Occupation 101: Hebron

Occupation 101: Hebron from JD Lasica on Vimeo.

JD Lasica reports on the physical barriers that separate Israelis and Palestinians. Permits are requied for Palestinians to walk the streets where they live. Israelis and Palistanians walk a bizarre maze to go through different checkpoints.

Mikhael Manekin, co-founder of Breaking the Silence serves as a tour guide for Lasica and Naomi Schacter. Breaking the Silence is a human rights group made of former Israeli soldiers. Hebron has Western Israeli settlers and Palestinians. Manekin explains the settlers are hardcore religious extremists that came to Hebron to take over the town. The settlers use the children for vigilante violence. Children can not be held accountable under Israeli law.

Breaking the Silence documents the experiences of Israeli soldiers in occupied territories. Soldiers have come forward to discuss how dysfunctional the occupation is. Manekin recounts how he was ordered to kill any Palistanian breaking the curfew.