Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Breaking The Silence (BtS) (Hebrew: שוברים שתיקה Shovrim Shtika) is an Israeli Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), located in a western section of Jerusalem, established by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and veterans who collect and provide testimonies about their military service in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem since the Second Intifada, giving serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a platform to confidentially describe their experience in the Israeli-occupied territories. J.J. Goldberg described it in The Jewish Daily Forward as a \"left-wing soldiers' protest organization\". This profile, it has been argued, does not fit the variegated demographic or ideological composition of the group.The organization's stated mission is to 'break the silence' of IDF soldiers who return to civilian life in Israel and \"discover the gap between the reality which they encountered in the [occupied] territories, and the silence which they encounter at home\". Since 2004, Breaking the Silence has run a testimonies collection project called \"Soldiers Speak Out\". They have collected several hundred testimonies from \"those who have, during their service in the IDF, the Border Guard, and the Security Forces, played a role in the Occupied Territories\". By publishing soldiers' accounts, Breaking the Silence hopes to \"force Israeli society to address the reality which it created\" and face the truth about \"abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property\" that is familiar to soldiers.The organization was criticized for providing anonymous testimonies which are unverifiable and exploiting them for propaganda, having a clear political agenda so it cannot be described as 'human rights organization' and promoting Anti-Israeli lawfare. Some senior figures in the Israel Defense and Security establishment have defended the organization. Amiram Levin has stated that 'Breaking the Silence strengthens the I.D.F. and its morality.'"@en }
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- Breaking_the_Silence_(non-governmental_organization) abstract "Breaking The Silence (BtS) (Hebrew: שוברים שתיקה Shovrim Shtika) is an Israeli Non-Governmental Organization (NGO), located in a western section of Jerusalem, established by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers and veterans who collect and provide testimonies about their military service in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and East Jerusalem since the Second Intifada, giving serving and discharged Israeli personnel and reservists a platform to confidentially describe their experience in the Israeli-occupied territories. J.J. Goldberg described it in The Jewish Daily Forward as a \"left-wing soldiers' protest organization\". This profile, it has been argued, does not fit the variegated demographic or ideological composition of the group.The organization's stated mission is to 'break the silence' of IDF soldiers who return to civilian life in Israel and \"discover the gap between the reality which they encountered in the [occupied] territories, and the silence which they encounter at home\". Since 2004, Breaking the Silence has run a testimonies collection project called \"Soldiers Speak Out\". They have collected several hundred testimonies from \"those who have, during their service in the IDF, the Border Guard, and the Security Forces, played a role in the Occupied Territories\". By publishing soldiers' accounts, Breaking the Silence hopes to \"force Israeli society to address the reality which it created\" and face the truth about \"abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property\" that is familiar to soldiers.The organization was criticized for providing anonymous testimonies which are unverifiable and exploiting them for propaganda, having a clear political agenda so it cannot be described as 'human rights organization' and promoting Anti-Israeli lawfare. Some senior figures in the Israel Defense and Security establishment have defended the organization. Amiram Levin has stated that 'Breaking the Silence strengthens the I.D.F. and its morality.'".