Since I don’t have time to really blog on this today, my twitter statement is below.
- It is still interesting to me that Israelis are so outraged, considering Abergil’s pics are so tame. They and I live in alternate realities. 3 minutes ago
- When I ran Breaking the Silence’s US tour in 2008, there were more than a dozen such pics. 2K people in Boston, NYC, Philly & DC saw them. 3 minutes ago
- It is still interesting to me that Israelis are so outraged, considering Abergil’s pics are so tame. They and I live in alternate realities. 4 minutes ago
- Abergil’s unrepentant defensiveness (“they’ll attack us anyway”, see end http://ow.ly/2qKro) is indicative of Israeli embattled sentiments. 6 minutes ago
- Why is Abergil a big deal? There are a few dozen of the same type of pic on Breaking the Silence’s site for 4 years now: http://ow.ly/2qKnh 7 minutes ago
- Breaking the Silence issued a Facebook statement with more photos of the same (http://ow.ly/2qKiX) to prove that this is the norm. #israel 9 minutes ago
- The Facebook pics of IDF vet Eden Abergil demeaning Palestinian prisoners is not Israel’s Abu-Ghraib. There is worse: http://ow.ly/2qKg8 11 minutes ago
- RT @NewIsraelFund: Breaking the Silence makes headlines, says pics of soldiers degrading Palestinian prisoners is norm: http://ow.ly/2qJD4 18 minutes ago
More good blogging on this from Israeli blogger Dimi Reider (one and two).