1 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 10 00:00:33,428 --> 00:00:35,588 *Where is the voice of the day?* 2 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 100 00:07:47,177 --> 00:07:50,880 So that valley has had repeated home demolitions. 3 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1000 01:12:26,528 --> 01:12:30,129 It is most difficult for me to think about what's going on here, 4 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1001 01:12:30,184 --> 01:12:33,004 when I sit down to write back to the United States, 5 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1002 01:12:33,326 --> 01:12:36,747 something about the virtual portal into luxury. 6 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1003 01:12:40,523 --> 01:12:43,602 I don't know if many of the children here have ever existed 7 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1004 01:12:43,736 --> 01:12:46,415 without tank shell holes in their walls, 8 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1005 01:12:46,540 --> 01:12:52,144 and the towers of an occupying army surveying them constantly from the near horizons. 9 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1006 01:12:53,333 --> 01:12:56,293 I think, although I'm not entirely sure, 10 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1007 01:12:56,450 --> 01:13:02,781 that even the smallest of these children understand that life is not like this everywhere." 11 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1008 01:13:03,062 --> 01:13:09,226 It was Sunday afternoon in Charlotte, about noon, actually, 12 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1009 01:13:09,343 --> 01:13:11,648 and I received a phone call. 13 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 101 00:07:54,467 --> 00:07:58,836 Rodina, herself, has lived through two home demolitions. 14 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1010 01:13:11,734 --> 01:13:15,699 And my son-in-law, Kelly, was on the phone. 15 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1011 01:13:15,773 --> 01:13:19,011 And he asked if Craig was there. 16 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1012 01:13:19,321 --> 01:13:22,660 And something about the way he asked made me realize... 17 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1013 01:13:22,745 --> 01:13:25,472 I felt right away that something was wrong. 18 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1014 01:13:25,612 --> 01:13:27,375 And then I asked, "Why, Kelly?" 19 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1015 01:13:27,514 --> 01:13:30,008 And he hesitated for a minute, and he said: 20 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1016 01:13:30,266 --> 01:13:33,000 "We've had some very sad news." 21 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1017 01:13:33,119 --> 01:13:36,931 And then my daughter, Sara, I could hear her in the background, 22 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1018 01:13:37,158 --> 01:13:42,524 and she got on the telephone, and she said, "Mom, it's Rachel." 23 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1019 01:13:42,662 --> 01:13:48,035 And I think the first words out of my mouth then were, "Is she dead?" 24 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 102 00:07:58,972 --> 00:08:01,770 They are living now in their third house. 25 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1020 01:14:05,064 --> 01:14:12,705 We were opposing the demolition of farmland and other property, Palestinian property, 26 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1021 01:14:06,361 --> 01:14:11,661 Joe Carr ISM Activist {\an4} 27 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1022 01:14:12,728 --> 01:14:16,038 by Israeli destruction force bulldozers. 28 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1023 01:14:23,588 --> 01:14:28,018 And a bulldozer drove up, and it kept going, and she tried to move back, 29 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1024 01:14:28,151 --> 01:14:31,140 but she couldn't move back, and she got caught underneath. 30 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1025 01:14:31,277 --> 01:14:33,438 She got caught underneath the bulldozer. 31 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1026 01:14:36,197 --> 01:14:39,344 Many other internationals began to surround the bulldozer and yell at it 32 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1027 01:14:39,375 --> 01:14:41,983 and tell it that there is somebody there, and it did not stop. 33 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1028 01:14:59,439 --> 01:15:02,306 Where Rachel was killed, she was protecting a doctor's home. 34 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1029 01:15:02,368 --> 01:15:05,649 And that's important to realize, and the three children and his wife. 35 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 103 00:08:03,052 --> 00:08:06,322 A bulldozer arrived with soldiers 36 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1030 01:15:05,782 --> 01:15:11,930 She knew that family, and that doctor felt that Rachel was like a daughter to him. 37 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1031 01:15:12,032 --> 01:15:14,254 He bought that house, it was in the middle of a neighborhood. 38 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1032 01:15:14,340 --> 01:15:18,886 There were other rows of houses between his house and the border. 39 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1033 01:15:19,207 --> 01:15:23,519 Those other homes, those other streets, were all destroyed and now it was his turn. 40 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1034 01:15:24,228 --> 01:15:26,696 And I've had people say: "Well, she was in a war zone." 41 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1035 01:15:26,735 --> 01:15:30,657 And somebody points out, that war zone is people's neighborhoods. 42 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1036 01:15:30,712 --> 01:15:31,964 Those are children. 43 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1037 01:15:34,286 --> 01:15:36,403 I'm here for other children. 44 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1038 01:15:36,575 --> 01:15:38,458 I'm here because I care. 45 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1039 01:15:38,599 --> 01:15:41,403 I'm here because children everywhere are suffering, 46 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 104 00:08:06,422 --> 00:08:09,640 I was totally shocked and began to 47 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1040 01:15:39,466 --> 01:15:44,466 Rachel Corrie 5th Grade Speech {\an4} 48 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1041 01:15:41,622 --> 01:15:44,951 and because 40,000 people die each day from hunger. 49 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1042 01:15:45,243 --> 01:15:48,477 I'm here because those people are mostly children. 50 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1043 01:15:48,860 --> 01:15:52,805 We have got to understand that the poor are all around us and we are ignoring them. 51 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1044 01:15:52,961 --> 01:15:56,386 We have got to understand that these deaths are preventable. 52 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1045 01:15:56,730 --> 01:16:00,035 We have got to understand that people in third world countries 53 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1046 01:16:00,299 --> 01:16:04,689 think and care, and smile, and cry just like us. 54 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1047 01:16:05,040 --> 01:16:09,156 We have got to understand that they are us; we are them. 55 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1048 01:16:09,359 --> 01:16:12,344 My dream is to stop hunger by the year 2000. 56 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1049 01:16:12,445 --> 01:16:14,960 My dream is to give the poor a chance. 57 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 105 00:08:09,740 --> 00:08:13,584 argue with them not to demolish my home 58 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1050 01:16:15,187 --> 01:16:18,913 My dream is to save the 40,000 people who die each day. 59 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1051 01:16:19,085 --> 01:16:23,374 My dream can, and will, come true, if we all look into the future 60 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1052 01:16:23,514 --> 01:16:25,702 and see the light that shines there. 61 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1053 01:16:25,796 --> 01:16:28,741 Rachel Corrie died at the age of 23. 62 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1054 01:16:29,273 --> 01:16:35,534 The U.S. Congress has refused her parent's request to conduct an independent investigation into her murder. 63 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1055 01:16:36,724 --> 01:16:39,670 As Israel completed its withdrawal from Gaza, 64 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1056 01:16:39,806 --> 01:16:45,641 the following day, it issued orders to confiscate additional Palestinian land from the West Bank 65 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1057 01:16:45,845 --> 01:16:48,951 and continue the construction of a separation wall. 66 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1058 01:16:51,558 --> 01:16:56,112 This wall is twice the height of the Berlin Wall and four times longer. 