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| Confessions of a Bulldozer Driver |
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| nouha |
| 06/10/02 at 11:06:50 |
| [slm] just recieved this today.... FROM THE INDEPENDENT MEDIA CENTRE IN ISRAEL CONFESSIONS OF A BULLDOZER DRIVER Subtitled: Where is The Hague? 7 Days Magazine (Yedioth Ahronoth), 6/4/02 http://www.indymedia.org.il/imc/israel/webcast/29399.html In Jenin, Nisim called himself Duby Al-Kurdi (Kurdish bear cub). I recommend to everyone that they read the original interview which appeared under the title, I created for them a Teddy Stadium [2]in the center of the camp, by Zadoc Yehezakli. The following is a summary of the interview. At the time of the Israeli invasion of the Palestinian refugee camp in Jenin, Moshe Nisim was unemployed. He had recently been released from his position with the municipal government under suspicion of taking bribes. Nisim doesn't normally do military service. For the last 18 years his army unit has chosen not to call him to do his annual service. But when he heard that his friends were being called up to serve in operation Defensive Shield, he insisted, this time, on being called up. Nisim's trade in the Army is vehicle electrician, but this time he insisted on driving the armored bulldozer known as the D-9. Usually you need a long course to become qualified to operate the D-9, but from the information he provided, Nisim had only 2 hours of training. He arrived at the site of the Jenin refugee camp at about the time 13 Israeli soldiers were killed in an ambush. Nisim mounted his bulldozer from which he flew the flag of his favourite soccer club and proceeded to bulldoze houses. When asked by the reporter, What part of your work was difficult? Nisim responded, Difficult, what difficult, you must be joking. I was always begging the officers to give me another house to destroy. And believe me we destroyed too few. For 3 days I just erased and erased. I erased every house they (Palestinians) were shooting from and others in the neighbourhood. The officers warned them to leave before I entered, but I didn't give anyone a chance to escape. I would come and give a big hit, the hardest I could, so that the house would fall immediately. Some Israelis were telling stories that they restrained themselves, but these are only stories. There were many people in the houses when we began to destroy them. I didn't see people amid the ruins, but if there were any, I wouldn't care. I am sure that people died in these houses, but it was very difficult to see. There was a lot of dust and we worked mainly at night. I got great pleasure out of every house I took down. I know they (Palestinians) don t care if they live or die but losing their home really hurts them. If I have any regret, it is because we didn^-t destroy the entire camp. Nisim continues, I derived great satisfaction from my role. I enjoyed myself. I couldn^-t stop. I wanted to work all the time. I made the officer in charge crazy. After the fighting was over, we were ordered to remove the D-9 because the army didn^-t t want reporters and photographers to see them working. I fought with the army because I was getting great satisfaction from my work and wanted to stay. It was like putting the 18 years I didn^-t serve in the army into 3 days. The soldiers came to me and said Kurdi, you^-re OK you^-re OK! When Nisim was asked by the reporter, How were you able to serve 3 days and 3 nights without sleep?, he responded, I didn't feel tired at all. I drank whisky all the time. Everyone else packed clothes, but I packed whisky and snacks. Jenin made me strong. Jenin made me forget all my troubles. [1] Reference to the International Court of Justice based in The Hague, Holland [2] Reference to the home playing field of the Betr soccer club. |
| Re: Confessions of a Bulldozer Driver |
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| mwishka |
| 06/10/02 at 19:18:36 |
| i don't want to believe this story, as much as i think it's very likely true, but i don't want to believe it........ :( mwishka |
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