|
testimonies database
|
|
21.06.2017
[The Washington Post]t Writers detail Israeli occupation of West Bank in new book
JERUSALEM — A group of renowned authors has published a collection of essays about Israel’s occupation of the West Bank, hoping their grim firsthand perspectives will draw attention to what they say is an unsustainable situation that is harmful to...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Fworld%2Fmiddle_east%2Fwriters-detail-israeli-occupation-of-west-bank-in-new-book%2F2017%2F06%2F21%2F213d8c9a-564a-11e7-840b-512026319da7_story.html%3Futm_term%3D.5203007ddee3
read more ›19.06.2017
[Haaretz]What Really Happens in the World's Most Moral Army
As a proud Israeli leftist who believes in the two-state solution, I should have been a compassionate soldier in Gaza and the West Bank. But this is a story about the corrupting effect of limitless power
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F.premium-1.796573
read more ›27.05.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Building a supermarket in Ramallah: part investment, part madness
An essay by Michael Chabon recounts the minor miracle achieved by Palestinian-American businessman Sam Bahour.
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thestar.com%2Fnews%2Finsight%2F2017%2F05%2F27%2Fbuilding-a-supermarket-in-ramallah-part-investment-part-madness.html
read more ›27.05.2017
[Breaking the Silence]THE DOVEKEEPER AND THE CHILDREN’S INTIFADA
How a thirteen-year-old boy in Jerusalem became a Rorschach blot for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newyorker.com%2Fbooks%2Fpage-turner%2Fthe-dovekeeper-and-the-childrens-intifada
read more ›22.05.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Architecture of Persecution
The 4000-year-old city of Jerusalem's rich archeological history is weaponized against Palestinians. By Hari Kunzru
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.guernicamag.com%2Farchitecture-of-persecution%2F
read more ›20.05.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Life Behind Israel’s Checkpoints
RAMALLAH, WEST BANK — Every conflict has its heroes. In Palestine they’re the taxi drivers. After living for half a century under occupation, I can no longer endure the anxiety of what might appear on the road, whether it is angry drivers bottlenecked...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F05%2F20%2Fopinion%2Fsunday%2Fisraels-checkpoints-settlements-palestinians.html%3Fref%3Dopinion%26_r%3D1
read more ›11.05.2017
[Breaking the Silence]If You Served in the Army, You Know: Breaking the Silence Is Telling the Truth
A group of reservists is trying to discredit the group, saying it lies about Israel's actions in the occupied territories. I'd like to thank them for getting me to finally speak up about what is being done in Israel's name
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F.premium-1.788440
read more ›09.05.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Israeli Democracy Needs Hordes of Breakers of Silence
Netanyahu wants to enclose the occupation in an iron curtain that will give his government a monopoly on information
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F.premium-1.788224
read more ›01.05.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Letter to the Editor: Princeton IDF veterans support the decision of J Street U to host Breaking the Silence
As members of the Princeton community and as veterans of the Israel Defense Forces, we, the undersigned, support J Street U’s decision to host Breaking the Silence.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailyprincetonian.com%2Farticle%2F2017%2F05%2Fprinceton-idf-veterans
read more ›15.04.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Eimear McBride in the West Bank: ‘All that is human in me recoils from this’
The award-winning author witnesses Palestinian life under occupation: ‘I cannot forget the madness of what I saw there. The sheer effort to make history die’
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Flife-and-style%2Fpeople%2Feimear-mcbride-in-the-west-bank-all-that-is-human-in-me-recoils-from-this-1.3044958
read more ›10.04.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Marking the festival of liberation as the occupation hits 50
As we celebrate Passover this year, we will also be marking the 50th year of the occupation. It’s time to reflect on what liberation really means when you’re holding another people captive.
https%3A%2F%2F972mag.com%2Fmarking-the-festival-of-liberation-as-the-occupation-hits-50%2F126594%2F
read more ›02.04.2017
[Breaking the Silence]'The occupation will collapse. And then we'll build a moral society here'
On Saturday night, thousands of Palestinians and Jews gathered in Jerusalem for an anti-occupation protest marking 50 years since the occupation began. Breaking the Silence head Yuli Novak spoke to demonstrators about the importance of solidarity and...
https%3A%2F%2F972mag.com%2Fthe-occupation-will-collapse-and-then-well-build-a-moral-society-here%2F126361%2F
read more ›24.02.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Why Breaking the Silence?
When an autoimmune disease breaks out the immune system gets confused and instead of protecting the body it attacks itself. It seems that in the past year, such behavior has developed as a natural, but worrisome, reaction to the government’s campaign...
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F.premium-1.773444
read more ›08.02.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Netanyahu wants to repress my group, Breaking the Silence. May, don’t help him
As an Israeli, it’s not my place to tell Netanyahu to stop interfering in decisions made by the British government. That’s something British citizens can do. What I can do is shed some light on the reason Netanyahu is so intent on stopping us, an...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fcommentisfree%2F2017%2Ffeb%2F08%2Fnetanyahu-breaking-the-silence-israel-theresa-may
read more ›27.01.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Who’s Afraid of Nonviolence?
