Documentary released in Israel reveals the painful inner world of Israeli female soldiers

　　

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Israeli female soldier

Cleaning Palestinian bodies.

Pose for photos; Strip a man to his underwear, and then beat him at will; Help comrades-in-arms cover up the fact of abusing boys … On the 15th of this month, a documentary about the inner pain of Israeli female soldiers in the context of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict began to be broadcast in Israel. When the dark memories of the six heroines in the film were coldly put out, the reaction in Israel was not only controversial, but also shocking. Ha ‘aretz exclaimed, "God, what have we done?"

According to Reuters, this documentary is called "See if I’m smiling". Sandler is the first girl in the film. When she joined the army, she was sent to Hebron as a medical worker to evacuate the wounded. But now, she has to rely on alcohol to make herself forget "everything terrible in Hebron." In the film, she said that she first faced death in 2001. A little girl was killed by a Pakistani sniper. Sandler blamed herself for not saving her life, but people said to her, "Congratulations, you have the first dead man". Sandler has another job-cleaning up the bodies of Ba people. One day, she and her comrades pulled back a stinking body. "The smell makes me want to vomit," Sandler said. "But the medical officer said that before returning the body to the Palestinian government, he must be washed clean, leaving no blood, let alone letting the Palestinians see what we did to him." "The man was hit hard on the head and slowly bled to death. I helped him close his eyes because I felt that he would be afraid. But when I started cleaning, his eyes suddenly opened, and I was really scared. " What makes her unbearable is that during a cleaning, the body actually got an erection. Many female soldiers came to watch the fun and take pictures. She said that she wanted to see the photos of herself, "to see if I was smiling".

Ha ‘aretz reported that Tamar, the director of the film, was also an Israeli female soldier and witnessed the abuse of violence by the Israeli army. Once, she was awakened from her dream by a comrade-in-arms and pulled to the basement. There, Israeli soldiers were pressing the head of a Palestinian on the engine. "His head vibrated with the engine and his expression was very scary." Tamar said that when she reported to her superiors the next day, the answer was "This is not your business".

Tamar said that recalling this film, Sandler’s opening remarks most shocked her: "Sometimes I think I’m crazy, because those memories are far from reality, and maybe they never happened, but I feel so strongly today that I know they are all facts." (Global Times Global Network)

　　

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Editor: Cao Jin