67 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1059 01:16:56,439 --> 01:16:58,268 It rips through villages, 68 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 106 00:08:13,671 --> 00:08:17,443 so they began to beat me 69 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1060 01:16:59,322 --> 01:17:04,411 severing travel for work, health care, and education, 70 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1061 01:17:05,465 --> 01:17:10,590 separating farmers from their lands, and families from loved ones. 71 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1062 01:17:12,264 --> 01:17:17,875 An Israeli study revealed that the barrier's route was chosen in order to confiscate land 72 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1063 01:17:18,010 --> 01:17:22,919 intended for illegal settlement expansion, not for security reasons. 73 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1064 01:17:24,583 --> 01:17:29,606 Here you have this huge wall being constructed, right in the middle of the West Bank. 74 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1065 01:17:25,052 --> 01:17:29,583 Rabbi Michael Lerner Editor - Tikkun Magazine {\an4} 75 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1066 01:17:29,747 --> 01:17:33,845 How can anybody believe that there is going to be the creation of a real state? 76 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1067 01:17:33,931 --> 01:17:37,384 It's a symbol and a reality of oppression. 77 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1068 01:17:37,860 --> 01:17:42,985 Anybody outside of Israel who supports a two-state solution has to be very careful 78 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1069 01:17:43,008 --> 01:17:48,472 because what they mean in a two-state solution is that 90 percent of historical Palestine will be Israel. 79 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 107 00:08:17,543 --> 00:08:19,441 and pull my hair. 80 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1070 01:17:45,161 --> 01:17:50,159 Illan Pappe Israeli Historian and analyst {\an4} 81 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1071 01:17:48,608 --> 01:17:51,522 In the remaining 10 percent, you'll have two huge prison camps. 82 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1072 01:17:51,631 --> 01:17:53,818 One in the Gaza Strip and one in the West Bank. 83 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1073 01:17:53,991 --> 01:17:59,398 There are currently over 420,000 Israeli settlers living inside the West Bank and East Jerusalem 84 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1074 01:18:00,399 --> 01:18:05,390 Over the coming years, Israel intends to expand that number by the thousands. 85 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1075 01:18:05,813 --> 01:18:07,920 Maj. General Ya'ir Naveh, head of Israel's West Bank occupation forces: 86 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1076 01:18:07,968 --> 01:18:14,037 "We have no intention of leaving Jedea and Samaria [West Bank]. We will remain here in one way or another for hundreds and thousands of years." 87 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1077 01:18:14,131 --> 01:18:15,963 - Foundation for Middle East Peace Settlement Report Nov-Dec 2005 88 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1078 01:18:17,511 --> 01:18:22,855 The people who fought in the war were also the people who wrote the history books of the war. 89 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1079 01:18:22,957 --> 01:18:27,676 And they already had the story that they made up about what had really happened. 90 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 108 00:08:19,540 --> 00:08:23,396 As the bulldozer was to begin the demolition 91 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1080 01:18:27,715 --> 01:18:31,245 And that story was integrated in the Israeli education system. 92 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1081 01:18:31,276 --> 01:18:35,276 It was integrated in the media, in the political discourse. 93 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1082 01:18:36,396 --> 01:18:39,747 Some of us who work as Jewish educators have been admitting, 94 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1083 01:18:36,869 --> 01:18:42,326 Rabbi Rebecca Lillian Jewish Peace Forum {\an4} 95 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1084 01:18:39,763 --> 01:18:42,677 over the last maybe ten years, that it is propaganda. 96 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1085 01:18:42,817 --> 01:18:47,199 Israelis don't understand what's going on. They don't know the occupation. 97 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1086 01:18:47,824 --> 01:18:49,659 We began to educate ourselves. 98 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1087 01:18:48,559 --> 01:18:53,855 Gila Svirsky Coalition of Women for Peace {\an4} 99 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1088 01:18:49,855 --> 01:18:54,456 And the first thing we did was invite women, Palestinian women, to come into our homes and talk to us, 100 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1089 01:18:54,519 --> 01:18:57,507 and tell us what exactly was the problem, as they saw it. 101 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 109 00:08:23,496 --> 00:08:25,921 I remembered that my 102 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1090 01:18:57,663 --> 01:18:59,897 And little by little, we learned about their lives. 103 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1091 01:19:00,085 --> 01:19:03,639 We learned about the suffering, they encountered on a daily basis. 104 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1092 01:19:03,913 --> 01:19:05,960 We learned about the killing going on there, 105 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1093 01:19:06,022 --> 01:19:13,178 about the lives that were completely circumscribed by an occupation that they had no control over. 106 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1094 01:19:13,451 --> 01:19:16,553 I'm one of the few Israelis not in uniform and not a settler 107 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1095 01:19:13,451 --> 01:19:17,357 Rabbi Arik Ascherman Rabbis for Human Rights {\an4} 108 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1096 01:19:16,598 --> 01:19:19,020 that's been in the territories in the last nine months. 109 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1097 01:19:19,432 --> 01:19:22,037 You just see that the army was actually waging a very cruel war. 110 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1098 01:19:22,154 --> 01:19:26,573 On the Israeli side, there seems to be no understanding that this how you create terrorism. 111 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1099 01:19:26,675 --> 01:19:31,917 If you are so repressive on a people, you give them the sense of having no options, 112 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 11 00:00:37,022 --> 00:00:39,547 *Where is the voice of the people?* 113 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 110 00:08:26,021 --> 00:08:27,972 son was sleeping inside 114 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1100 01:19:31,956 --> 01:19:34,605 and that's a very dangerous place. 115 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1101 01:19:38,690 --> 01:19:43,217 In fact, there's a very clear correlation between the kind of human rights abuses 116 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1102 01:19:40,246 --> 01:19:45,756 Peter Boukaert Human Rights Watch {\an4} 117 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1103 01:19:43,232 --> 01:19:45,803 that Israel commits in the West Bank and Gaza 118 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1104 01:19:45,818 --> 01:19:50,662 and the Palestinian militant response to those abuses. 119 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1105 01:19:50,741 --> 01:19:52,468 A report that examined the background of 87 suicide concluded: 120 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1106 01:19:52,559 --> 01:20:06,007 "Suicide bombers often experience personal trauma related to the Israeli forces prior to their volunteering, such as the death or injury of a family member." 121 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1107 01:20:06,286 --> 01:20:11,240 Most Israelis have very clear views. This is a very political country. 122 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1108 01:20:11,817 --> 01:20:15,011 And when you talk to somebody, you can argue all night, 123 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1109 01:20:15,145 --> 01:20:17,949 and you can go red in the face, or blue in the face, 124 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 111 00:08:27,997 --> 00:08:32,471 so I ran towards the house to get him 125 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1110 01:20:16,927 --> 01:20:21,927 Peretz Kidron Yesh Gvul - Soldiers who refuse to serve {\an4} 126 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1111 01:20:18,005 --> 01:20:20,466 or whatever color, you won't get anywhere. 