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20.09.2016
[Haaretz]Secret Documents Reveal How Israel Tried to Evade International Scrutiny of Occupation
In two cables from '67 and '68, Foreign Ministry officials admit violations of Geneva Conventions, instruct diplomats how to evade need for compliance by eschewing use of the word ‘occupation.’
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read more ›22.08.2016
[Haaretz]For First Time in Decade, Israel Plans to Expand Jewish Settlement in Hebron
Sources familiar with the plan said the land envisioned for new housing only allowed for a handful of homes, Haaretz learns.
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read more ›08.08.2016
[972mag]Elor Azaria is exposing the occupation, but he's no silence breaker
In testimony at his manslaughter trial for summarily executing a disarmed Palestinian attacker, Elor Azaria is openly describing the violence, de-humanization, hatred, and settler domination that defines the occupation. But make no mistake, he’s not...
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read more ›18.07.2016
[Haaretz]50 Years of Israeli Occupation, Told Through the Eyes of an Author
Irish author Colm Toibin toured the West Bank last week to collect material for his contribution to an a 2017 anthology.
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read more ›12.07.2016
[Haaretz]Despite Global Criticism, Israel Approves Contentious 'NGO Law'
Critics say law, which mandates special requirements for NGOs that get most of their funding from foreign governments, disproportionately targets human rights organizations.
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read more ›11.07.2016
[Haaretz]For Diaspora Jews, the Occupation Can’t Just Be a Spectator Sport
Seeing the reality of Hebron with groups like Breaking the Silence is important. But it’s even more crucial to take the anti-occupation message back into our Diaspora Jewish communities.
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read more ›01.07.2016
[The Telegraph]Mario Vargas Llosa on democracy in Latin America, chaos in Venezuela and fifty years of Israeli occupation
Their literary reflections on all aspects of life in the territories - from the military court system to Ramallah’s hip-hop scene - will be published in 2017 in an anthology organised by Breaking the Silence, a group of former Israeli soldiers trying...
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read more ›30.06.2016
[Haaretz]New Israel Fund Awards Breaking the Silence an Alternative Prize
$20,000 donation almost four times amount of Ben-Gurion University prize nixed by its president.
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read more ›29.06.2016
[Haaretz]An Israeli University Teaches a Lesson in Spinelessness
By retracting a prize to Breaking the Silence in the name of 'the consensus', Ben-Gurion University has made a dangerous capitulation to the forces that seek to suppress civil society.
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read more ›26.06.2016
[Haaretz]Israeli University Nixes Decision to Grant Prize to Breaking the Silence
The anti-occupation NGO was to get a prize for Jewish-Arab understanding until Ben-Gurion University's president overturned her department head's decision.
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read more ›03.06.2016
[Haaretz]The power couple of American literature wants to save Israel from itself
The dissonance generated by a visit to Hebron and a dinner in Tel Aviv jolted Israeli-born writer Ayelet Waldman. It also sparked the genesis of a project with her husband, writer Michael Chabon, and Breaking the Silence: enlisting world-famous writers...
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read more ›22.05.2016
[Forward]Israel Demands Names of Soldiers Who Blew Whistle on Gaza ‘War Crimes’ to Breaking the Silence
Israel is trying to force a leading anti-occupation NGO to reveal the identities of the soldiers who testified to it.. a move that the group says will effectively put it out of business.
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read more ›21.05.2016
[Haaretz]Israeli Soldiers Who Provide Testimony to NGOs Must Be Granted Immunity
This case smacks of scapegoating. Instead of investigating the Israel Defense Forces’ assault policies, as reflected by the last Gaza war, the Military Police and State Prosecutor’s Office are focusing on a single case of low-level severity.
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read more ›20.05.2016
[972mag]Why the state won't be able to break Breaking the Silence
The state’s attempt to bring down one of Israel’s most important anti-occupation organizations may backfire in a big way.
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read more ›18.05.2016
[the guardian]Israel action threatens to close down rights group and 'chill' free speech
Case is being brought against Breaking the Silence, which publishes anonymous testimonies of Israeli soldiers.
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read more ›18.05.2016
[Haaretz]Court Ruling to Decide Breaking the Silence’s Fate Next Week
State attorney wants NGO to reveal soldiers who gave testimony about troops' misbehavior.
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read more ›13.05.2016
[Jewschool]Blood Soiled Hands and the Dreams of Our Fathers (On Israel Independence Day)
we must ask ourselves if we have fulfilled the dream of our founding fathers, or whether the ongoing occupation of the Palestinian people prevents us from establishing a society based on freedom, justice and peace. If the latter is true, as I believe...
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read more ›07.05.2016
[The Washington Post]Here’s what happened when some famous writers went to visit some hardcore Jewish settlers
The organizers hope their words will kindle reflection, outrage, change. They think that after five decades of daily news coverage, often numbing in its narrative of stalled 'peace processes' and kill-reprisal-repeat, the Israel-Palestinian conflict needs...
