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FLUENT IN SILENCE

Silence has many forms.
Sometimes it protects.
Sometimes it connects.
Sometimes it carries what we are not ready to say.
And sometimes -it becomes the very thing that harms us.
This collection explores silence not as absence but as language.
A language learned, inherited, shared and,at times reclaimed.
These poems are not just about what is unsaid, but about what silence holds-love,fear, memory, power and choice.
-Nandipha Chibwe

FLUENT IN SILENCE

Silence has many forms.
Sometimes it protects.
Sometimes it connects.
Sometimes it carries what we are not ready to say.
And sometimes -it becomes the very thing that harms us.
This collection explores silence not as absence but as language.
A language learned, inherited, shared and,at times reclaimed.
These poems are not just about what is unsaid, but about what silence holds-love,fear, memory, power and choice.
-Nandipha Chibwe

FLUENT IN SILENCE

Silence has many forms.
Sometimes it protects.
Sometimes it connects.
Sometimes it carries what we are not ready to say.
And sometimes -it becomes the very thing that harms us.
This collection explores silence not as absence but as language.
A language learned, inherited, shared and,at times reclaimed.
These poems are not just about what is unsaid, but about what silence holds-love,fear, memory, power and choice.
-Nandipha Chibwe

FLUENT IN SILENCE

Silence has many forms.
Sometimes it protects.
Sometimes it connects.
Sometimes it carries what we are not ready to say.
And sometimes -it becomes the very thing that harms us.
This collection explores silence not as absence but as language.
A language learned, inherited, shared and,at times reclaimed.
These poems are not just about what is unsaid, but about what silence holds-love,fear, memory, power and choice.
-Nandipha Chibwe

FLUENT IN SILENCE

Silence has many forms.
Sometimes it protects.
Sometimes it connects.
Sometimes it carries what we are not ready to say.
And sometimes -it becomes the very thing that harms us.
This collection explores silence not as absence but as language.
A language learned, inherited, shared and,at times reclaimed.
These poems are not just about what is unsaid, but about what silence holds-love,fear, memory, power and choice.
-Nandipha Chibwe

Israël : soutien à la manifestation du jeudi 16 avril contre le terrorisme des colons envers les Palestiniens et contre le « nettoyage ethnique » en Cisjordanie. La mobilisation est organisée par un très large collectif d’ONG, dont Standing Together, Combatants for Peace et Breaking the Silence.

#israel #manifestation #Palestine #Cisjordanie #colons #terrorisme #nettoyageethnique #standingtogether #combatantforpeace #breakingthesilence

Israël : soutien à la manifestation du jeudi 16 avril contre le terrorisme des colons envers les Palestiniens et contre le « nettoyage ethnique » en Cisjordanie. La mobilisation est organisée par un très large collectif d’ONG, dont Standing Together, Combatants for Peace et Breaking the Silence.

#israel #manifestation #Palestine #Cisjordanie #colons #terrorisme #nettoyageethnique #standingtogether #combatantforpeace #breakingthesilence

Israël : soutien à la manifestation du jeudi 16 avril contre le terrorisme des colons envers les Palestiniens et contre le « nettoyage ethnique » en Cisjordanie. La mobilisation est organisée par un très large collectif d’ONG, dont Standing Together, Combatants for Peace et Breaking the Silence.

#israel #manifestation #Palestine #Cisjordanie #colons #terrorisme #nettoyageethnique #standingtogether #combatantforpeace #breakingthesilence

‘Erasing the lines’: How settler outposts are seizing new regions of the West Bank: After decades consolidating their control over Area C, Israeli settlers are expanding into Areas B and A — nominally under Palestinian Authority jurisdiction — and displacing communities, a joint investigation reveals. (+972 Magazine, 2026-03-24)

https://www.972mag.com/israel-settler-outposts-west-bank-area-b/

#WestBank #SettlerViolence #OccupationIsIllegal #LocalCall #TheNation #BreakingTheSilence #palestine
@[email protected] @[email protected]

From #BreakingTheSilence:

"Yesterday morning, we woke up to rocket alerts. #Israel began bombing #Iran. As often happens when the media attention shifts, Israel seized the moment to intensify its attacks against Palestinians.

[...]

With the first bombings in Iran, settlers intensified their attacks on Palestinians in the #WestBank.

https://x.com/BtSIsrael/status/2028131262565683393

#genocide #Gaza #Palestine #imperialism #colonialism #racism

"It's worth following ... the brave voices of people like Breaking the Silence, who speak for former [IDF] reservists who speak out and give testimony to what they saw and what they were required to do. Whether in the detention centres or on the field ... in the war zones."

