IDF Soldier Protests and Moral Dilemmas

Is your name Adi Arni?

Yes.

Is that your face?

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

I do.

Okay. So what, why, why are you protesting in 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 people, so they're not really listening to them.

Okay.

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

it's safe 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, give the other side-

How are you?

... people not listening.

Hi, I'm good. How are you?

Give the other side-

I'm fine. Thank 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. 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. Tell me, do you think it's moral to pose as a

Palestinian protester?

Yes.

A Palestinian protester?

He's in the costume.

Okay, so that's why you're, that's why you're doing this?

Yeah. No, no, no,

let me talk to you. It's a long story.

I don't have time. Thank you.