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"Breaking the Silence" nominated for peace prize European Union

Nir Hasson Haaretz

to Rebellion by JM Translated and reviewed by Caty R.

The photographs show the humiliations of the Palestinian prisoners soldiers. The photos were released Tuesday by "Breaking the Silence"

The group has been nominated by the European Parliament for its work in defending human rights. In response, the right NGO Monitor began to approach individually to MPs asking them not to be awarded the Andrei Sakharov Prize to the organization "Breaking the Silence."

"Breaking the Silence" was founded by veterans of the military. Collects and publishes testimonies of soldiers on the violation of human rights in the territories occupied by Israel. His nomination was driven by blocks of two-line games Green represented in Parliament.

MP Daniel Cohn-Bendit, president of the European alliance of European green-free, and leader of the student uprising of May 1968 in France, said: "Breaking the Silence" was nominated for this alliance wishes to acknowledge the courage of each of the people involved who work to shed light on the injustices committed by Israel in the occupied territories and maintains that Israeli society chooses to ignore. Cohn-Bendit said: "although Israel a democracy, we need a strong dose of courage to speak out and break taboos and ingrained prejudices in the process of the Israeli occupation. "

Professor Gerald Steinberg, chairman of the NGO Monitor right-wing, sent a letter to MEPs asking them not to give the award to the organization "Breaking the Silence." If the organization that defends human rights wins, Israel will understand that "Europe continues to benefit from the principles of human rights by making a unilateral reading against the policy of Israel," he continues in his letter.

"Breaking the Silence" replied that "it is an honor be one of the organizations targeted by Steinberg, which included the European Union itself, Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

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http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/breaking-the-silence-nominated-for-eu-peace-prize-1.318535