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Government accused of persecution over Breaking the Silence allegations

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Published: 23 November 2017

Last updated: 4 March 2024

Claims of lies and persecution by the government surround allegations that a former Israeli soldier, now working for the anti-occupation group, assaulted a Palestinian

The political campaign to break Breaking the Silence (Ynet)
Assuming its investigation was completely unbiased, why did the State Attorney’s Office announce that Dean Issacharoff had lied about beating a Palestinian during his military service instead of announcing that the evidence against him was insufficient? How can the State Attorney’s Office determine who lied under these circumstances?

Palestinian Involved in Breaking the Silence scandal: I was arrested and beaten by border police (Haaretz)
Hassan Joulani's statement to Haaretz undermines state's claim that Breaking the Silence's spokesperson lied and that the Palestinian 'denied that his arrest involved any violence'

Breaking the Silence says new video proves its spokesman assaulted Palestinian (Times of Israel)
Footage from 2014 shows Dean Issacharoff escorting bruised Palestinian in Hebron, which group says means prosecutor was wrong to label him 'liar' for confessing to beating detainee

'You are all traitors': The political persecution of Breaking the Silence (972)
That the minister of justice can singlehandedly launch an investigation against the anti-occupation group is a symptom of the decline of the rule of law and creeping authoritarianism within the Green Line

Photo: Hassan Joulani and Dean Issacharoff after Joulani was arrested in Hebron in 2014 (Activestills)

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