‘I became more and more violent’: shocking testimonies of abuse from IDF veterans

Individually the testimonies are disturbing as soldiers describe a culture of dehumanisation and violence against Palestinians. Together they lay bare the relentless and often gratuitous cruelty of 55 years of occupation and the damage it does both to the occupied and the occupier. 

The testimony is all the more powerful because it comes from Israelis who have put their lives on the line for their country. Soldiers recount orders to shoot unarmed protestors, the ease with which a mission to tear down a Palestinian flag results in the killing of a man who threw a stone, the taking over and destruction of Arab homes.

https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2022/dec/15/idf-exhibition-breaking-the-silence