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PHOTOS: Palestinians watch harvest season disappear before their eyes
In the village of Salem, as elsewhere in the West Bank, Palestinians are forced to harvest their olives according to the whims and restrictions of Israeli authorities. Photos and text by: Ahmad...
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PHOTOS: Hundreds mourn Palestinian youth shot dead by Israeli soldiers
By: Ahmad al Bazz / Activestills.org Hundreds of Palestinians gathered to take part in the funeral of Ali Safi in the Jalazun refugee camp near Ramallah Thursday. Safi, 18, was shot with live bullets...
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WATCH: Israeli soldiers party in demolished settlement outpost
The Givat Sorek outpost, built on private Palestinian land, was destroyed by Israeli soldiers just a week ago. Now it has become an area for soldiers to relax and barbecue. Soldiers from the Golani...
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Redefining civilians and legitimate targets: Israeli soldiers testify on Gaza...
Two themes are present in almost all of the 60-plus testimonies collected by Breaking the Silence from Israeli soldiers who fought in the last Gaza war: loose rules of engagement and systematic, wanton...
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How an alleged war crime goes away — and resurfaces a year later
Nobody really noticed the deliberate shelling of a Palestinian medical clinic, even when it was reported in real time during Israel’s war in Gaza last summer. Now, because of reporting by an...
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Why do so many Israelis hate Breaking the Silence?
The organization of former Israeli soldiers is coming under attack from every direction these days — from the Israel’s president to the defense minister to the police. So what’s the deal? A public...
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The army prefers to indict soldiers who loot — not those who kill
Why does the the IDF indict soldiers far more often for property-related crimes, while closing cases in which soldiers are suspected of wounding or killing Palestinians? By Yossi Gurvitz, written for...
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Why exposing the Hebron murder benefits Israelis
Both the Israeli Right and Left need ‘rotten apples’ like the Hebron shooter in order to justify their Orwellian worldview. A Magen David Adom ambulance attempts to navigate around the body of a...
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The only way to ensure Palestinian lives matter
The IDF’s decision not to charge Abed Fatah al-Sharif’s killer with murder should not surprise anybody — it is entirely consistent with the impunity Israeli security personnel have enjoyed for decades...
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Attacked by a soldier? Don’t expect to hear from the police
A Palestinian resident of Hebron is attacked for trying to protect a child from settler violence. It turns out his attackers were aided by an IDF soldier. By Yossi Gurvitz, for Yesh Din Israeli police....
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Keep Israel’s militarism away from asylum seeker children
Contrary to what some activists claim, Defense Minister Liberman’s decision to forbid soldiers from volunteering with children of asylum seekers is a good one. By Dror Mizrachi Defense Minister...
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‘Proud to be outside the consensus, until the occupation ends’
Under public pressure, Ben-Gurion University pulled a prize from Breaking the Silence, a group of Israeli soldiers who talk publicly about what it means to serve in an occupying army. The group is...
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The problem with Israel’s heroism addiction
The flip side of Israel’s need for heroes created in uniform, weapon in hand, is the urge to preserve the ideals associated with them and to shield them from criticism — the ramifications of which have...
View ArticleWATCH: Israeli soldiers arrest Palestinian for filming them
Soldiers arrest a Palestinian man before shooting his brother in the knee with a rubber bullet. Israeli soldiers arrested a Palestinian volunteer with an Israeli human rights organization before...
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An open letter to a future Israeli soldier
I honestly believe you want the best for this country, but if you care about the Israeli society, there are other ways to make a difference. Joining the IDF only perpetuates the status quo — one that...
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As long as occupation exists, soldiers will continue to speak out
We must make our voices heard sharply and clearly, so that every person who served in the occupied territories will know that speaking out is not merely an option — it is a moral duty. By Avner...
View ArticleVideos show Israeli soldiers sniping unarmed protesters in Gaza
Attempts to retroactively portray Friday’s demonstrators as Hamas militants, stone-throwers, or human shields serves only one purpose: to quiet the Israeli conscience. The Israeli army and Israel’s...
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B’Tselem to Israeli soldiers: Refuse orders to shoot Gaza protesters
Israeli soldiers have a legal obligation to refuse manifestly illegal orders. In a new campaign, the Israeli human rights group says shooting unarmed civilian protesters is just that — unmistakably and...
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Palestinian peace activist denied entry to U.S. for speaking tour
Osama Iliwat was supposed to speak to synagogues, churches, and universities across the United States about the power of nonviolence and bringing an end to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Instead he...
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