#HelenClark, 2025

https://omny.fm/shows/the-bradbury-group/former-pm-helen-clark-simon-wilson-steve-abel-kerrin-leoni-maria-slade-economy-teen-beneficiaries-palestine-bradbury-group

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#podcasts #WaateaNews #BradburyGroup #Palestine #Gaza #BreakingTheSilence

Another IDF Soldier in Gaza Speaks Out
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/07/another-idf-soldier-in-gaza-speaks-out/
“You need to kill them. No matter who it is.” An Israeli soldier speaking anonymously to Sky News provides the latest testimony about indiscriminate slaying of Palestinians. By Stephen Prager Common Dreams. Another Israel Defense Forces soldier has spoken out…
#Politics #CivilRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Military #Palestine #WarCrimes #BreakingTheSilence #GazaHumanitarianFoundation(ghf) #IsraelDefenseForces(idf) #NetzarimCorridor #StephenPrager

Another IDF Soldier in Gaza Speaks Out
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/07/another-idf-soldier-in-gaza-speaks-out/
“You need to kill them. No matter who it is.” An Israeli soldier speaking anonymously to Sky News provides the latest testimony about indiscriminate slaying of Palestinians. By Stephen Prager Common Dreams. Another Israel Defense Forces soldier has spoken out…
#Politics #CivilRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Military #Palestine #WarCrimes #BreakingTheSilence #GazaHumanitarianFoundation(ghf) #IsraelDefenseForces(idf) #NetzarimCorridor #StephenPrager

Another IDF Soldier in Gaza Speaks Out
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/07/another-idf-soldier-in-gaza-speaks-out/
“You need to kill them. No matter who it is.” An Israeli soldier speaking anonymously to Sky News provides the latest testimony about indiscriminate slaying of Palestinians. By Stephen Prager Common Dreams. Another Israel Defense Forces soldier has spoken out…
#Politics #CivilRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Military #Palestine #WarCrimes #BreakingTheSilence #GazaHumanitarianFoundation(ghf) #IsraelDefenseForces(idf) #NetzarimCorridor #StephenPrager

Another IDF Soldier in Gaza Speaks Out
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/07/another-idf-soldier-in-gaza-speaks-out/
“You need to kill them. No matter who it is.” An Israeli soldier speaking anonymously to Sky News provides the latest testimony about indiscriminate slaying of Palestinians. By Stephen Prager Common Dreams. Another Israel Defense Forces soldier has spoken out…
#Politics #CivilRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Military #Palestine #WarCrimes #BreakingTheSilence #GazaHumanitarianFoundation(ghf) #IsraelDefenseForces(idf) #NetzarimCorridor #StephenPrager

Another IDF Soldier in Gaza Speaks Out
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/07/07/another-idf-soldier-in-gaza-speaks-out/
“You need to kill them. No matter who it is.” An Israeli soldier speaking anonymously to Sky News provides the latest testimony about indiscriminate slaying of Palestinians. By Stephen Prager Common Dreams. Another Israel Defense Forces soldier has spoken out…
#Politics #CivilRights #CrimesAgainstHumanity #Gaza #HumanRights #Israel #Military #Palestine #WarCrimes #BreakingTheSilence #GazaHumanitarianFoundation(ghf) #IsraelDefenseForces(idf) #NetzarimCorridor #StephenPrager

From the FB page of Breaking the Silence::
The IDF Spokesperson has just released its account of the incident in which 15 rescue workers were killed in Gaza. In a word? Cover-up.
The investigation is riddled with contradictions, vague phrasing, and selective details. The only "serious" disciplinary action taken: the dismissal of the deputy commander of Golani’s elite unit. His reported “failure” was submitting an incomplete account of the incident. In other words, he lied.
We all remember when the IDF claimed that the ambulances emergency lights weren’t on — and then we saw the footage proving otherwise. Not every lie has a video to expose it, but this report doesn’t even attempt to engage with the truth.
Another day, another cover-up. More innocent lives taken, with no accountability.
Bonus: The report dedicates an entire paragraph to praising the dismissed officer. Here's a part of it:
“The deputy commander of Golani's elite unit is a highly decorated officer, whose military service and personal story reflect a spirit of combat, volunteerism, and deep dedication.”

