IDF Soldier Discusses Protest Tactics

Is your name Adi Arni?

Yes.

Is that your name?

So you're a current s-sergeant IDF soldier, yeah?

I do.

Okay. So what, why, why you're protesting is here,

can you tell me?

I explained to you a little bit. So-

Okay. Can you explain a bit more?

Of course, I will explain. So basically, we're doing right

now something that in the end we see that when people coming and

talking to these people, so they're not really listening to them.

Okay.

There is... So when I'm wearing a keffiyeh,

it's sad to say that, uh, people

listening to me-

Okay

... more if the Palestinian is a martyr instead of listening to the

idea.

Okay. So what you're telling me is that you're posing as a Hamas

soldier to get your message, an IDF message across?

Exactly.

Do you think it is moral to do, to pose like that?

I think that in the end if the other side is not listening-

How are you?

Hi, I'm good. How are you?

If the other side-

Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you. I'm Brownelle.

Hi, Brownelle.

I'm a grad journalism student here at Columbia.

A what?

I'm a grad journalism student here at Columbia.

Oh, amazing.

Uh, and I-

I, I'm an IDF disabled veteran. I was injured in Gaza.

Yeah.

Welcome to Columbia.

Thank you. Nice to meet you.

Nice to meet you.

I

was talking to your friend right here because, uh, he made a statement

that he is a

Palestinian protester, and I

just-

He actually needs to go because we're

changing, uh-

Okay. So do you think it is moral to pose as a Palestinian

protester?

Yes.

A Palestinian protester?

He needs to get to the crosswalk.

Okay. So that's why you're, that's why you're doing this?

No, no, no, we were talking. It's a long story.

I don't have time. Thank you.