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27.06.2017
[Haaretz]Defend Israel's Anti-occupation Group Breaking the Silence read
Justice Minister Shaked is investigating the spokesman for the army veterans' group for breaking the silence on what he did in Hebron – nobody else among the countless veterans who've told similar stories and worse, just him
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read more ›23.06.2017
[Haaretz]Police Question Breaking the Silence Spokesman After Complaint by Justice Minister
Justice Minister Shaked urged the attorney general to investigate the anti-occupation group's spokesman over his testimony that he hit a Palestinian during his military service
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read more ›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...
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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...
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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
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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
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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.
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- Wed, 25 Apr 2018 19:39:381/Our world book tour of ‘Kingdom of Olives and Ash’ continues!
This collection of essays by celebrated internation… https://t.co/ZN9dchn0bY
btsisrael - Mon, 23 Apr 2018 19:33:26Proud to stand with @meretzparty @Gisha_Access @NewIsraelFund @omdimbeyachad @PalThink https://t.co/xTZ219DdRs
btsisrael - Mon, 23 Apr 2018 17:06:33Watch @SenSanders' groundbreaking speech at the annual @jstreetdotorg conference, featuring Breaking the Silence an… https://t.co/ItpSj3EmMd
btsisrael - Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:44:14RT @TheRaDR: For example check out the work of @BtSIsrael @btselem @rhreng @machsomwatch @IrAmimAlerts @NewIsraelFund etc. Plus other orgs…
btsisrael - Sun, 22 Apr 2018 22:44:11RT @TheRaDR: If it takes Natalie Portman for people to get the memo that many Jews and, yes, Israelis oppose the Occupation and Bibi’s gove…
btsisrael - Sun, 22 Apr 2018 09:16:32RT @SenSanders: The situation in Gaza is a humanitarian crisis. The United States must play a more aggressive and even-handed role in endin…
btsisrael - Sat, 21 Apr 2018 18:30:12Thread
btsisrael - Sat, 21 Apr 2018 10:00:10RT @Frima_Bubis: So grateful to our friends at @IfNotNowOrg for opening their homes, ears and hearts to the realities of occupation, and fo…
btsisrael - Fri, 20 Apr 2018 15:36:20@rabbijilljacobs @NewIsraelFund @truahrabbis @jstreetdotorg @btselem @Gisha_Access So are you going to introduce us?
btsisrael - Fri, 20 Apr 2018 00:13:14RT @jstreetdotorg: If you missed @SenSanders' powerful remarks from #JStreet10, you can watch the full speech here
btsisrael - Thu, 19 Apr 2018 18:05:55RT @rabbijilljacobs: . @AGvaryahu : highest level of patriotism is criticizing occupation. Best way to support Israel is to oppose occupati…
btsisrael - Tue, 17 Apr 2018 14:03:14We who fought, lost friends and took lives, won’t wait for the next victim to say clearly: this cycle of bloodshed… https://t.co/OKX3IuEpoX
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:34:48More than 200 people in the crowd! https://t.co/JfnpJ3VvdS
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:30:01@AGvaryahu: As ambassador Friedman has a building bearing his name in the settlement of Beth El, we must have the s… https://t.co/rhDUroig7c
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:30:00What can American Jews do? @mattduss: 1. Be informed, 2. Have allies on the ground, 3. Have courage
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 18:23:03.@mattduss: The right to be safe in your own home, is so fundamental in the American foundation. This is what we're… https://t.co/H3p6ZeRcmn
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:44:19Eid Hathaleen: You can all imagine what it's like when your young daughters see the military raid your home with st… https://t.co/oSjPAJwh65
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:44:18Eid Hathaleen: My village is not allowed to have water or electricity access unlike my neighbors in the settlement… https://t.co/quEelPzcjL
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:39:23.@Michal_Rozin: The Israeli government is more afraid of Breaking the Silence than from Palestinians, just because… https://t.co/zJft4EgZ4L
btsisrael - Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:35:24.@Michal_Rozin:"74% of the Israelis never visited the West Bank. Less than 4% thought of ever going to live there.… https://t.co/8CeEskFfKd
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