#Gaza #RafahMassacare #WarCrime #Coverup #Genocide #IDF #Palestine #BreakingTheSilence #Israel #NeverForget

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza / #idf / #destruction / #ngo / #breakingthesilence

„Rights group Breaking the Silence published testimonies from Israeli troops who said there was a methodical effort to destroy buildings for a buffer zone.“

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/04/07/israel-military-gaza-buffer-zone/

*) the organisations:

Breaking the Silence https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/
B’Tselem https://www.btselem.org/
Zazim https://www.zazim.org.il/en/about
Combatants for Peace https://www.cfpeace.org/
Machsom Watch https://www.machsomwatch.org/en/node/51914
Torat Tzedek https://www.torat-tzedek.org/about
BIMKOM – Planners for Planning Rights https://bimkom.org/eng/
Parents Against Child Detention https://pacd.org.il/en/

#BreakingTheSilence #BTselem #Zazim #CombatantsForPeace #MachsomWatch #ToratTzedek #Bimkom #PACD #ParentsAgainstChildDetention

@[email protected] @[email protected] @israel

Breaking the Silence (on FB):

The following statement was published in #Haaretz’s #Hebrew print edition on Friday, in collaboration with many of our partners in #Israeli civil society.

“Say no to the Israeli government’s policy of death

Tens of thousands of deaths, entire cities razed, millions of human beings emaciated from hunger, hostages abandoned to suffer and die - none of this satisfies the bloodlust of the #Netanyahu-Ben Gvir government.

For the sake of its political survival, and in the name of the war of attrition it declared against the Palestinian people, the Israeli government is prepared to continue committing the gravest crimes.

This is what dictatorship looks like - when a leader is prepared to trade in human blood for his own selfish interests.

It’s time to say loud and clear: We will not continue to follow him on this path of doom.

We all have a duty to resist the Netanyahu-Ben Gvir government’s policy of death.

#Palestine #Gaza #BenGvir #Fascism #Genocide #WaeCrime #Politics #BreakingTheSilence @palestine @israel

#PortlandME showings of the Oscar-winning film, "#NoOtherLand".

"For half a decade, #BaselAdra, a #Palestinian activist, films his community of #MasaferYatta being destroyed by #Israel’s occupation, as he builds an unlikely alliance with an Israeli journalist who wants to join his fight. Winner of Best Documentary Feature at this year’s Academy Awards!"

Portland Museum of Art
7 Congress Square
Portland, ME, 04101 United States

Friday, March 21, 2025
6:00 PM - 7:40 PM

Sunday, March 23, 2025
12:00 PM - 1:40 PM

Thursday, March 27, 2025
3:00 PM - 4:40 PM

Ticket pricing:

- Adult $10.00
- PMA Member $7.00
- Student (with ID) $7.00

Tickets:
https://www.portlandmuseum.org/eventscalendar/no-other-land-11
#Israel #Occupation #WestBank #IDF #Oscars #BreakingTheSilence #Palestine

The phrase: “Messing with the ground” (Breaking the Silence)

https://www.breakingthesilence.org.il/testimonies/database/154077
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A testimony from an Israeli (ex-?)soldier with a rank of Captain, serving in 2024:

“…’Messing with the ground;’ … It could be a million things ... [But in Gaza,] messing with the ground is a code name for planting an explosive device, always. That’s the suspicion, … all kinds of overhead drone footage, you see it from a distance, in two dimensions. … you don't really have the ability to see what a person is doing; you can only suspect and run through a risk management assessment ... Given that the [off-limits ] Netzarim Corridor … if someone enters it and messes with the ground, it’s grounds for opening fire. You don’t know that he’s planting an explosive device. It could be a civilian, in varying percentages. And the numbers …[given to] the public … “We killed X number of terrorists” … it’s total bullshit, because we don’t know…”

#BreakingTheSilence
@[email protected] @[email protected] @israel

Locked Up Living Duncan Craig. (Audio) Breaking the silence: Supporting male victims of sexual abuse. 'We are survivors': Duncan Craig is the founder and CEO of We Are Survivors. Here he discusses the work of his charity in supporting male survivors of sexual abuse and exploitation. He shares his personal journey of realizing his own survivor status and the lack… https://lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/duncan-craig-audio-breaking-the-silence-supporting-male-victims-of-sexual-abuse-we-are-survivors/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon @lockedupliving #MaleSurvivors #SexualAbuseAwareness #WeAreSurvivors #BreakingTheSilence #SupportForSurvivors

Locked Up Living Duncan Craig. (Audio) Breaking the silence: Supporting male victims of sexual abuse. 'We are survivors': Duncan Craig is the founder and CEO of We Are Survivors. Here he discusses the work of his charity in supporting male survivors of sexual abuse and exploitation. He shares his personal journey of realizing his own survivor status and the lack… https://lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/duncan-craig-audio-breaking-the-silence-supporting-male-victims-of-sexual-abuse-we-are-survivors/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon @lockedupliving #MaleSurvivors #SexualAbuseAwareness #WeAreSurvivors #BreakingTheSilence #SupportForSurvivors

