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Breaking the Silence: An interview with Yehuda Shaul

Posted on: December 6, 2011
Yehuda Shaul

by Alistair George
6 December 2011 | International Solidarity Movement, West Bank
“If you don’t look nice, you don’t spend too many hours in front of the mirror,”  says Yehuda Shaul,  one of the founders and Executive Directors of Israeli NGO, Breaking the Silence.
“What we demand of our society is to look in the mirror, so no wonder no one likes it.”
 Breaking the Silence was founded in 2004 by Israeli soldiers and veterans who collect and publish testimonies from soldiers who have served in the … Continue reading


Updated on December 6, 2011
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Israel asks Spain to stop funding group that reported IDF ‘crimes’ in Gaza

Posted on: August 2, 2009

Barak Ravid | Ha’aretz

02 August 2009

Israel on Thursday asked the government of Spain to halt its funding for the human rights group Breaking the Silence, which has been critical of the Israel Defense Forces’ conduct during January’s Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Similar requests have been made of Britain and The Netherlands.

Senior Foreign Ministry officials have said that at this stage the ministry has no intention to take action concerning other non-governmental organizations that receive funding from foreign governments. There is no intention, the ministry stressed, to act against organizations working for peace or coexistence.

During the past year, … Continue reading


Updated on August 2, 2009
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Israel pushes Dutch to freeze funds for group exposing ‘IDF crimes in Gaza’

Posted on: July 26, 2009

Barak Ravid | Ha’aretz

26 July 2009

Following protests by Israel, the Netherlands will reevaluate its funding of an organization that alleged that Israeli troops used Palestinians as human shields in Gaza.

Acting on instructions from the Foreign Ministry in Jerusalem, the Israeli ambassador to the Netherlands, Harry Knei-Tal, met last week with the director-general of the Dutch Foreign Ministry and complained about the Dutch embassy’s funding of Breaking the Silence.

The Israeli ambassador suggested that the Netherland’s funding of the organization should be terminated. “The Dutch taxpayer’s money could be better used to promote peace and human rights,” a source quoted … Continue reading


Updated on July 26, 2009
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