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Itay Volloch (photo: Omri Hayoon website)

Israeli ‘Big Brother’ contestant photographed with blindfolded Palestinians

Entertainment reporter and blogger Omri Hayoon posted a picture of Itai Wallach, smiling with arms spread behind the backs of two blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinians. The picture seems to have been taken during Wallach’s service in the Israeli paratroopers. Itai Wallach, 26, will be somewhat of a household name in the next few months…

By Ami Kaufman July 7, 2013

Izzie in HolyLand – Part 14: Let’s get to know social media!

The IDF has decided to begin giving courses in social media after the Youtube-belly-dancing with blindfolded female prisoner episode. The courses are to be given by, of course, Ms. Izzie Holyland. Izzie: Alright, listen up! Listen up! Everybody sit down! I want to get started. We’ve got a lot of material to go through today,…

By Ami Kaufman October 8, 2010

IDF humiliation clip: Eden Abergil, the musical

One thing you can’t say about our army is that it ever rests on its laurels. Having first rattled its fans with the Hebron dancing video, and then rocked them with a soldier girl’s posing with Palestinian prisoners bound to accompany her on “the best time of her life,” the boys in green now introduce…

By Dimi Reider October 5, 2010

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Eden Abergil gets meme treatment; says would be glad to massacre Arabs

The Eden Abergil scandal just wouldn’t die: After giving a near-tearful interview to Israeli radio and TV, saying she’s sorry if she’s hurt anyone (but adding she’d take the same picture, only not post in on Facebook), and finally blaming all reactions on the notion that “We will always be attacked. Whatever we do, we will always…

By Dimi Reider August 21, 2010

Much more graphic IDF “souvenir” pictures emerge

(Updated below. h/t Jerry Haber) The IDF and its spokesman Avi Benayahu moved quickly yesterday to contain the damage of Eden Abergil’s self portrait with bound and blinded detainees, suggesting, among other things, that such conduct was anything but the norm in the military. Breaking the Silence, who have been collecting testimonies from Israeli soldiers…

By Dimi Reider August 21, 2010

Israeli’s photos on Facebook cause uproar

An Israeli citizen has caused outrage after posting photos of himself smiling beside taped up boxes in a Facebook album called “The Best Move of My Life“. Ami Kaufman, 37, who has been living in the posh northern Tel Aviv neighborhood of Bavli for the past two years with his wife and 2 daughters, was…

By Ami Kaufman August 19, 2010

IDF officer poses with blindfolded Palestinians, posts pics on Facebook

The excellent Hebrew blog “Sachim” (kinda like the Israeli word for “mates”), which tracks the character of the young, pseudo-liberal Israeli mainstream, published a selection of pictures from the Facebook profile of one Eden Abergil, a recently discharged IDF woman soldier. The album, titled “Army.. the most beautiful time of my life 🙂 ” begins…

By Dimi Reider August 16, 2010