Israeli soldiers recount torturing Palestinians

by Haitham Sabbah on 11/23/2007

Film shows six women who inflicted and witnessed torture

One posed for a photo as she scrubbed a Palestinian corpse. Another stripped a man to his underwear and then beat him. A third helped cover up the abuse of a young boy.

The six Israeli women who feature in the documentary "To See If I'm Smiling" each wrestle with memories of their compulsory military service that they would rather erase.

But after years of trying to bury the past, they have spoken out in a film that explores the darker side of Israel's 40-year-old occupation of the Palestinian territories and examines its impact on a generation of young men and women... Read on!

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1 Ola November 24, 2007 at 10:46 am

That sounds like a great documentary, hope it will have the intended impact

2 Haitham November 24, 2007 at 1:06 pm

Hopefully I’ll find a copy online at which time I’ll share it here.

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