Palestinians affected by Israel’s punitive tactics against the civilian population of the occupied territories are speaking out in reaction to testimonies published by dozens of Israeli ex-soldiers who served in the Israeli occupation’s Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories (COGAT) unit exposing their government’s practices used to enforce control over Palestinians. Many have told The New Arab they were unsurprised by the revelations, corroborating and further contextualising the testimonies and reports many of which failed to interview Palestinians affected by the practices …