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read more ›18.04.2016
[Forward]Literary Stars Learn ‘Occupation 101’ Firsthand in Tense Tour of West Bank
“Despair is a luxury,” wrote Waldman and Chabon in their announcement of the book, explaining that that they had decided to use “our voices and our words” to bear witness to Israel’s lengthy military occupation rather than turning away in hopelessness....
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read more ›16.04.2016
[ABC News]Geraldine Brooks returns to Middle East to gather facts for new book
Award-winning Australian author Geraldine Brooks returns to the Middle East, where she began her career as a journalist, to observe life under Israeli occupation for a book that will mark 50 years since Israel took control of the West Bank.
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read more ›03.04.2016
[Forward]How Breaking the Silence Inspires My Pro-Israel Advocacy
in campus environments where hostility to and suspicion of Israel and the IDF run high, men and women like Nadav show skeptics that Israeli soldiers are not monsters, but complex human beings. They show that there are Israelis committed to helping their...
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- Mon, 26 Sep 2016 18:27:03Join us on tour of Hebron to understand how occupation really works>> 7th of October 2016>> https://t.co/SJegVEY7ib https://t.co/56yUE0Bk67
btsisrael - Sun, 25 Sep 2016 12:48:31On Friday we set out on tour of the South Hebron Hills with @truahrabbis students planting trees with #Susiya ppl. https://t.co/MjqcvTbzM8
btsisrael - Thu, 22 Sep 2016 13:35:52For 49 years Israel's been churning diplomatic excuses into ideology for which we are being sent to the territories https://t.co/XD5HQZdn5p
btsisrael - Wed, 21 Sep 2016 18:20:45"Most of what you’re doing is making your presence felt and guarding illegal outposts.">> https://t.co/8NhgsfT5MJ https://t.co/YPstXYKwF1
btsisrael - Tue, 20 Sep 2016 18:07:08A new report by @btselem summarizes two years since Operation Protective Edge, the results do not surprise us>> https://t.co/PJzt4GnyGV
btsisrael - Thu, 15 Sep 2016 14:51:29"The guy didnt intend to put up any resistance. He was really nice. I mean he was very meek" https://t.co/7WoEW6elT4 https://t.co/cGGz1iGbD0
btsisrael - Mon, 12 Sep 2016 15:37:03We are in Hebron on tour with students from @YachadUK, join us on our next tour of the city> https://t.co/HN45mM6ctj https://t.co/RqnfNJVggf
btsisrael - Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:07:13"That’s the sort of demonstration of presence.. little harassment like that." >> https://t.co/R3psoUS0HI https://t.co/iA3BWjAZhl
btsisrael - Tue, 30 Aug 2016 15:00:07Why did I break the silence? https://t.co/MR32RHQr1p https://t.co/U4cnzkvK5d
btsisrael - Wed, 24 Aug 2016 09:43:36We have just one question - Who are you sending us to protect? Israel, or the occupation? https://t.co/YV4INJ8LAj
btsisrael - Fri, 12 Aug 2016 11:47:52Sign this petition by @jstreetdotorg againt the demolition of Susyia & support justice, equality and dignity of life https://t.co/lBdDSUobdR
btsisrael - Thu, 11 Aug 2016 14:56:30We're happy to announce the partnership with @truahrabbis to bring diaspora Jews to see the Occupied Territories>> https://t.co/oRyOne7LfY
btsisrael - Tue, 09 Aug 2016 14:06:18Today the Civil Administration demolished 5 homes in Umm el Khair. 27 adults and 16 minors were left homeless. https://t.co/QNQUzBjjb2
btsisrael - Mon, 08 Aug 2016 17:52:46Our recent op-ed about Elor Azaria in @972mag explains why it is not he alone on trial, but all of Israeli society https://t.co/9oh3P9c3wO
btsisrael - Thu, 04 Aug 2016 17:07:20"You're completely helpless in this case.. it’s like the wild west." (Hebron, 2012) https://t.co/eIxEYI0CfG https://t.co/5uxmGr1bRn
btsisrael - Wed, 03 Aug 2016 21:44:01Serving in the territories you stop seeing kids on bicycles. You see Palestinians, and they are a potential threat. https://t.co/U5mG5Hj5Cr
btsisrael - Thu, 21 Jul 2016 13:54:12"He needed American Jewish privilege, the privilege that gives American Jews protection from the Israeli state." >> https://t.co/YCMBSJzLAa
btsisrael - Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:11:48Read in https://t.co/AB4AgeV6Yf about our latest writers delegation's, with Irish author Colm Toibin among others>> https://t.co/lP0t1vviYB
btsisrael - Sun, 17 Jul 2016 16:58:36‘Demonstration of presence’ is one of the missions we know best from our service. Why? https://t.co/o9dLdd5OvB https://t.co/lPWGQbR2C0
btsisrael - Thu, 14 Jul 2016 17:40:37Yesterday we took part in a panel organized by @AIPAC for a delegation of progressive rabbis. Here's a taste>> https://t.co/SOTQEU3eXo
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