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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...
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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.
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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...
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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
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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.
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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
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read more ›29.11.2016
[Breaking the Silence]Israeli Lawmakers to Hold Rare Dual Vote on Bill to Legalize Settlement Outposts
Knesset legal adviser warns of 'significant minefields' ahead of Wednesday vote on the measure, aimed at averting a court-ordered evacuation of Amona.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2F1.755979
read more ›22.11.2016
[Breaking the Silence]How to Oppose Trump: A Guide for American Progressives, From Your Israeli and Palestinian Peers
Israeli and Palestinian rights activists have weathered many years of repeated and well-coordinated attacks on democratic and liberal values. But we're still here. And we have hard-won lessons to offer.
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read more ›01.11.2016
[Breaking the Silence]Breaking the Silence to receive alternative award from BGU faculty
Faculty from the Ben Gurion University of the Negev will present an alternative award to the controversial NGO rights group Breaking the Silence in lieu of a canceled prize the group was supposed to receive from the university.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jpost.com%2FIsrael-News%2FBreaking-the-Silence-to-receive-alternative-award-from-BGU-faculty-471435
read more ›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...
http%3A%2F%2F972mag.com%2Felor-azaria-is-exposing-the-occupation-but-hes-no-silence-breaker%2F121248%2F
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.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fisrael-news%2F1.731703
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.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F1.730157
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...
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.telegraph.co.uk%2Fnews%2F2016%2F06%2F19%2Fmario-vargas-llosa-on-democracy-in-latin-america-chaos-in-venezu%2F
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.
http%3A%2F%2Fwww.haaretz.com%2Fopinion%2F1.727487
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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- Mon, 13 Feb 2017 17:38:58RT @lisang: In the Knesset, MK Tamar Zandberg (Meretz) reading excerpts from @ShovrimShtika's report re settler influence on soldiers in th…
btsisrael - Mon, 13 Feb 2017 16:33:03RT @avner87: .@meretzparty members are reading testimonies of soldiers collected be @BtSIsrael now in @KnessetIL https://t.co/14mFYYXq8J
btsisrael - Sun, 12 Feb 2017 18:45:04Read @Iss_Dean breaking the silence about the violent reality he was part of as an officer in the occupied territor… https://t.co/K7biIhilsg
btsisrael - Thu, 09 Feb 2017 18:16:29Breaking the silence around @netanyahu attacks & land grab bill
https://t.co/SuAwBAol6E
We are joining our accnts pls follow us @BtSIsrael
btsisrael - Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:15:07RT @JessicaMontell: Breaking the Silence: Israeli soldiers who speak about their service in West Bank/Gaza. What's so scary about that?
@Ni…
btsisrael - Wed, 08 Feb 2017 11:15:05RT @JessicaMontell: New height of censorship: Jerusalem mayor @NirBarkat threatens to shut down Barbur Gallery if it hosts a lecture by @Bt…
btsisrael - Tue, 06 Dec 2016 17:57:12Yes, in our schools https://t.co/CECVJ5xc8C
btsisrael - Mon, 28 Nov 2016 18:05:14"After you get out of the army do you look back and realize what you did"
Full testimony >>https://t.co/xYZ4e9O6UW https://t.co/LUcBRvk7Nw
btsisrael - Sun, 30 Oct 2016 17:49:29"Yesterday, 7 housing units were demolished in East Jerusalem"
What does this headline actually mean, on the ground?
https://t.co/TIaVkaOIpD
btsisrael - Fri, 14 Oct 2016 12:04:18This has been our past week
Join us for a tour to Hebron with soldiers who served there>> https://t.co/wTxCIa1JUt https://t.co/i3iq7rWAJT
btsisrael - Thu, 13 Oct 2016 16:06:45Yom Kippur has passed, but the center of Hebron still close to Palestinians. Every day, for years. https://t.co/gUEY9W4J90
btsisrael - Mon, 10 Oct 2016 20:36:42"There's no law, it’s like the wild west." [Hebron, 2012]
Read the full testimony here>> https://t.co/btl1YcngDA…/database/576623
btsisrael - Fri, 07 Oct 2016 18:28:29We had a full week of activities
Join us on a tour to the OPT with soldiers who served there https://t.co/3E8bN9USty https://t.co/k5tI2md2zk
btsisrael - Thu, 06 Oct 2016 17:44:28Congratulations to @ayeletw & @michaelchabon their activism against the occupation has won them in The Jposts list
>>https://t.co/fsp0qTbqgi
btsisrael - Sun, 02 Oct 2016 12:07:54New year - old occupation.
more than ever, we, the soldiers that were there, are committed to fight the occupation. https://t.co/bNVxKfv5ej
btsisrael - Thu, 29 Sep 2016 16:47:3916 years passed since the 2nd Intifada.
There is no military solution to a political problem
https://t.co/R4cwmgqhYE https://t.co/c27sD0kRE8
btsisrael - 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
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