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A Palestinian woman and children pass the slogan "Gas the Arabs! JDL" spray-painted on an exterior wall of the Cordoba School for Palestinian children near Shuhada Street, Hebron, October 22, 2012. "JDL" stands for Jewish Defense League, an extremist group founded by Meir Kahane and designated as a terrorist group by the FBI. Baruch Goldstein was a charter member of the JDL, which has designated him "a martyr in Judaism's protracted struggle against Arab terrorism."

A rotten system, not just rotten apples

Settler violence against human rights activists is not the work of a few ‘rotten apples,’ but rather a government-backed strategy that could have dangerous consequences. We should be taking it deathly seriously. By Libby Lenkinski Over the last few weeks, the settlers in the West Bank city of Hebron have ramped up their harassment of…

By +972 Magazine August 1, 2018

IDF soldiers walk through Hebron. (photo: Activestills)

The only way to end the violence in Hebron

They tell us that terror and violence must be met with force, and if that doesn’t work — then even more force. But the military occupation of Hebron has not achieved security for either its Jewish or Palestinian residents. By Yehuda Shaul Over the past few weeks we have not only borne witness to a…

By +972 Magazine November 2, 2015

Yahuda Shaul of Breaking the Silence leading a tour in Hebron (photo: Activestills.org)

Breaking the Silence founder detained in Hebron, banned from city for 14 days

The founder of IDF watchdog group Breaking the Silence (BTS), Yehuda Shaul, was detained in Hebron on Tuesday as he was leading a tour in the Jewish settlement located in the heart of the city. According to the organization’s spokesperson, Avner Gvaryahu, Shaul was confronted by an IDF company commander, who prevented him from continuing…

By Noam Sheizaf April 3, 2014

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An IDF soldier wearing sunglasses at a demonstration in the south Hebron Hills [file photo], (Ryan Rodrick Beiler / Activestills.org)

The soldiers’ stories that Israel lacks the courage to hear

Testimonies from former Israeli soldiers have failed to touch the Israeli public or change the state’s policies. The IDF gives an ‘explanation’ for why it ignores these and all other occupation stories told by the men and women of Breaking the Silence. I used to think that Breaking the Silence, which publishes testimonies of IDF soldiers…

By Larry Derfner June 11, 2013

Yehuda Shaul, co-founder of Breaking the Silence (photo: Lisa Goldman)

Israeli NGO nominated for Sakharov Prize

Breaking the Silence (BTS), an Israeli NGO that works to raise awareness of what goes on in the occupied territories by giving voice to combat soldiers who served there, has been nominated for the Sakharov Prize. The prize, named for Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov, honors individuals or organizations that have dedicated themselves to defending human…

By Lisa Goldman October 10, 2010

Documentary film trailer: Israel vs. Israel

By +972 Magazine September 4, 2010