Breaking the Silence Exhibit:
Israeli Soldiers Talk About the Occupied Territories
March 1 – March 16
Harvard Hillel, Beren Hall, Second Floor, 52 Mt. Auburn Street
Exhibit open hours:
Mon – Thurs: 2 pm – 8 pm
Fri: 10 am – 4 pm
Sat: Closed
Sun: 12 pm – 8 pm
Opening Night Reception on Saturday, March 1 at 7 pm
This exhibit features over 100 photographs and video testimonials, led by guided tours by former Israeli soldiers.
For complete schedule, outside events calendar and testimonials from exhibit participants, check our web site:
http://www.BreakingTheSilenceExhibit.org/
Sponsored by Americans for Peace Now, Brit Tzedek v'Shalom: The Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace, the Harvard College Progressive Jewish Alliance, Hashomer Hatzair, Jewschool.com, Meretz USA, the Union of Progressive Zionists, Open Society Institute's Documentary Photography Project, and the Foundation for Middle East Peace.
About Breaking the Silence
Breaking the Silence is an organization of veteran Israeli soldiers that collects testimonies of soldiers who have served in the Occupied Territories during the Second Intifada. Soldiers who serve in the Territories are witness to, and participate in military actions which change them immensely. Cases of abuse towards Palestinians, looting, and destruction of property have been the norm for years, but are still excused as military necessities or explained as extreme and unique cases.
Discharged soldiers who return to civilian life discover the gap between the reality that they encountered in the Territories, and the silence that they encounter at home. In order to become a civilian again, soldiers are forced to ignore their past experiences. Breaking the Silence voices the experiences of those soldiers, in order to force Israeli society to address this reality.