127 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1112 01:20:20,674 --> 01:20:22,470 But when somebody says: 128 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1113 01:20:22,533 --> 01:20:24,963 "I refuse to do this. This is wrong. 129 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1114 01:20:25,103 --> 01:20:27,597 For me, for us, for our country. 130 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1115 01:20:27,733 --> 01:20:31,083 This is immoral, and I'll go to prison rather than do it." 131 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1116 01:20:31,122 --> 01:20:33,959 And one guys does it, five guys, then 50, then a hundred. 132 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1117 01:20:34,006 --> 01:20:36,670 And people say, "Hey, what's going on here? 133 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1118 01:20:36,788 --> 01:20:40,045 These aren't cowards. These aren't traitors." 134 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1119 01:20:40,546 --> 01:20:42,389 Most of them are officers, by the way. 135 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 112 00:08:32,596 --> 00:08:36,635 as I ran the soldiers tried to hold me back 136 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1120 01:20:42,467 --> 01:20:46,475 "So, if these guys are refusing, there must be something wrong here." 137 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1121 01:20:46,710 --> 01:20:51,273 Currently 1674 Israeli Soldiers refuse to serve the occupation. 138 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1122 01:20:51,398 --> 01:20:53,226 At least 323 have been imprisoned for objecting. 139 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1123 01:20:53,343 --> 01:20:57,913 Nobody can argue with what I've seen. I mean, they may not like how I say it. 140 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1124 01:20:58,124 --> 01:21:01,416 Or they may not like all the facts that I convey. 141 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1125 01:20:58,624 --> 01:21:03,324 Thomas Getman Director, World Vision Jerusalem {\an4} 142 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1126 01:21:01,721 --> 01:21:04,267 It may sound like I'm imbalanced. 143 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1127 01:21:04,670 --> 01:21:08,588 But the fact is, when you're dealing with oppression, there is no balance. 144 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1128 01:21:08,752 --> 01:21:12,158 Even someone with a 20 percent open mind 145 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1129 01:21:08,752 --> 01:21:13,752 Richard Falk U.N. Human Rights Fact-finding Commission {\an4} 146 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 113 00:08:36,735 --> 00:08:40,314 They began beating and kicking me 147 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1130 01:21:12,221 --> 01:21:15,611 would reach the same conclusions that our commission reached. 148 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1131 01:21:15,720 --> 01:21:21,072 You could be pro-Israel and still, if you saw these realities, 149 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1132 01:21:21,189 --> 01:21:28,890 you'd have to have a completely closed mind not to come to the same conclusions that we reached. 150 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1133 01:21:30,845 --> 01:21:33,634 So the violence begins with the occupation. 151 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1134 01:21:33,720 --> 01:21:37,001 The opposition is resistance to the occupation. 152 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1135 01:21:37,040 --> 01:21:40,524 Resistance to violence is legitimate in any country in the world. 153 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1136 01:21:40,610 --> 01:21:43,782 I may disagree with some of the acts of resistance. 154 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1137 01:21:42,665 --> 01:21:45,596 Peretz Kidron Yesh Gvul - Soldiers who refuse to serve {\an4} 155 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1138 01:21:43,891 --> 01:21:46,838 I think some of the tactics are stupid. 156 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1139 01:21:47,580 --> 01:21:51,580 Attacks on Israeli civilians are stupid, immoral, and counterproductive. 157 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 114 00:08:40,414 --> 00:08:42,547 and pulled my hair 158 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1140 01:21:49,176 --> 01:21:52,595 Rashid Khalidi Professor of Eastern Studies - Columbia U. {\an4} 159 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1141 01:21:51,642 --> 01:21:52,642 They should be stopped. 160 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1142 01:21:52,727 --> 01:21:55,437 We should not use violence, whatsoever 161 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1143 01:21:54,427 --> 01:21:57,614 Dr. Iyad Sarraj Prominent Child Psychologist in Gaza {\an4} 162 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1144 01:21:55,487 --> 01:22:00,008 because it really destroys our intentions. 163 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1145 01:22:00,058 --> 01:22:02,098 And it destroys our position 164 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1146 01:22:02,106 --> 01:22:07,442 which is in the higher moral standing 165 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1147 01:22:07,492 --> 01:22:09,176 we are the victims 166 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1148 01:22:09,226 --> 01:22:11,148 and the world should now understand 167 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1149 01:22:11,198 --> 01:22:12,281 that we are the victims. 168 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 115 00:08:42,572 --> 00:08:46,483 I managed to push one to the ground 169 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1150 01:22:12,438 --> 01:22:16,540 Criticizing the Israeli government policy for assassinating people, 170 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1151 01:22:16,580 --> 01:22:20,798 or for shooting children, and maiming them, for thousands of children... 171 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1152 01:22:20,961 --> 01:22:23,227 That's not anti-Semitic. That's humane. 172 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1153 01:22:21,061 --> 01:22:23,258 Allegra Pacheco Israeli human rights lawyer {\an4} 173 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1154 01:22:23,391 --> 01:22:27,383 We have to tell the truth about what's going on, and say, as clearly as we can 174 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1155 01:22:27,414 --> 01:22:30,687 "If you keep going down this path, you're going to destroy yourselves. 175 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1156 01:22:31,007 --> 01:22:32,984 No enemy will have to destroy you. 176 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1157 01:22:33,124 --> 01:22:34,632 You're rotting from within 177 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1158 01:22:34,781 --> 01:22:38,586 because of the methods you're using against innocent people." 178 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1159 01:22:41,109 --> 01:22:44,796 I don't think, even with the best video that you can make, 179 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 116 00:08:46,608 --> 00:08:50,568 and ran inside to my son 180 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1160 01:22:45,116 --> 01:22:51,424 Americans will really understand what it is like to be a Palestinian under occupation. 181 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1161 01:22:49,035 --> 01:22:54,035 Doug Hostetter Fellowship of Reconciliation {\an4} 182 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1162 01:22:51,944 --> 01:22:56,522 I guarantee you, if you spend one week in Gaza, 183 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1163 01:22:56,647 --> 01:22:57,983 or in the West Bank, 184 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1164 01:22:58,076 --> 01:23:01,441 you will understand it in a very profound way. 185 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1165 01:23:10,390 --> 01:23:12,858 All the wars of independence 186 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1166 01:23:11,867 --> 01:23:16,288 Hava Keller Committee for Women Political Prisoners {\an4} 187 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1167 01:23:12,898 --> 01:23:15,421 you can start if you want with 188 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1168 01:23:15,451 --> 01:23:17,764 war of independence of the United States 189 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1169 01:23:17,789 --> 01:23:21,725 They said: "No Taxation Without Representation" 190 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 117 00:08:50,693 --> 00:08:54,330 and carried him out like this. 191 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1170 01:23:22,116 --> 01:23:24,037 and we demand taxation 192 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1171 01:23:24,201 --> 01:23:25,470 from the Palestinians 193 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1172 01:23:25,495 --> 01:23:26,695 and don't give them 194 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1173 01:23:26,720 --> 01:23:27,920 any representation 195 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1174 01:23:27,945 --> 01:23:31,414 It is the same all over the world 196 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1175 01:23:31,439 --> 01:23:36,062 and nobody wants to be under somebody's occupation. 