Breaking the Silence: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out
‘Breaking the Silence: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out’
Chair: Prof. Dr Amelia Hadfield, IES
Discussant: Dr Agnes Bertrand-Sanz
The Institute for European Studies (IES) is delighted to be organising the event ‘Breaking the Silence: Israeli Soldiers Speak Out’. The presentation and discussion will take place on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 from 12:00-13:15 at the IES (Karel Van Miert Building, Pleinlaan 5, 1050 Brussels; Rome conference room).
Breaking the Silence is an organisation of veteran combatants who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the Israeli public and many others worldwide to the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories. It endeavours to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a reality in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of that population's everyday life. Breaking the Silence was finalist of the Sakharov Prize in 2010.
The presentation will focus on the daily reality in the Occupied Territories as depicted by the hundreds of soldiers interviewed by Breaking the Silence (more than 750 to date), and will also examine the moral price paid for the control of a civilian population. The discussion is based on the testimonies of soldiers who served in various areas throughout the West Bank and Gaza, and particularly the experiences of Yehuda Shaul, the founder of Breaking the Silence.
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Prof. Dr Amelia Hadfield
IES is a Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence at the 