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20 May 2015
Testimonies from Israeli soldiers remind me of my family’s fear last summer. Read more about When "good morning" is an order to kill: Israel's attack on my neighborhood
4 May 2015
Troops were told to consider everyone in Gaza as a “threat.” Read more about Israeli soldiers ordered to kill civilians in Gaza, says Breaking the Silence
16 January 2014
Troops admit that they enjoy administering “punishment” at checkpoints. Read more about Israeli soldiers get "addicted to power" over Palestinians, says new book
7 August 2013
Israelis should accept that they are not victims, according to Breaking the Silence activist Noam Chayut. Read more about Brutality is “in my veins,” says former Israeli soldier
20 February 2013
The confessions of Israeli soldiers collected by Breaking the Silence expose a clear pattern of abuse Read more about Soldiers' confessions prove shocking Israeli Instagram photo soldiers not just a few bad apples
7 September 2012
Youngsters arrested as part of deliberate policy to break Palestinians emotionally. Read more about Abusing children "part and parcel" of Israeli ideology, says rights defender
3 September 2012
More confessions of horrifying crimes and killings by Israeli soldiers against Palestinian children. Read more about "You want to kill him but he’s crying": More Israeli soldiers' confessions of crimes against children
31 August 2012
A new publication documents the violence, arrests, intimidation and harassment from the perspective of the perpetrators — the Israeli soldiers. Read more about Choose a kid at random, "aim at his body": Israeli soldiers confess their violence
7 August 2009
“Breaking the Silence” is a member of the Israeli human rights, peace and social justice community. The group’s only crime, so it seems, lies in its effort to offer an alternative ethical voice in a society that is arguably losing its way. Breaking the Silence provides a platform for soldiers to testify to acts of violence and other violations of Palestinian rights that they may have witnessed or taken part in during their service in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Louis Frankenthaler comments for The Electronic Intifada. Read more about "Breaking the Silence" or silencing the critics?