Minister of Education bans groups that degrade IDF, Israel from schools
Education Minister Yoav Gallant issued an order on Sunday banning organizations that degrade IDF soldiers or the state of Israel from lecturing or conducting activities in schools. Read more
Knesset ratifies Breaking the Silence law banning group from schools
Pulitzer Prize winner Geraldine Brooks to launch book on Israel’s 50-year occupation
May 14, 2018 by J-Wire Newsdesk
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The New Israel Fund Australia is to launch Kingdom of Olives and Ash, a collection of essays exploring the 50th anniversary of Israel’s occupation of the West Bank. Read more
Examining Breaking the Silence
June 23, 2015 by
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To be the only democracy in the Middle East, possessing the most moral army in the world, is a noble aspiration. Read more
Partners in Hate…writes Michael Kuttner
June 19, 2015 by Michael Kuttner
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We have just arrived back in Israel from a vacation in Switzerland. Read more
My unpleasant evening with ‘Breaking the Silence’…writes Hen Mazzig
April 11, 2014 by Hen Mazzig
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I recently attended a disturbing lecture at Washington University in St. Louis. It was co-sponsored by St. Louis Hillel at Washington University and J Street U. The speaker, a former Israeli soldier with the group “Breaking the Silence” (BtS), misrepresented and demonized the Israel Defense Forces, Israel, and Israeli policy. Read more
Breaking the Silence and NIF tell Australian Jews to “pay up and shut up”
August 30, 2012 by
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The leaders of the Israeli fringe group known as Breaking the Silence (BtS) specialise in sharp criticism of the IDF, but they show no tolerance when it comes to criticism of their own activities. Their part of the current debate in Australia has been particularly shrill, self-righteous, and lacking in substance….write Gerald Steinberg and Naftali Balanson. Read more
Breaking the Silence replies to the ECAJ
August 29, 2012 by
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In response to a recent publication by the Israeli veteran organization Breaking the Silence, Dr Danny Lamm, president of the Executive Council of Australian Jewry, blatantly attacked us – veterans of the Israeli Defense Forces – calling the publication “crude propaganda”…. Read more
