{"id":12620,"date":"2010-02-01T10:40:22","date_gmt":"2010-02-01T16:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12620"},"modified":"2010-02-01T10:40:22","modified_gmt":"2010-02-01T16:40:22","slug":"breaking-the-silence-women-soldiers-testimonies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/?p=12620","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING THE SILENCE – Women Soldiers’ Testimonies"},"content":{"rendered":"

Breaking the Silence releases a\u00a0new book containing 96 stories of dozens of women who served in the Occupied Territories.<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

BREAKING THE SILENCE – Women Soldiers’ Testimonies (.pdf)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Was there violence?<\/strong><\/p>\n

All the time.<\/p>\n

What kind?<\/strong><\/p>\n

First of all, just plain harassment. Keeping them on their feet, because if you\u2019re really gung-ho and got up that morning rearing to go and catch some, you could easily hunt down thirty people in a half-hour. The point is you had to detain them. You couldn\u2019t get them and check them out one by one. You had to catch the guy, seat him and wait for others. And often they would come in large groups. Again, when they move in large groups obviously they\u2019re not out on a terrorist mission, that\u2019s not exactly the recommended mode of action\u2026 So you catch them and make them stand in formation.<\/p>\n

Formation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes. Stand in formation, and there\u2019s that famous Border Patrol rhyme – Wahad hummus, wahad ful, ana bahibbak Mishmar HaGvul (One plate of hummus, one plate of beans, I love you Border Patrol)\u2026 They\u2019re made to sing it. Sing and hop. Just
\nlike rookies, the kind of hazing stuff in basic training, about which soldiers\u2019 parents are always raising hell. It\u2019s the same thing. Only much worse. If anyone laughs, or the soldiers decide he\u2019s laughed, he gets punched. Why did you laugh? Boom, a fist. He doesn\u2019t really have to laugh to get that punch. I feel like punching him. Why did you laugh? Boom.<\/p>\n

How long does this last?<\/strong><\/p>\n

It can last for hours. It depends how bored the soldiers are, they can stretch it out for two hours. It\u2019s an eight-hour shift. Got to get through it somehow. <\/p>\n

And who is made to stand in formation?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Everyone, all age groups.<\/p>\n

Women? Children? Elderly people?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes. Whoever shows up. Whoever shows up, stands in formation. There were the more sensitive soldiers who\u2019d let the women and elderly go. I\u2019d say the elderly were less harassed. And there were soldiers who\u2019d harass the elderly. Like in any society, this company too, some soldiers abused more and others less. Some had absolutely no restraint and abused anyone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Breaking the Silence releases a\u00a0new book containing 96 stories of dozens of women who served in the Occupied Territories. Read more here. BREAKING THE SILENCE – Women Soldiers’ Testimonies (.pdf) Was there violence? All the time. What kind? First of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdXTf-3hy","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12620"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12620\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12626,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12620\/revisions\/12626"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/karmalised.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}