Israeli Soldierâs Book Stirs Controversy [ Post 1082858 ]
ÂÂ Category: News & OpinionÂÂTopic: International Affairs
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ÂÂ Source: palestinechronicle.com
ÂÂ Published: November 30, 2003ÂÂAuthor: Unknown
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"'I remember how we humiliated a dwarf who came to the checkpoint every day on his wagon ..'"
OCCUPIED JERUSALEM - A former Israeli soldier who served three years in the Gaza Strip has described Israeli treatment of Palestinian civilians as befitting âanimals, criminals, and thievesâ.
Staff Sergeant Liaran Ron Furer has written a book on his experience as an Israeli soldier manning roadblocks throughout the Gaza Strip.
The book, titled âCheckpoints-Twilight Zoneâ contains personal testimonies and often-brash accounts of the daily harassment and humiliation inflicted by young Israeli soldiers on Palestinian civilians.
Major publishers in Israel, including the famous Steimatzky bookstore chain refused to publish the book apparently because of its scathing criticism of Israeli army behavior.
"You can adopt the most hard-line political positions, but no parent would agree to his son becoming a thief, a criminal or a violent person. The boy himself doesnât portray himself this way to his family when he returns from the territories. On the contrary, he is received as a hero, as someone who is doing the important work of being a soldier," says Furer in his book.
Furer describes several types of âsadisticâ behaviors by Israeli soldiers including beating Palestinians and then taking souvenir pictures with them. "I remember how we humiliated a dwarf who came to the checkpoint every day on his wagon. They forced him to have his picture taken on the horse, hit him and degraded for a good half hour."
Among the accounts narrated by Furer are stories of soldiers having souvenir pictures with Palestinians they had beaten up, soldiers urinating on the head of a Palestinian because the man had the nerve to smile at a soldier and how one soldier, nicknamed Dado, forced a Palestinian to stand on four legs and bark like a dog.
One of Furer`s most chilling confessions related to his abuse of a 16-year old mentally retarded boy.
Furer stresses that behaviors as such are by no means isolated but rampant in the Israeli army.
An Israeli army spokesperson refused to comment on the book saying âsorry, I havenât read the book yet.â
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