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It’s really like you’re in a Tom and Jerry cartoon. Someone comes out here, so you go, he does like this. And it got [photo: B’Tselem, Ehud Krinis] Ehud B’Tselem, [photo: to the stage that we were trying to stop the truck. To the best of my knowledge it didn’t get to destruction of property. Why? Because you stop a truck, you take the person’s keys, you Hebron Hills are part of this effort. this of part are Hills Hebron take his identity card, you let all the air out of the tire, 7HUULWRULHV7RXUVLQWKH6RXWK KROGXSDPLUURUWKDWUHÁHFWVWKHSULFHRIRXUSUHVHQFHLQWKH \RXGRQ·WSXQFWXUHWKHWLUHMXVWOHWRXWDOOWKHDLU\HDK" You even take the person. civic duty to inform Israeli society about what happens in the Territories in its name, and and name, its in Territories the in happens what about society Israeli inform to duty civic Settlers attacking Palestinians in the South Hebron Hills [photo: B’Tselem] To where? to the consequences of this callous disregard. Members of Breaking the Silence uphold their their uphold Silence the Breaking of Members disregard. callous this of consequences the to Name: *** / Rank: First Sergeant / Unit: Nachal Infantry Brigade, 50th Battalion Sometimes you take him to the base, cuffed and blindfolded, hang him out to dry in the guard box, yeah. EURQ+LOOVKDYHEHHQZLWQHVV IXWXUHRIWKHFRQÁLFW:HVROGLHUVZKRVHUYHGLQWKH6RXWK+H The settlement’s security coordinator came, told me the exact borders. There was some place on the edge of the many Palestinians who live there are forgotten in the conversations conducted about the the about conducted conversations the in forgotten are there live who Palestinians many the the settlement, he told me, “Here, you see this place, this are almost completely ignored by the media and in public discourse. This large region and and region large This discourse. public in and media the by ignored completely almost are is the line, this is the area of the settlement, and from that area over there” – there were also some agricultural The South Hebron Hills are situated far away from the inquiring eyes of Israeli society. They They society. 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They looked, it was pretty surprising, but actually Soldiers who served in the Territories during the second WKH\GLGQ·WUHDOO\VWRSWKH\ZHUHMXVWDWWKHHQWUDQFHWR WKHVHWWOHPHQWDUHD$QGMXVWWKHQDJURXSRIUHVHUYH intifada (in regular service or reserves) who are interested soldiers passed by.
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