Who funds breaking the silence?

According to information released by donors, Breaking the Silence received a core funding grant of $605,000 (2014-2017) from the Human Rights and International Humanitarian Law Secretariat (a joint funding mechanism of Denmark, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Switzerland that closed in 2017).

Why was IDF created?

By land, air, and sea, the IDF’s major objective is to protect the state of Israel. The IDF was founded in May 1948 by Israel’s then Defense Minister David Ben-Gurion. A conscript force, it helped Israel win the 1948 Arab-Israeli war known there as the “War of Independence.”

What happens if you dont join IDF?

According to Israeli army statistics, in 2017, just over half of Israeli youth enlisted. To outsiders, the decision not to serve may appear simple, but the cost is high: A prison sentence is all but guaranteed for conscientious objectors who must defend their principles before a committee of officers.

What does the phrase break the silence mean?

Filters. To start talking in a conversation after a period where nobody speaks.

What is an IDF in military?

Israel Defense Forces (IDF), armed forces of Israel, comprising the Israeli army, navy, and air force. Israel Defense Forces. Female member of the Israel Defense Forces’ mixed-gender Caracal Battalion participating in rifle training.

What IDF means?

IDF

What were the sounds that broke the silence of the night?

The noise is likely fairly continuous, but the story does specifically say that silence was broken. Here and there through the city, machine guns and rifles broke the silence of the night, spasmodically, like dogs barking on lone farms.