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Breaking the silence
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Yehuda Shaul
Age: 23
Home: Israel
As a child growing up in Israel, Yehuda Shaul couldn’t wait for the day he was drafted to do military service and defend his homeland. But the bubble burst for him on his first day in the Occupied Palestinian Territories when he was ordered to fire a grenade machine gun into a Palestinian neighbourhood. He was shocked as he knew that it was impossible not to hit innocent civilians while aiming at Palestinian gunmen with such a weapon.

After he left the army, Yehuda set up Breaking the Silence with his former comrades in arms. The group has collected hundreds of stories and photos from former and serving soldiers in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
filed in Filed in: Middle East, Peace & Conflict

Israel/Occupied Palestinian Territories

Since September 2000, 3,413 Palestinians have been killed by the IDF in the Occupied Palestinian Territories and 463 Israelis have been killed in Israel by Palestinian armed groups
Between September 2000 and May 2006 693 Palestinian minors were killed by the IDF and 39 Israeli minors were killed by Palestinians in the same period
At the age of 18 all Israeli youth - including women - are drafted to serve in the Israeli Defense Forces
Breaking the Silence began in 2004 with 65 testimonies and has now documented the stories of more than 350 former soldiers

Filed in: Middle East, Peace & Conflict

Israel

Israel
population: 3.7 million
population living on less than £1.05 a day: 2.2 million
unemployment in parts of Gaza Strip: 80%