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Breaking The Silence ( BTS ) ( , Shovrim Shtika ) is an Israeli Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) established in 2004 by veterans of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is intended to give serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a means to confidentially recount their experiences in the Occupied Territories . Collections of such accounts have been published in order to educate the Israeli public about conditions in these areas. The organization's stated mission is to 'break the silence' surrounding these military activities. Founded to collect testimony from 2000 to 2004 from troops who served in the Occupied Territories, the NGO has continued to operate. It has collected and published accounts related to succeeding operations in Gaza and other areas since that time. The NGO has been criticized for publishing anonymous accounts.1A 2016 investigation by a television program confirmed the integrity of the organization, but also said that a few of the testimonies painted a distorted picture.2In court challenges to reveal its sources, BtS has won rulings to protect their confidentiality.3 Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some other senior political figures have repeatedly criticised the organization. His government tried to dissuade other governments from providing any funding to it. Netanyahu strongly criticised BtS in a speech to the Knesset in early 2015, and late in the year, the Education Minister proposed a bill blocking its speakers from state schools. At the same time, some senior figures in the Israeli defense and security establishment have defended the NGO.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Shovrim Shtika logo Breaking The Silence (BtS) ( Shovrim Shtika ) is an Israeli Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) established by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and veterans who collect and provide testimonies about their military service in the West Bank , Gaza Strip , and East Jerusalem during the Second Intifada , giving serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a platform to confidentially describe their experience in the Israeli-occupied territories . The organization's stated mission is to 'break the silence' of IDF soldiers who return to civilian life in Israel and "discover the gap between the reality which they encountered in the [occupied] territories, and the silence which they encounter at home." Since 2004, Breaking the Silence have run a testimonies collection project called "Soldiers Speak Out" They have collected several hundred testimonies from "those who have, during their service in the IDF, the Border Guard, and the Security Forces, played a role in the Occupied Territories." By publishing soldiers' accounts, Breaking the Silence hopes to "force Israeli society to address the reality which it created" and face the truth about "abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property" that is familiar to soldiers.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
Breaking The Silence (BtS) ( Shovrim Shtika ) is an Israeli Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), located in a western section of Jerusalem, established by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and veterans who collect and provide testimonies about their military service in the West Bank , Gaza Strip , and East Jerusalem since the Second Intifada , giving serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a platform to confidentially describe their experience in the Israeli-occupied territories . Goldberg described it in The Jewish Daily Forward as a "left-wing soldiers' protest organization". The organization's stated mission is to 'break the silence' of IDF soldiers who return to civilian life in Israel and "discover the gap between the reality which they encountered in the [occupied] territories, and the silence which they encounter at home". Since 2004, Breaking the Silence has run a testimonies collection project called "Soldiers Speak Out". They have collected several hundred testimonies from "those who have, during their service in the IDF, the Border Guard, and the Security Forces, played a role in the Occupied Territories". By publishing soldiers' accounts, Breaking the Silence hopes to "force Israeli society to address the reality which it created" and face the truth about "abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property" that is familiar to soldiers.
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Israeli non-governmental organization Breaking the Silence ( BtS ) ( , Shovrim Shtika ; , Kasr as-Samtt ) is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 2004 by veterans of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is intended to give serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a means to confidentially recount their experiences in the Occupied Territories . Collections of such accounts have been published in order to educate the Israeli public about conditions in these areas. The organization's stated mission is "to break the silence" surrounding these military activities. Founded to collect testimony from 2000 to 2004 from troops who served in the Occupied Territories, the NGO has continued to operate. It has collected and published accounts related to succeeding operations in Gaza and other areas since that time. The NGO has been criticized for publishing anonymous accounts. In 2016, an investigative television program said it had "discovered in the testimonies – along with many important stories that have been verified – also exaggerations, mistakes in good faith and unfounded rumors." In court challenges to reveal its sources, BtS has won rulings to protect their confidentiality. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some other senior political figures have repeatedly criticised the organization. His government tried to dissuade other governments from providing any funding to it. Netanyahu strongly criticised BtS in a speech to the Knesset in early 2015, and late in the year, the Education Minister proposed a bill blocking its speakers from state schools. At the same time, some senior figures in the Israeli defense and security establishment have defended the NGO. Foundation for Middle East Peace .Erella Grassiani, "The Phenomenon of Breaking the Silence in Israel: 'Witnessing' as Consciousness-Raising Strategy of Ex-Combatants," in Th.
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Israeli non-governmental organization Breaking the Silence ( BtS ; Hebrew : שוברים שתיקה , romanized : Shovrim Shtika ; Arabic : كسر الصمت , romanized : Kasr aṣ-Ṣamt ) is an Israeli non-governmental organization (NGO) established in 2004 by veterans of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). It is intended to give serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a means to confidentially recount their experiences in the Occupied Territories . Collections of such accounts have been published in order to educate the Israeli public about conditions in these areas. The organization's stated mission is "to break the silence" surrounding these military activities. Founded to collect testimony from 2000 to 2004 from troops who served in the Occupied Territories, the NGO has continued to operate. It has collected and published accounts related to succeeding operations in Gaza and other areas since that time. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and some other senior political figures have repeatedly criticised the organization. His government tried to dissuade other governments from providing any funding to it. Netanyahu strongly criticised BtS in a speech to the Knesset in early 2015, and late in the year, the Education Minister proposed a bill blocking its speakers from state schools. At the same time, some senior figures in the Israeli defense and security establishment have defended the NGO. Foundation for Middle East Peace . Erella Grassiani, "The Phenomenon of Breaking the Silence in Israel: 'Witnessing' as Consciousness-Raising Strategy of Ex-Combatants," in Th.
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