Breaking the Silence: female soldiers speak
Breaking the Silence released a booklet of testimonies Friday by female soldiers recounting various abuse cases involving Palestinians in the West Bank. Testimonies include systematic humiliation of Palestinians, reckless and cruel violence, theft, killing of innocent people and cover-up.
“I don’t know who or how, but I know that two of our soldiers put him in a jeep, and that two weeks later the kid was walking around with casts on both arms and legs…they talked about it in the unit quite a lot – about how they sat him down and put his hand on the chair and simply broke it right there on the chair” read one.
The complete story here at Ynet.
Back in July ’09, the group made headlines when it published a booklet of testimonies that said they went into Gaza “with guns blazing” and orders to “shoot first, worry later”. “If you’re not sure, kill” one soldier was quoted as saying.
In response, the government of Israel launched a campaign to repress the organization and pressure foreign governments from withdrawing their funding of it.