197 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1176 01:23:50,741 --> 01:23:56,299 As an Israeli, we go to India, and to South America, to meet the Native American Indians. 198 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1177 01:23:54,444 --> 01:23:58,784 Neta Golan Israeli Peace Activist {\an4} 199 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1178 01:23:56,376 --> 01:24:04,033 We're looking for these, like indigenous people with some kind of more rooted wisdom, you know? 200 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1179 01:24:04,112 --> 01:24:07,604 And they're right here. They're right here, right under our noses. 201 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 118 00:08:58,898 --> 00:09:01,483 Rodina and her children were once again homeless, 202 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1180 01:24:07,643 --> 01:24:08,877 Nobody ever comes here. 203 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1181 01:24:08,924 --> 01:24:12,615 You know, the "Felaheen," for me, the Palestinian "Felaheen"... 204 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1182 01:24:12,750 --> 01:24:17,953 It's like, everything that people go looking for, 205 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1183 01:24:18,445 --> 01:24:21,463 People with deep, deep roots, really connected to the Earth, 206 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1184 01:24:21,573 --> 01:24:24,510 with this romance with their land, you know? 207 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1185 01:24:24,588 --> 01:24:30,000 And just incredibly wise and open-hearted, and simple, beautiful. 208 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1186 01:24:30,188 --> 01:24:35,913 And Israelis never see them unless it's through 209 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1187 01:24:36,048 --> 01:24:37,276 a target. 210 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1188 01:24:46,192 --> 01:24:48,835 I wish that people knew what was really going on here. 211 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1189 01:24:48,866 --> 01:24:52,405 And I wish that people could see these people through my eyes. 212 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 119 00:09:01,530 --> 00:09:04,499 and had to endure living in a tent for many months. 213 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1190 01:24:52,616 --> 01:24:55,623 That's what often I'm looking at people, and they're so incredibly beautiful. 214 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1191 01:24:55,662 --> 01:25:00,031 And I'm just thinking, "I wish that Israelis could, for one minute, see them through my eyes." 215 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1192 01:25:18,181 --> 01:25:20,794 Rachel Corrie's final thoughts, emailed to her mother prior to her death: 216 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1193 01:25:20,958 --> 01:25:25,801 No amount of reading, attendance at conferences, documentary viewing, 217 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1194 01:25:25,817 --> 01:25:30,304 and word of mouth could have prepared me for the reality of the situation here. 218 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1195 01:25:30,769 --> 01:25:33,932 You just can't imagine it unless you see it. 219 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1196 01:25:40,809 --> 01:25:45,009 This is not at all what I asked for when I came into this world. 220 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1197 01:25:45,103 --> 01:25:49,852 This is not at all what the people here asked for when they came into this world. 221 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1198 01:25:49,989 --> 01:25:55,934 This is not the world you and Dad wanted me to come into when you decided to have me. 222 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1199 01:25:58,019 --> 01:25:59,721 This has to stop. 223 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 12 00:00:52,186 --> 00:00:54,186 ALGERIA {\an5} 224 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 120 00:09:04,938 --> 00:09:10,313 Her husband, Ata, was even imprisoned for protesting the destruction of their home. 225 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1200 01:25:59,865 --> 01:26:06,185 I think it is a good idea for us all to drop everything and devote our lives to making this stop. 226 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1201 01:26:25,049 --> 01:26:31,853 The real battle for justice in the Middle East has to be fought and won here in America. 227 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1202 01:26:32,213 --> 01:26:33,909 This is an American issue 228 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1203 01:26:34,026 --> 01:26:37,268 because this is an issue of American foreign policy. 229 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1204 01:26:37,354 --> 01:26:38,750 Israelis are talking about this, 230 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1205 01:26:38,773 --> 01:26:42,406 and I think it's time for Americans to realize that they're the only ones not talking about it. 231 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1206 01:26:42,438 --> 01:26:45,951 It's actually very dangerous for their own interest and for the interest of Israeli Jews here. 232 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1207 01:26:46,029 --> 01:26:47,568 I mean, we're not going to be tossed in jail. 233 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1208 01:26:47,614 --> 01:26:48,513 We're not going to be tortured. 234 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1209 01:26:48,591 --> 01:26:51,716 We're not facing what people in the occupied territories are facing. 235 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 121 00:09:14,257 --> 00:09:18,730 As I was cooking for my children 236 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1210 01:26:51,818 --> 01:26:53,614 And if we decide we don't want to do it, fine. 237 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1211 01:26:53,692 --> 01:26:56,121 But then, try to look yourself in the mirror 238 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1212 01:26:56,137 --> 01:26:57,098 and say, "I'm a murderer." 239 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1213 01:26:57,168 --> 01:27:01,906 It's really high time for Americans to step up to the plate, 240 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1214 01:27:01,969 --> 01:27:09,648 to do whatever we can, encourage our government to take a strong initiative to end the occupation. 241 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1215 01:27:09,867 --> 01:27:14,781 Those who really care about the interests of Israel should exert all the pressure possible 242 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1216 01:27:14,843 --> 01:27:19,952 in order to force Israel to stop the aggression, stop the repression, end the occupation. 243 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1217 01:27:20,046 --> 01:27:24,483 And the just solution has to be ending the occupation. 244 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1218 01:27:24,608 --> 01:27:27,803 Ending the occupation is Step Number One. 245 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1219 01:27:27,858 --> 01:27:32,327 Justice is the best way of bringing about security and peace. 246 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 122 00:09:19,802 --> 00:09:24,131 I noticed that one of my daughters 247 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1220 01:27:32,428 --> 01:27:38,059 There'll be no security for Israel as long as this kind of oppression continues. 