"The silence breakers "

Twenty-seven former Israeli soldiers who have given disturbing accounts of what they saw and did during their compulsory  military service in the West Bank and Gaza  have broken cover and agreed to be named and photographed for the first time.  
 The ex-soldiers, deeply troubled by their role in the security forces  over the decade since the beginning of the second intifada in 2000, have ended the anonymity of their testimony to the unique Israeli veterans' organization, Breaking the Silence.
They have allowed  me to take their pictures.
 The decision of the 27 soldiers to "go public" follows repeated complaints  by the Israeli authorities about the anonymity of  testimonies previously published by  Breaking the Silence. Witnesses partly preferred not to use their names to avoid  alienation or distress in  their own communities.
(C) Quique Kierszenbaum

The photos in The Independent

'Our lives became something we'd never dreamt': The former Israeli soldiers who have testified against army abuses by Don Macintyre

Ex combattants de Tsahal, ils refusent maintenant de se taire et parlent