Please click on photo to enlarge.JENIN BULLDOZER DRIVER SPEAKS OUT
Moshe Nissim, who operated an armored bulldozer for 75 straight hours in Jenin, has stated (as published in Yediot Aharonot Hebrew daily paper in Tel Aviv, May 31, 2002):
"No one refused an order to knock down a house. No such thing. When I was told to bring down a house, I took the opportunity to bring down some more houses; not because I wanted to - but because when you are asked to demolish a house, some other houses usually obscure it, so there is no other way. I would have to do it even if I didn't want to. They just stood in the way. If I had to erase a house, come hell or high water - I would do it. And believe me, we demolished too little. [...] [The Palestinian residents] were warned by loudspeaker to get out of the house before I came, but I gave no one a chance. I didn't wait. I didn't give one blow, and [didn't] wait for them to come out. I would just ram the house with full power, to bring it down as fast as possible. [...] I didn't give a damn about the Palestinians, but I didn't just ruin with no reason. It was all under orders. [...] Many people were inside [the] houses we [decided] to demolish. [...] I'm sure that people died inside these houses... [...] I found joy with every house that came down,... [...] If you knocked down a house, you buried 40 or 50 people for generations. If I am sorry for anything, it is for not tearing the whole camp down..."
For details and other statements from Israeli bulldozer operators, please visit the website of one of the Israeli Peace groups, Gush Shalom:
http://www.gush-shalom.org/archives/kurdi_eng.html
Please also see articles on Rachel Corrie, the American Peace Activist murdered by an Israeli bulldozer operator. They can be found in our International Law section and/or at the website of the International Solidarity Movement:
http://www.palsolidarity.org
Introduction and Photo of a Palestinian woman attempting to dissuade an Israeli bulldozer operator, courtesy of GoOFF.com; Release your mind. http://www.gooff.com/
http://www.gooff.com/NM/templates/Breaking_News.asp?articleid=544&zoneid=2
Moshe Nissim, who operated an armored bulldozer for 75 straight hours in Jenin, has stated (as published in Yediot Aharonot Hebrew daily paper in Tel Aviv, May 31, 2002):
"No one refused an order to knock down a house. No such thing. When I was told to bring down a house, I took the opportunity to bring down some more houses; not because I wanted to - but because when you are asked to demolish a house, some other houses usually obscure it, so there is no other way. I would have to do it even if I didn't want to. They just stood in the way. If I had to erase a house, come hell or high water - I would do it. And believe me, we demolished too little. [...] [The Palestinian residents] were warned by loudspeaker to get out of the house before I came, but I gave no one a chance. I didn't wait. I didn't give one blow, and [didn't] wait for them to come out. I would just ram the house with full power, to bring it down as fast as possible. [...] I didn't give a damn about the Palestinians, but I didn't just ruin with no reason. It was all under orders. [...] Many people were inside [the] houses we [decided] to demolish. [...] I'm sure that people died inside these houses... [...] I found joy with every house that came down,... [...] If you knocked down a house, you buried 40 or 50 people for generations. If I am sorry for anything, it is for not tearing the whole camp down..."
For details and other statements from Israeli bulldozer operators, please visit the website of one of the Israeli Peace groups, Gush Shalom:
http://www.gush-shalom.org/archives/kurdi_eng.html
Please also see articles on Rachel Corrie, the American Peace Activist murdered by an Israeli bulldozer operator. They can be found in our International Law section and/or at the website of the International Solidarity Movement:
http://www.palsolidarity.org
Introduction and Photo of a Palestinian woman attempting to dissuade an Israeli bulldozer operator, courtesy of GoOFF.com; Release your mind. http://www.gooff.com/
http://www.gooff.com/NM/templates/Breaking_News.asp?articleid=544&zoneid=2