is a watchdog organization, founded in 2004 and composed of former soldiers of the IDF, the Israeli army. His goal from the testimony of those called to tell the occupation of Palestinian territories. Because reality does not correspond to the ideals always carried by a self-proclaimed most humane army in the world. And celebrated as such by its citizens. The NGO Breaking the silence [break the silence] was born for this discrepancy. "Israeli society would prefer not to know," said Yehuda Shaul, co-director of Breaking the Silence. But some of us can not. They want to know the moral cost paid by the peace called for the Israelis. And I believe our years in the armed forces give us that right. "
The publication in June 2009, their report on the Cast Lead in January of that year in Gaza, has done a lot of noise. He cited the indiscriminate use of white phosphorus incendiary munitions, which denies the staff, but corroborating the charges carried by different NGOs. Of "mass destruction not responding to any direct threat" are denounced by the soldiers. "We have not seen a single house intact [...]. Infrastructure, roads, fields, roads, everything was ruined. The [bulldozer] D-9 were all crushed, "said one soldier.
Another report published in April 2008 focuses on the lives of soldiers in the Hebron area, an area of great tension. The city where 160,000 Palestinians live, is occupied in its center by a thousand settlers who live barricaded around the tomb of Abraham. There, the humiliation, small or large, are commonplace: handcuffed Palestinians at checkpoints for hours, night searches, beatings. "A place where everything you do, you do so with the consciousness of doing wrong," said one witness. W
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