avner gvaryahu, welcome to hardtalk. thank you. to say, the idf is probably the most sacrosanct institution in all of israel. was it hard for you to cross a line, to break the taboo and speak out against what the idf is doing? breaking the silence, i think, in any context isn't easy. definitely in the israeli society, it's not a natural thing in that sense, to break that kind of silence. but i think that myself, like over 1000 soldiers, are a part of breaking the silence, former soldiers. it was much more difficult for me to keep my silence than to break it, and it's true that there are prices. but the truth of the matter is, i care too much for my country and my society to keep silent. and although there are push backs, we will persevere. you broke the silence after you'd put your uniform away and left the idf. were you silent while you were a serving soldier? well, i didn't feel that i was silent. i remember occasions where i brought up what i was doing in the nights in nablus and jenin when i was back home. i thought i wasn't si