248 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1221 01:27:45,303 --> 01:27:52,391 *Close my eyes tonight* 249 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1222 01:27:53,156 --> 01:28:00,748 *My conscience by my side* 250 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1223 01:28:01,297 --> 01:28:08,348 *It's hard to live this lie* 251 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1224 01:28:09,405 --> 01:28:16,286 *When truth begins with light* 252 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1225 01:28:17,046 --> 01:28:19,347 *So I won't sleep* 253 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1226 01:28:21,217 --> 01:28:24,727 *I will stay awake* 254 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1227 01:28:25,188 --> 01:28:28,066 *'Cause if I dream* 255 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1228 01:28:29,259 --> 01:28:32,897 *Then they'll take their claim* 256 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1229 01:28:33,363 --> 01:28:40,967 *Oh, I try, oh, I try to fight* 257 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 123 00:09:24,231 --> 00:09:28,887 had tied a rope to a tree and around 258 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1230 01:28:41,771 --> 01:28:49,188 *To stay awake tonight* 259 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1231 01:28:49,546 --> 01:28:57,150 *Palestine, Palestine, Palestine* 260 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1232 01:28:58,221 --> 01:29:04,850 *Always on my mind* 261 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1233 01:29:22,445 --> 01:29:28,570 *Truth is where desire ends* 262 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1234 01:29:30,253 --> 01:29:37,517 *A meaning to an end* 263 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1235 01:29:38,428 --> 01:29:45,539 *I search myself all the time* 264 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1236 01:29:46,302 --> 01:29:53,970 *To change what's in my mind* 265 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1237 01:29:54,110 --> 01:29:56,037 *So I won't sleep* 266 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 1238 01:29:58,281 --> 01:30:01,816 *I will stay awake* 267 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 124 00:09:28,987 --> 00:09:33,466 her neck to attempt to hang herself 268 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 125 00:09:33,566 --> 00:09:36,777 I asked her "What are you doing?" 269 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 126 00:09:36,877 --> 00:09:39,381 she said "how can we live outside 270 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 127 00:09:39,481 --> 00:09:41,715 in the sun like this? 271 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 128 00:09:41,815 --> 00:09:44,411 I don't want to live. I'd rather to die." 272 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 129 00:09:46,053 --> 00:09:48,996 It was a miserable time for us 273 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 13 00:01:11,842 --> 00:01:13,842 INDIA {\an5} 274 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 130 00:09:49,096 --> 00:09:52,304 imagine a mother seeing her own 275 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 131 00:09:52,404 --> 00:09:54,473 child trying to kill herself. 276 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 132 00:09:54,573 --> 00:09:57,082 Their mental condition ia awful! 277 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 133 00:09:57,182 --> 00:10:00,463 They don't even sleep at night 278 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 134 00:10:00,563 --> 00:10:03,004 they ask: "mommy! What's that? 279 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 135 00:10:03,104 --> 00:10:05,244 Check if it's the army!" 280 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 136 00:10:05,344 --> 00:10:08,134 3 days ago, the army came at night 281 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 137 00:10:08,226 --> 00:10:10,478 and my children began screaming 282 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 138 00:10:10,578 --> 00:10:11,826 from all directions 283 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 139 00:10:11,926 --> 00:10:14,763 and the soldiers are yelling for my ID 284 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 14 00:01:22,886 --> 00:01:24,886 AMERICA {\an5} 285 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 140 00:10:14,863 --> 00:10:16,245 in the middle of the dark 286 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 141 00:10:16,345 --> 00:10:18,585 I tell them not to be fearful 287 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 142 00:10:18,685 --> 00:10:20,850 and try to calm and console them 288 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 143 00:10:20,950 --> 00:10:23,630 but I'm even more afraid than they are. 289 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 144 00:10:26,453 --> 00:10:31,805 Here, you have Palestinians that have no input whatsoever in the policies that are made. 290 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 145 00:10:30,838 --> 00:10:35,705 Jeff Halper Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition {\an4} 291 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 146 00:10:31,858 --> 00:10:33,037 They're not on the City Council. 292 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 147 00:10:33,085 --> 00:10:36,256 They're not in any of the decision-making bodies on the West Bank or Gaza. 293 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 148 00:10:36,337 --> 00:10:37,821 They're certainly not in the government. 294 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 149 00:10:37,864 --> 00:10:42,392 The policies are made in order to ensure Israeli control. 295 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 15 00:01:24,912 --> 00:01:26,943 Malcom X: *They attack all of us* *for the same reasons.* 296 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 150 00:10:42,535 --> 00:10:45,663 So the law is designed in a way, in a very cynical way 297 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 151 00:10:45,805 --> 00:10:52,516 to prevent Palestinians from building, and to keep them confined in little islands. 298 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 152 00:10:52,878 --> 00:10:57,604 So that most of the land of the occupied territories is free for Israeli settlement. 299 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 153 00:10:57,675 --> 00:11:02,807 These are armed settlements, about 190 of them, 300 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 154 00:10:57,675 --> 00:11:03,238 Richard Falk U.N. Human Rights Fact-finding Commission {\an4} 301 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 155 00:11:02,922 --> 00:11:05,384 spread all over the West Bank. 302 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 156 00:11:09,629 --> 00:11:13,292 Settlements are strategically built colonies of Israel 303 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 157 00:11:13,433 --> 00:11:15,594 that are connected by a network of roads 304 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 158 00:11:15,735 --> 00:11:19,364 which separate each Palestinian community from the next 305 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 159 00:11:19,506 --> 00:11:23,340 and confine their ability to expand. 306 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 16 00:01:27,314 --> 00:01:30,021 *All of us catch hell from the same enemy.* 307 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 160 00:11:23,476 --> 00:11:28,607 They are often constructed around the best farmland and water resources. 308 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 161 00:11:29,482 --> 00:11:31,661 They are surrounded by barbwire. 309 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 162 00:11:31,810 --> 00:11:33,976 They are armed inside. 310 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 163 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,851 Settler residents are required to be armed by the Israeli military. 311 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 164 00:11:37,991 --> 00:11:43,647 And they are defended from the outside, by the Israeli military itself. 312 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 165 00:11:43,975 --> 00:11:45,993 The purpose of these settlements today, 313 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 166 00:11:46,132 --> 00:11:47,190 number one, 314 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 167 00:11:47,287 --> 00:11:52,161 is to continue the Israeli control and domination of the occupied territories. 315 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 168 00:11:47,849 --> 00:11:52,153 Allegra Pacheco Israeli human rights lawyer {\an4} 316 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 169 00:11:52,310 --> 00:11:56,872 And the bottom line in all of this is to make Palestinians leave the country. 317 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 17 00:01:30,308 --> 00:01:34,110 *We're all in the same bag,* *in the same boat.* 318 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 170 00:11:57,210 --> 00:12:01,827 It's a very hard term, I know, but in a sense, it's a kind of ethnic cleansing. 319 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 171 00:12:09,334 --> 00:12:14,115 The Israeli government and the Israeli army is not dealing with people as equal. 320 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 172 00:12:14,225 --> 00:12:18,381 I mean, I think that that's the main problem that Palestinians are not considered, 321 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 173 00:12:14,311 --> 00:12:20,775 Yael Stien B'tselem - Israeli Human Rights Group {\an4} 322 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 174 00:12:18,465 --> 00:12:21,074 or not perceived as equals to Israelis. 