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Testimony - "Source of pride"

 

Name: Anonymous
Rank: Lieutenant
Unit: Kfir Brigade
Location: Bethlehem, West Bank
Date: 2006-2007

A former Israeli soldier provides a testimony to Breaking the Silence in which he describes how another soldier appeared to be proud of beating up a young Palestinian adult at the entrance to his village.

Soldier: We’d go on two night patrols in the designated area. I was driving and suddenly I see some Arab boy, about 18 years old, with his face mangled, really bad. He had a black eye, his lip was torn, in really bad shape. So I stop, offer him water, and he points at my jeep and says the license plate number was 06543, so he goes: 'No, 0666 hit me.’ I don’t understand what he wants from me and then the other jeep arrives. The sergeant in it says: 'See how I handled him?’ and the kid was all agitated. He went back to his village. This was at the entrance to his village, he lives in Husan, and that was that. The next day I went and told the duty company commander about this, and nothing was done about it.

Interviewer: The sergeant told you …
 
Soldier: That he beat him up. He thought it was funny. He saw this as a source of pride. He was very proud of this and it seemed like something really cool to do.