Issa Amro, a native of the city of Hebron and a prominent Palestinian advocate of nonviolent resistance, has been waiting now for nearly two months to find out when he can expect to face trial in an Israeli military courtroom. He has been accused of a...
https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2017%2F01%2F27%2Fopinion%2Fwhos-afraid-of-nonviolence.html%3F_r%3D0
read more ›14.01.2017
[Breaking the Silence]Israeli Army Raids an Apartment, Palestinian Grandmother Wounded and Faints read
The IDF raid on Kafr Qaddum in the West Bank last Tuesday night did not become just another dry statistic. The reason: an 80-year-old Palestinian woman was injured. IDF claims she was never pushed and simply felt unwell.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2F.premium-1.764976
read more ›29.12.2016
[Breaking the Silence]What Progressive Jews Can Learn From David Friedman and Dani Dayan
In the northeast part of the settlement of Beit El, there is a building bearing the name of the newly appointed American ambassador to Israel — David Friedman. The Friedman edifice is located on the grounds of a girls’ high school (Ulpana), which...
http%3A%2F%2Fforward.com%2Fopinion%2F358666%2Fwhat-progressive-jews-can-learn-from-david-friedman-and-dani-dayan%2F%3Fattribution%3Dauthor-article-listing-1-headline
read more ›13.12.2016
[Breaking the Silence]Shoafat: A Mark of Shame on All Israelis
The Palestinian refugee camp inside the city of Jerusalem is a blight on Israel which must be corrected immediately. | Opinion
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F.premium-1.758588
read more ›06.12.2016
[Breaking the Silence]Yes, in Our Schools
Naftali Bennett is trying to scare principals and deepen the delegitimization of the occupation’s opponents. He won’t succeed.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F1.757165
read more ›01.12.2016
[Breaking the Silence]Ministry Summons Jerusalem School Principal for Hosting Anti-occupation Group Breaking the Silence
The summons was prompted by a complaint over alleged incitement at the program, but no incitement has been found and there is no formal ministry policy banning such programming, sources say.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2F.premium-1.756255
read more ›01.12.2016
[Breaking the Silence]‘We Are Orphans Here’
Life and death in East Jerusalem’s Palestinian refugee camp. By RACHEL KUSHNER
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F12%2F01%2Fmagazine%2Fwe-are-orphans-here.html%3F_r%3D1%23
read more ›
- Sat, 24 Jun 2017 16:25:35RT @NatashaRoth01: FAO Israel's justice minister: here's a list of IDF abuses to investigate instead of hounding @BtSIsrael https://t.co/vg…
btsisrael - Fri, 23 Jun 2017 21:13:27RT @rabbijilljacobs: Hypocrisy of @Ayelet__Shaked investigating @BtSIsrael spokesperson @Iss_Dean for violence during army service. Occupat…
btsisrael - Fri, 23 Jun 2017 14:38:33RT @AmbCanIsrael: .@Canembisrael présent au début: livre sur #Palestiniens #MichaelChabon @ayeletw @alahlehel & @agavron organisé par @BtSI…
btsisrael - Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:18:21RT @martinoweiss: @Presentation of "Kingdom of Olives and Ash-Writers Confront the Occupation" by @BtSIsrael. Includes an essay by Austrian…
btsisrael - Thu, 22 Jun 2017 22:06:11RT @rabbijilljacobs: Yuli Novak teaches Torah of tzelem Elohim/image of God: occupation will end when we see both Israelis & Palestinians a…
btsisrael - Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:22:55RT @adanielroth: Listening to @ayeletw, M. Chabon and others hosted by @BtSIsrael discuss occupation, future, and new work: Kingdom of Oliv…
btsisrael - Thu, 22 Jun 2017 20:22:42RT @btselem: Our friends from @BtSIsrael are launching the Hebrew version of "kingdom of Olives and Ash" in TLV today https://t.co/vYF27yic…
btsisrael - Wed, 21 Jun 2017 17:06:04With @ayeletw Michal Chabon and accomplished Israeli writers planting trees in #susiya and launching arabic tran "K… https://t.co/xIgluxtsNG
btsisrael - Tue, 20 Jun 2017 21:45:21RT @Moriel_RZ: Iftaar and book launch for #KingdomOfOlivesAndAsh in Hebron, with @YASHebron, @Issaamro, @ayeletw, Michael Chabon, Fida Jiry…
btsisrael - Tue, 20 Jun 2017 19:33:20Thank you @TheElders for your support and your endless struggle for peace and Justice in our region https://t.co/fmoUeSX2Sz
btsisrael - Tue, 20 Jun 2017 11:17:11This is a story about the corrupting effect of limitless power
https://t.co/7ZkbR9ZYko
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:12:25RT @AviMayer: Listening to authors Michael Chabon, Ayelet Waldman, Assaf Gavron, and Fida Jiryis at a @BtSIsrael event in Jerusalem. https:…
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:09:09Michael Chabon: [on hope of ending the occupation] I saw the end of the U.S.S.R, and a black man become president. Walls do fall down
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:06:46Fida Juris: the only place to start is ending the occupation. An occupied people will never find peace
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:05:47.@ayeletw: "You just don't engage in an illegal occupation for 50 years"
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:02:34.@ayeletw: Part of tikkun olam (biblical call for justice) is that you may not stay silent
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 21:00:55.@ayeletw: [on mandate to fight the occupation from u.s] We are citizens of the world - it is our duty to stand up for justice everywhere
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:59:33.@avner87:that's the price we pay as a society - the moral price isn't just the soldier violent in the checkpoint. Its the checkpoint itself
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:55:54.@avner87: part of what moved me to join BtS and fight the occupation was to understand that what I did as a soldier was changing me 1/2
btsisrael - Sun, 18 Jun 2017 20:54:39.@avner87: [On the price tag of occupation] the issue isn't an Utopian past but a constant struggle to realize what we can potentially be
btsisrael