323 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 175 00:12:27,499 --> 00:12:32,499 There is no specific discrimination against Palestinian Christians 324 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 176 00:12:30,232 --> 00:12:35,156 Douglas Dicks Catholic Relief Services {\an4} 325 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 177 00:12:32,579 --> 00:12:35,930 as opposed to Palestinian Muslims. It's a shared suffering. 326 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 178 00:12:42,856 --> 00:12:48,355 Christians see themselves very much a part of the Palestinian national movement. 327 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 179 00:12:42,722 --> 00:12:48,195 Father Drew Christiansen United States Catholic Conference {\an4} 328 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 18 00:01:34,763 --> 00:01:39,365 *We suffer political oppression,* *economic exploitation,* 329 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 180 00:12:48,410 --> 00:12:53,230 They identify with the Palestinian people as being their people. 330 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 181 00:12:54,300 --> 00:12:58,385 Palestinian Christians have difficulty getting to churches on Sunday morning 331 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 182 00:12:58,425 --> 00:12:59,940 if they wanted to come to Jerusalem, 332 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 183 00:12:59,979 --> 00:13:03,275 because they don't have that permission, or that legal right, 333 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 184 00:13:03,409 --> 00:13:07,709 according to the Israeli government, to come to Jerusalem, for worship. 334 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 185 00:13:13,286 --> 00:13:20,130 This, I picked up in a home of a wonderful Christian family in Beit Jala. 335 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 186 00:13:17,434 --> 00:13:22,291 Thomas Getman World Vision International - Jerusalem {\an4} 336 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 187 00:13:21,261 --> 00:13:24,560 And this is the kind of armor-piercing weaponry 337 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 188 00:13:24,697 --> 00:13:28,656 that's being used against civilians, innocent civilians. 338 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 189 00:13:46,163 --> 00:13:49,616 It's not easy to tell everything, you know 339 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 19 00:01:39,772 --> 00:01:41,654 *and social degradation.* 340 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 190 00:13:49,850 --> 00:13:52,257 it's easy to say some words 341 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 191 00:13:52,357 --> 00:13:54,232 but you can't tell how do you feel 342 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 192 00:13:55,921 --> 00:13:59,933 As every body I want my children to be happy 343 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 193 00:14:00,033 --> 00:14:03,875 to live their right life as children 344 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 194 00:14:04,037 --> 00:14:06,372 we just think about one thing 345 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 195 00:14:06,763 --> 00:14:08,432 where can I put my children 346 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 196 00:14:08,532 --> 00:14:10,320 while they are shooting? 347 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 197 00:14:15,948 --> 00:14:18,210 They didn't want to go to school 348 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 198 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:20,371 because they are scared to come back 349 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 199 00:14:20,571 --> 00:14:22,543 and there is no house 350 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 20 00:01:42,229 --> 00:01:43,856 *All of them from the same enemy.* 351 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 200 00:14:23,226 --> 00:14:25,373 they don't want to go without me 352 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 201 00:14:25,635 --> 00:14:27,509 and their father because 353 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 202 00:14:27,815 --> 00:14:30,129 they think they will lose us. 354 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 203 00:14:43,234 --> 00:14:44,467 What about the children? 355 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 204 00:14:44,667 --> 00:14:46,836 Why they are going to the streets? 356 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 205 00:14:50,322 --> 00:14:52,988 They don't think let's go to swim 357 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 206 00:14:53,920 --> 00:14:55,059 because I'm sure they 358 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 207 00:14:55,179 --> 00:14:56,680 have no right to swim now 359 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 208 00:14:57,797 --> 00:14:58,219 Why? 360 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 209 00:14:58,329 --> 00:14:59,529 Because we are Palestinian 361 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 21 00:01:44,256 --> 00:01:46,256 SOUTH AFRICA {\an5} 362 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 210 00:14:59,626 --> 00:15:01,243 Thanks God. 363 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 211 00:15:01,556 --> 00:15:04,459 I don't imagine that there is a woman 364 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 212 00:15:04,559 --> 00:15:05,934 in all of the world 365 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 213 00:15:06,365 --> 00:15:07,802 can send her child 366 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 214 00:15:07,827 --> 00:15:09,697 or her man, just go to die. 367 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 215 00:15:10,865 --> 00:15:13,655 Do you think we are working all of this life 368 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 216 00:15:13,755 --> 00:15:17,191 to give them something and to let them die in a minute 369 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 217 00:15:17,764 --> 00:15:18,964 Can you? 370 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 218 00:15:35,495 --> 00:15:39,901 The suffering, the persecution of Christians, they've been robbed of their heritage. 371 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 219 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:43,228 They've been robbed of their ancestral lands. 372 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 22 00:01:49,177 --> 00:01:51,179 Mandela: *It is useless and point futile* 373 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 220 00:15:43,382 --> 00:15:46,264 They've been robbed of their culture. 374 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 221 00:15:47,702 --> 00:15:51,991 Some of the first converts to the teachings of Jesus were Palestinians. 375 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 222 00:15:50,801 --> 00:15:56,124 Dr. William Baker Former Professor of History and Biblical Studies {\an4} 376 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 223 00:15:52,311 --> 00:15:56,084 So that's how long Christians have been in that land. 377 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 224 00:15:56,178 --> 00:16:00,248 Their quarter, the Christian quarter has been really really decimated 378 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 225 00:16:00,348 --> 00:16:02,217 and taken over and sliced up. 379 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 226 00:16:04,123 --> 00:16:08,724 That has really bled the Christian communities, 380 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 227 00:16:07,459 --> 00:16:12,531 Bishop Allen Bartlett Diocese of Washington {\an4} 381 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 228 00:16:09,162 --> 00:16:12,632 to where they're less than two percent of the population now. 382 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 229 00:16:13,833 --> 00:16:19,223 The presence of a Christian community, within the Holy Land, Can you imagine? 383 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 23 00:01:51,208 --> 00:01:53,158 *for us to continue talking peace and* 384 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 230 00:16:19,332 --> 00:16:22,781 Where Jesus first stepped foot, will no longer be there. 385 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 231 00:16:35,354 --> 00:16:39,051 I know both from the moral sense, and from the practical sense, 386 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 232 00:16:39,192 --> 00:16:41,285 that the only way to stop the violence 387 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 233 00:16:39,416 --> 00:16:44,325 Adam Keller Gush Shalom - Israeli Peace Group {\an4} 388 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 234 00:16:41,364 --> 00:16:45,562 is to treat the root cause from which the violence has started. 