145 stories are grouped in this Black Book of the Israeli occupation. The book is shock. It brings together the testimonies of Israeli soldiers who were operating in the occupied Palestinian territories. Humiliation, intimidation, daily checks ... The testimonies has been collected by the silence breakers. Israelis who have completed their military period in the occupied Palestinian territories. They chose to say out loud what everyone knows but think everything down on the reality of the occupation, writes the preface writer of the book, Zeev Sternhell Israeli university. Breaking the Silence was founded in 2004 by former soldiers who served in the Israeli army since the second Intifada in 2000. The movement aims to reveal to the Israeli and international public opinion the reality of daily life in the Territories busy and the heavy price paid by the Palestinian people, but also by soldiers who daily mission is to control. Considered the sole spokesman of the votes of soldiers, the organization is well known today in Israel, eyes of public opinion and in the media. Its founder, Yehuda Shaul, 30, was born and raised in Jerusalem, in an ultra-Orthodox family. After graduating from the secondary school in the Talmudic school a Jewish settlement in the West Bank, Yehuda Shaul joined the Defense Army of Israel as a sergeant major in the 50th battalion of the Nahal Brigade between 2001 and 2004. He has participated in various military operations in the West Bank during the second intifada, including operation Defensive Shield in Ramallah. He also served during 14 months in Hebron, the largest Palestinian city in the southern West Bank. Translation Abou Naâs Houari
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