Survivor testimony, preserved on film
SATURDAY October 7
Seven survivors recorded what they lived through so it cannot be rewritten. Produced with JIJ, screened on campuses and at festivals, now streaming on Amazon Prime and Apple TV.
Israel Justice Clinic · Wounded Soldiers
He survived the battlefield. Then he had to fight for the help he earned.
Over 24,000 IDF soldiers have been wounded since October 7. Invisible wounds require the same urgency as physical ones, yet soldiers often face a long, complicated process of hearings, medical committees, and appeals before they receive the recognition and treatment they need.
“I felt like I was being tortured. After everything I contributed, I still had to prove I was really suffering.”
– Eitan, IDF veteran and JIJ client
One soldier’s story
Meet Eitan
Eitan returned from combat in Gaza at 22, carrying invisible wounds. Flashbacks and severe PTSD made sleep impossible. Instead of immediate care, he faced a detached military bureaucracy that demanded he repeatedly prove his trauma was real.
JIJ attorney Gai Akoka stepped in. He fought the state through every hearing until Eitan received complete recognition of his disability status, securing his vital treatment and benefits.
Wounded Soldiers
They survived combat.Now they’re fighting to restore their lives.
Soldiers coming home with PTSD, brain, and spinal cord injuries face a second battle: a bureaucracy that denies, delays, and buries legitimate claims.
Where the system fails, JIJ’s legal team steps in. We fight combat injury denials, secure disability recognition, and recover the benefits soldiers are owed. Invisible wounds require the same urgency as physical ones. With donor support, JIJ:
Files claims with the Ministry of Defense.- Represents soldiers in medical committees.
- Maximizes medical and rehabilitation rights.
Who stands beside them
The Jerusalem Institute of Justice. Free of charge, every time.
JIJ is the only Israeli organization providing high-quality, fully donor-funded legal advocacy for wounded soldiers, ensuring they never pay a fee. In three minutes, see how the pieces fit together.
“I spent two years fighting the Ministry of Defense for what I was owed. JIJ gave me back my dignity.”
– First Sergeant Roy, wounded IDF veteran and JIJ client
Beyond the courtroom
One organization, every front of the fight
Free legal aid for wounded soldiers and terror victims. Project NOA for survivors of the sex trade. Survivor testimony preserved on film. Advocacy at the UN, the ICC, and beyond.
Evidence and testimony in the rooms where Israel is judged
The same lawyers who win hearings for wounded soldiers carry survivor testimony and legal evidence to the UN, the ICC, and diplomatic briefings, confronting antisemitism and denial where policy is made.
The whole fight
Help a wounded soldier obtain treatment, disability recognition, and benefits while JIJ takes his story to the institutions shaping global opinion.
Results, not rhetoric
What your support has already done
Verified figures from JIJ’s legal and advocacy work. Each number is a case, a hearing, or a room where the truth was put on the record.
400
Wounded soldiers represented
Free representation before the Ministry of Defense, medical committees, and the courts.
$17M
In benefits recovered
For wounded soldiers and people with disabilities, through legal action.
25
Supreme Court victories
Rulings that changed the law for thousands beyond a single client.
30k+
People given free legal aid
Soldiers, survivors, trafficking victims, and at-risk communities represented at no cost.
22
Years of free legal representation
No retainer fees, no contingencies. World class representation, completely free of charge.
10M
Lives impacted
Through legal victories, legislation, and advocacy across JIJ’s programs.
Adopt a wounded soldier
Fight for those who fought for you.
Your gift puts a free JIJ attorney beside a soldier like Eitan from the first filing to the final ruling, so he can focus on healing instead of proving his own suffering.
- A wounded soldier gets a lawyer and a path to the treatment and recognition he earned.
- He keeps every shekel of his benefits. JIJ takes no fee.
- His story joins the evidence JIJ carries to the institutions shaping global opinion.
$5,000 adopts a soldier’s full case, from first filing to final ruling. Monthly gifts of $40 or more join the Israel Advocates Forum.