


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[abso]

This article:

For Kathianne its just unreliable source as usual
For Gaffer they are all self hating jews as usual
For everyone in the forum its just arab propaganda
For the rest of the americans its just lies

For me Its FACTS.

[jimnyc]

For me Its FACTS.

That's because you're a pedophile idolizing fucking repeating idiot. All you do is post article after article about Israel. We get it, you don't like Israel. How about you get this - The quran and hadith teach abuse towards women, death towards apostates and proof that mukkihommeed was a pedophile. Fuck off if you don't like those FACTS.

[Kathianne]

That's because you're a pedophile idolizing fucking repeating idiot. All you do is post article after article about Israel. We get it, you don't like Israel. How about you get this - The quran and hadith teach abuse towards women, death towards apostates and proof that mukkihommeed was a pedophile. Fuck off if you don't like those FACTS.

There's some things here I agree with. Abso is a one-pony poster.

[jimnyc]

Take a stab at this one, abso, and fill us with some more of your lies and excuses about how the millions and millions of muslims around the world really aren't muslims.

http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthre...divorced-at-10

[Agnapostate]

Good; Israel needs its John Browns to condemn the Manifest Destiny, lebensraum policy of European colonialism and dispossession of the resident population.

[NightTrain]

You know what was really very interesting that I saw a while back was a show about Israel hunting down muslim terrorists and killing them all over the world after the '72 Olympics massacre.

Anyone else catch that on History Channel? I think it was "Operation : Wrath of God".