389 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 235 00:16:46,539 --> 00:16:49,496 Root Cause of the Conflict 390 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 236 00:16:53,473 --> 00:16:58,496 The number one myth that Westerners have about this conflict 391 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 237 00:16:56,940 --> 00:17:01,929 Douglas Dicks Catholic Relief Services {\an4} 392 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 238 00:16:58,543 --> 00:17:01,273 is that Arabs and Jews have been fighting for thousands of years 393 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 239 00:17:01,384 --> 00:17:02,902 and they're going to continue to fight. 394 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 24 00:01:53,163 --> 00:01:54,976 *non-violence against a government whose* 395 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 240 00:17:04,383 --> 00:17:05,664 This is really quite bizarre 396 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 241 00:17:05,699 --> 00:17:10,727 because all it takes is a little bit of reading of history to find out that this just isn't true. 397 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 242 00:17:06,593 --> 00:17:10,727 James Akins U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia - 1973 - 75 {\an4} 398 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 243 00:17:11,057 --> 00:17:17,002 There is no congenital, historical enmity between the Arabs and the Jews. 399 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 244 00:17:19,232 --> 00:17:21,291 The Jews flourished in the Arab world, 400 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 245 00:17:21,363 --> 00:17:24,890 at a time when they were being persecuted throughout all of Europe. 401 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 246 00:17:29,008 --> 00:17:32,828 At the end of the 19th Century, because of antisemitism in Europe, 402 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 247 00:17:30,314 --> 00:17:34,313 Rashid Khalidi Historian - Columbia University {\an4} 403 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 248 00:17:33,066 --> 00:17:37,719 European Jews began to try and figure out a solution to the Jewish problem. 404 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 249 00:17:37,917 --> 00:17:40,943 A very small minority adhered to Zionism, 405 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 25 00:01:55,036 --> 00:01:57,058 *reply is only savage attacks on an* 406 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 250 00:17:41,188 --> 00:17:45,370 the idea that the only place in which they could be safe is within a Jewish state. 407 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 251 00:17:48,264 --> 00:17:54,349 Zionist Jews actually had a design on the land of Palestine, 408 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 252 00:17:54,459 --> 00:17:58,555 the idea of creating a homeland for Jews in the land of Palestine. 409 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 253 00:17:58,673 --> 00:18:01,252 And this is really the beginning of the conflict. 410 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 254 00:18:02,525 --> 00:18:04,564 The mainstream Israeli Jewish society 411 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 255 00:18:04,738 --> 00:18:08,222 believe, because that's the way they have been educated, 412 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 256 00:18:06,131 --> 00:18:11,131 Ilan Pappe Israeli Historian - Haifa University {\an4} 413 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 257 00:18:08,419 --> 00:18:10,745 That Palestine was empty, had been empty 414 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 258 00:18:10,809 --> 00:18:12,793 when the Jewish settlers came there. 415 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 259 00:18:14,220 --> 00:18:16,509 Who paid the price when they settled there? 416 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 26 00:01:57,108 --> 00:01:59,270 *unarmed and defenseless people.* 417 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 260 00:18:16,607 --> 00:18:22,084 Is it really true, that Israel was a land without a people for a people without a land? 418 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 261 00:18:16,607 --> 00:18:22,084 Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies {\an4} 419 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 262 00:18:22,199 --> 00:18:25,822 Palestine was not empty. It was a land populated by Arabs, 420 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 263 00:18:25,873 --> 00:18:29,365 who had a high level of culture, a high level of education. 421 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 264 00:18:29,634 --> 00:18:35,290 With farms and markets and towns and villages and roads 422 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 265 00:18:35,361 --> 00:18:38,441 and commerce and lots of interaction with the rest of the world. 423 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 266 00:18:38,998 --> 00:18:42,677 The population was overwhelmingly, overwhelmingly Arab. 424 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 267 00:18:42,881 --> 00:18:44,342 Population Distribution in 1878: Total = 462,465 425 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 268 00:18:44,498 --> 00:18:47,016 Muslim & Christian Arabs = 96.8 % Jews = 3.2 % 426 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 269 00:18:47,697 --> 00:18:52,962 1882 - 1914 immigration of 65,000 European Jews 427 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 27 00:02:00,631 --> 00:02:03,209 *This year will be a year of violence.* 428 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 270 00:18:53,439 --> 00:18:58,220 Jewish immigration increased under British rule following World War I 429 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 271 00:18:58,464 --> 00:19:04,648 when Britain implemented the Balfour Declaration, promising a Jewish homeland in Palestine. 430 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 272 00:19:05,058 --> 00:19:09,275 This measure conflicted with Britain's previous promise of self-rule 431 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 273 00:19:09,475 --> 00:19:12,318 for Arab inhabitants throughout the region. 432 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 274 00:19:13,646 --> 00:19:17,481 Britain was basically extremely supportive of the Zionist movement. 433 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 275 00:19:17,650 --> 00:19:21,001 It helped to establish all of the structures of a state. 434 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 276 00:19:21,352 --> 00:19:25,875 At the same time, the Arabs of Palestine were denied the right of self-determination. 435 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 277 00:19:26,079 --> 00:19:28,055 Population Distribution in 1922: Total = 757,182 436 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 278 00:19:28,141 --> 00:19:31,824 Muslim & Christian Arabs = 87.6 % Jews = 11 % 437 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 279 00:19:32,071 --> 00:19:37,594 The Palestinians saw a European power decide the future of a non-European territory 438 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 28 00:02:05,710 --> 00:02:09,803 *This year coming, the keynote is violence* *and the slogan is attack!* 439 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 280 00:19:38,137 --> 00:19:41,971 in flat disregard of both their presence and wishes. 440 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 281 00:19:42,191 --> 00:19:46,883 In the 1920s, as land was being stripped away from local residents, 441 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 282 00:19:47,149 --> 00:19:51,000 the first clashes between Palestinians and Jews began, 442 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 283 00:19:51,273 --> 00:19:53,917 and would continue on for years to come. 443 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 284 00:19:54,818 --> 00:20:00,317 1920 - 1931 108,825 additional Jews immigrants arrive 444 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 285 00:20:01,360 --> 00:20:06,922 Until the early 1930s, the Jewish population of Palestine remained under 17 percent. 445 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 286 00:20:07,110 --> 00:20:08,618 Population Distribution in 1931: Total = 1,035,154 446 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 287 00:20:08,728 --> 00:20:12,228 Muslim & Christian Arabs = 81.6 % Jews = 16.9 % 447 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 288 00:20:12,949 --> 00:20:16,606 Hitler's rise to power in Germany completely changed that. 448 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 289 00:20:17,239 --> 00:20:18,585 In just five years, 449 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 29 00:02:30,077 --> 00:02:32,068 *I am minded of young David.* 450 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 290 00:20:18,650 --> 00:20:24,302 174,000 Jews flooded into Palestine, doubling their population. 451 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 291 00:20:24,592 --> 00:20:27,694 1932 - 1936 174,000 additional Jews immigrants arrive 452 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 292 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:34,795 1937 - 1945 119,800 additional Jews immigrants arrive 453 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 293 00:20:35,628 --> 00:20:40,948 As the world attempted to make amends for the horrors of Nazi genocidal policies, 454 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 294 00:20:41,401 --> 00:20:45,891 efforts to make Palestine a Jewish homeland increased. 