The photographs posted by former Israeli soldier Eden Aberjil on her Facebook page caused a great storm around the world and embarrassed the State of Israel. Everyone focused on the image of the soldier who violated the dignity of the bound security prisoners, but no one showed any interest in who these prisoners are.
"`I felt sexually assaulted`
After over an hour of driving, in a tank and bus, with their eyes covered and their hands cuffed – according to Eid – they reached Zikim. `The soldiers untied the cuffs in the back and cuffed me in the front. Then they seated us on concrete blocks, ` he says. `Father sat on the block next to me and moaned with pain from the cuffs. I heard a soldiers telling my uncle Asad, `Tell your brother to shut up, or else you`ll be crying over him.` We sat like that for half an hour.`
During that half hour, a group of female soldiers arrived. One of them was Eden Aberjil. `I heard the voices of several female soldiers laughing and shouting,` says Eid. `Guessing from the sound there were about 10 of them. One of them sat next to me and asked, `What`s your name?` I answered, `Eid`.
`She told me, `You are a terrorist`. Then she told me to sit on another block, next to my uncle Asad, and she sat down between us. She told my uncle: `You are Osama bin Laden.` Then she grabbed me by my beard and said, `You are Osama bin Laden`s son and are a terrorist just like him.` Then I heard to the clicks of cameras and the soldier told her friend, `Sawri, sawri,` which means `take a picture` in Arabic.`
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Saturday, September 4, 2010
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