Episode 42 - Israeli Soldier's Explosive Tell-All: "Palestinians are Right to Resist"

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🗓️ 19 December 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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In a rare, candid conversation, Abby Martin interviews a former Israeli Army combat soldier who served as an occupier in Palestine’s Hebron City. Eran Efrati spent years as a sergeant and combat soldier in the Israeli military, but has since become an outspoken critic of the occupation of Palestine and Israeli apartheid. Efrati gives explosive testimony on the reality of his service and explains how war crimes are institutionalized, as well as how systematic the oppression against Palestinians really is in a war of conquest that will no-doubt be accelerated under the Trump Administration. FOLLOW // http://twitter.com/empirefiles LIKE // http://facebook.com/theempirefiles

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Empire Files podcast. This is Abby Martin. This is the audio version of each episode of
0:06.3	the Empire Files hosted on Telesaur English. You can watch every episode at the Empirefiles.tv.
0:15.0	With the Trump administration in power, Israeli politicians have been celebrating this new
0:19.7	opportunity, ramping up settlement
0:21.6	projects.
0:23.1	Some of these are even financed by Trump's own son-in-law, rumored to be the president's
0:27.2	pick to broker so-called peace in the region.
0:30.1	Can I reveal, Jared, how long we've known you?
0:33.8	While these illegal settlements grow into Palestinian villages, some are built directly in the middle of thriving cultural centers, such as Hebron, one of the most hyper-militarized cities in the world.
0:44.3	When I was in Hebron, I was shocked by how aggressively the police state imposed an apartheid system.
0:50.3	All of the residents I talked to had horror stories of life under brutal occupation.
0:55.1	Sometimes Israeli soldiers themselves dissent, even in the face of very severe repercussions.
1:01.4	One of whom is Iran Afratti, who was stationed in Hebron during his time in the Israeli army.
1:07.0	Since leaving the military after years as a combat soldier, Afroti has dedicated his life to documenting Israeli war crimes
1:13.6	and fighting the apartheid system.
1:16.4	Iran, you went from being a soldier in the IDF
1:18.6	to being a very outspoken critic of both the occupation
1:21.8	and continued takeover of Palestine.
1:24.2	What made you go through such a profound transformation?
1:31.1	Well, it didn't something that happened immediately. Obviously, growing up in Israel, you know, you asked me what was my role
1:36.5	in the military. I'm not sure that my role started with my enlisted. I think my role started when I
1:41.5	was about five, and I realized that my father is putting uniform
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