
Our Harsh Logic
Israeli Soldiers' Testimonies from the Occupied Territories, 2000 - 2010
Breaking the Silence(Author)
Picador USA (Publisher)
Published on 3. September 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-250-03773-2 (ISBN)
Description
The very name of the Israel Defense Forces suggests that its primary mission is the defense of the country's territory. Indeed, both internationally and within Israel, support for the occupation of Palestinian territory rests on the belief that the army's actions and presence in the West Bank and Gaza are essentially defensive and responsive, aimed at protecting the country from terror. But Israeli soldiers themselves tell a profoundly different story. In this landmark work, which includes more than a hundred soldiers' testimonies collected over a decade, what emerges is a broad policy that is as much offensive as defensive. In their own words, the soldiers reveal in human and vivid detail how the key planks of the army's ostensibly protective program have in fact served to accelerate acquisition of Palestinian land, cripple all normal political and social life, and ultimately thwart the possibility of independence. The many soldiers who have spoken out have taken aim at a silence of complicity, both within Israel and in the wider world, that perpetuates the justification for occupation. In the process, they have created a gripping and immediate record of oppression.
Powerful and incontrovertible, Our Harsh Logic is a supremely significant contribution to one of the world's most vexed conflicts.
Powerful and incontrovertible, Our Harsh Logic is a supremely significant contribution to one of the world's most vexed conflicts.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Illustrations
includes 10 black & white photographs & 4 maps
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 24 mm
Weight
547 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-250-03773-2 (9781250037732)
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Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran soldiers who have served in the Israeli military and are committed to exposing the reality of life in the Occupied Palestinian Territories. Previous books from the group include Our Harsh Logic and The Kingdom of Olives and Ash.