Locked Up Living Duncan Craig. (Audio) Breaking the silence: Supporting male victims of sexual abuse. 'We are survivors': Duncan Craig is the founder and CEO of We Are Survivors. Here he discusses the work of his charity in supporting male survivors of sexual abuse and exploitation. He shares his personal journey of realizing his own survivor status and the lack… https://lockedupliving.podbean.com/e/duncan-craig-audio-breaking-the-silence-supporting-male-victims-of-sexual-abuse-we-are-survivors/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon @lockedupliving #MaleSurvivors #SexualAbuseAwareness #WeAreSurvivors #BreakingTheSilence #SupportForSurvivors

Meet Iris Gur, an Israeli activist from #CombatantsForPeace: "I wanted to learn. I wanted to see the unfamiliar reality with my own eyes. I joined tours in the #WestBank with organizations like “Ir Amim,” “#BreakingtheSilence,” and “Combatants for Peace.” Through them, I became involved in activist groups that protected Palestinian shepherds from settler violence and participated in Israeli-Palestinian joint activities.
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Thread von #BreakingTheSilence über das Apartheid-System in der #Westbank, und die Rolle, die die israelische Armee spielt um dies durchzusetzen.

»When a Palestinian attacks a soldier, consequences are usually quick and overwhelming. They could be shot, or arrested. The IDF could demolish their home, blockade their village, arrest their family members.

So what happens when a settler does the same? «
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1860698713380864053.html?utm_campaign=topunroll

#israel #palestine : #war / #gaza #warcrimes / #eyewitnesses / #ngo / #breakingthesilence

„Their nearly contemporaneous accounts are detailed, corroborated by other witnesses, and consistent with testimony by an Israeli soldier who fought in Gaza, and with interviews collected by Breaking the Silence, an organization that works with troops who have served in the occupied Palestinian territories.“

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/03/israel-gaza-human-shields-palestinians-idf/

Wahrscheinlich sind wir auch bald soweit, dass wir Organisationen wie #BreakingTheSilence als #Terrororganisation einstufen.

Ein direkter vergleich der englischsprachigen mit der deutschsprachigen #Wikipedia Seite spricht Bände. So verleumdet man Menschenrechtsorganisationen.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breaking_the_Silence_(organization)

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schovrim_Schtika

‘Wat we in Gaza zien is het opzettelijk uit de weg ruimen van het internationaal recht’ (NRC) (€)

„Waar mensen honderden doelwitten konden aangeven, geeft AI er duizenden aan. De grens voor het aantal burgerslachtoffers is versoepeld.”

https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2024/10/25/wat-we-in-gaza-zien-is-het-opzettelijk-uit-de-weg-ruimen-van-het-internationaal-recht-a4870497

Citaten uit stuk: https://diasp.nl/posts/4226753

#gaza #israel #palestijnen #palestina #mensenrechten #oorlogsrecht #vn #verenigde_naties #bezette_gebieden #oorlogsmisdaden #bestand #vrede #breakingthesilence #burgerdoden

https://youtu.be/cUW7Ds4hWhM?si=JfXa_l-VWvroDoLK

“Breaking the Silence” is an organization of IDF veterans against occupation. Interview of two members by Democracy Now! (YouTube, 2024-04-10)

#BreakingTheSilence
#DemocracyNow
@palestine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cUW7Ds4hWhM

#DemocracyNow

#BreakingTheSilence: Veterans from #ApartheidIsrael Tour U.S. & #Canada to Speak Out Against the Occupation

#EndtheOccupationNOW🇵🇸

#HomeOffice refuses #Afghan #YouthOrchestra #visas days before #London gig

#Portugal-based #musicians have played #BreakingTheSilence across #Europe after #Taliban seized music institute in #Kabul
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/mar/04/afghan-youth-orchestra-refused-visas-for-tour-of-england-days-before-first-gig
#ToryPoliciesInAction

#Israel #Palestine : #War / #Gaza / #IDF / #breakingthesilence / #dissent

Article from Avner Gvaryahu; he is the Executive Director of the Israeli veterans’ group "Breaking the Silence":

»The Myth of Israel's "Moral Army"«
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/myth-israels-moral-army

"I was controlling where they walked" explains a former IDF soldier - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2mQidXylGY

#Palestine #Israel #ApartheidIsrael #Genocide #EthnicCleansing #Liquidation #IDF #BreakingTheSilence
@palestine

#Regardez "Hébron, Palestine, la fabrique de l'occupation" : https://www.france.tv/france-5/la-case-du-siecle/5516193-hebron-palestine-la-fabrique-de-l-occupation.html

#BreakingTheSilence #ShuhadaStreet #Hebron #français #suprémacisme #israël #israëlPalestine #israëlApartheid #suprémacismeJuif #ÉtatJuif #racismeDÉtat #violenceDÉtat #nationalisme #sionisme #Cisjordanie #TerritoiresOccupés #colonisation #colonies #colonialité #ÉtatCommun #colons #documentaire