455 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 295 00:20:46,234 --> 00:20:48,632 The Palestinians, they were not the Nazis. 456 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 296 00:20:48,774 --> 00:20:51,546 They were not responsible for the Holocaust. 457 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 297 00:20:51,804 --> 00:20:54,469 But they were the ones who paid the price. 458 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 298 00:20:55,193 --> 00:20:59,873 In 1947, with the conflict spiraling out of control, 459 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 299 00:21:00,060 --> 00:21:05,020 Britain decided to turn the problem of Palestine over to the United Nations. 460 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 30 00:02:32,378 --> 00:02:34,378 HOLY LAND {\an5} 461 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 300 00:21:05,599 --> 00:21:10,985 The UN, under pressure, proposed to divide the land into two states: 462 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 301 00:21:11,130 --> 00:21:13,860 An Arab state and a Jewish state. 463 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 302 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:17,026 Arabs were to be given 43 percent of the land, 464 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 303 00:21:17,169 --> 00:21:21,128 despite the fact that they made up more than two thirds of the population 465 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 304 00:21:21,273 --> 00:21:24,538 and owned over 92 percent of the land. 466 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 305 00:21:24,677 --> 00:21:27,271 Jews were to be given 56 percent, 467 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 306 00:21:27,413 --> 00:21:30,780 although they comprised only one third of the population 468 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 307 00:21:30,916 --> 00:21:34,352 and owned less than eight percent of the total area. 469 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 308 00:21:34,988 --> 00:21:39,347 Nevertheless, they were given not only most of the land, they were given the most fertile land. 470 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 309 00:21:40,292 --> 00:21:44,888 Zionist leaders took advantage of their superior military preparation 471 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 31 00:02:32,746 --> 00:02:35,456 *I am minded of young David,* *the shepherd boy.* 472 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 310 00:21:45,031 --> 00:21:49,730 and immediately began occupying major Arab cities in Palestine. 473 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 311 00:22:01,822 --> 00:22:04,869 I was among the people that conquered Acre 474 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 312 00:22:05,011 --> 00:22:06,653 we were walking around 475 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 313 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:08,697 we entered a flat 476 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 314 00:22:09,017 --> 00:22:13,339 Hava Keller Israeli Soldier 1948 War {\an4} 477 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 315 00:22:09,115 --> 00:22:10,951 there was a pair of shoes 478 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 316 00:22:11,051 --> 00:22:13,747 of a small child, maybe 2 years old 479 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 317 00:22:13,972 --> 00:22:16,489 they didn't have time to put on the shoes 480 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 318 00:22:16,589 --> 00:22:18,775 so they left the shoes and they run away 481 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 319 00:22:19,186 --> 00:22:20,795 they left everything 482 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 32 00:02:36,276 --> 00:02:40,854 *Who stood up before the great warrior* *of the Philistines.* 483 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 320 00:22:28,937 --> 00:22:33,504 we found out there was a systematic expulsion of Palestinians 484 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 321 00:22:33,604 --> 00:22:35,290 and there was, as I said, there was an 485 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 322 00:22:33,604 --> 00:22:37,913 Ilan Pappe Israeli Historian - Haifa University {\an4} 486 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 323 00:22:35,390 --> 00:22:37,913 ethnic cleansing operation taking place. 487 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 324 00:22:38,250 --> 00:22:43,585 The most infamous campaign was the massacre at the village of Deir Yassin 488 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 325 00:22:43,867 --> 00:22:49,146 where over 100 men, women, and children were systematically murdered. 489 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 326 00:22:49,382 --> 00:22:54,782 Me, my children and my brother were hiding in this house. 490 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 327 00:22:54,869 --> 00:22:58,659 My brother spent the night in order to keep us company 491 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 328 00:22:58,759 --> 00:23:05,390 They threw bombs at our home and my children an I got wounded 492 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 329 00:23:05,490 --> 00:23:10,474 when things calmed down the Jews broke the door down and took us out 493 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 33 00:02:41,655 --> 00:02:44,206 *Young David having all the courage!* 494 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 330 00:23:10,574 --> 00:23:15,089 they started to beat up my brother Musa severely 495 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 331 00:23:15,189 --> 00:23:21,798 I gave a solder some money so that he wouldn't kill Musa 496 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 332 00:23:21,898 --> 00:23:26,839 he took the money and said: you are kind-hearted. I will show you 497 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 333 00:23:26,939 --> 00:23:30,524 what I will do to your brother 498 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 334 00:23:30,624 --> 00:23:34,735 he threw him to the ground and my brother fell down like this 499 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 335 00:23:35,135 --> 00:23:39,891 the soldier then pointed his gun to Musa's head and shot him five times 500 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 336 00:23:40,572 --> 00:23:44,282 The majority of her family members and relatives were killed. 501 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 337 00:23:44,786 --> 00:23:49,386 Which include her two sons and one stepson, her father and mother, 502 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 338 00:23:49,605 --> 00:23:54,205 her two brothers, her grandparents, her uncle and aunt and their children 503 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 339 00:23:54,693 --> 00:24:01,318 The ruthlessness of the attack on Deir Yassin drove fear and panic into the Palestinian population 504 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 34 00:03:00,107 --> 00:03:03,270 *There must be someone somewhere.* 505 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 340 00:24:01,634 --> 00:24:06,173 and led to the flight of unarmed civilians from their homes all over the country. 506 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 341 00:24:14,613 --> 00:24:19,917 As a result, maybe three hundred-or-so-thousand Palestinians had already been expelled 507 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 342 00:24:20,052 --> 00:24:22,973 before the first Arab soldier entered Palestine. 508 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 343 00:24:23,122 --> 00:24:28,575 Some of the neighboring Arab armies finally intervened after May 15, 1948, 509 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 344 00:24:28,961 --> 00:24:31,304 when Israel officially announced its statehood. 510 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 345 00:24:32,829 --> 00:24:35,711 Although there was a lot of war rhetoric on the arab side 511 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 346 00:24:35,743 --> 00:24:39,680 very few Arab soldiers were sent into the battle field. 512 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 347 00:24:40,065 --> 00:24:42,658 And actually for most part of the war 513 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 348 00:24:42,773 --> 00:24:47,584 there was superiority on the side of the Israeli army. 514 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 349 00:24:48,562 --> 00:24:52,866 Arab Soldiers Total: 68,000 Jewish Soldiers Total: 90,000 515 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 35 00:03:03,410 --> 00:03:09,391 *There's got to be somebody* *somewhere that cares.* 516 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 350 00:24:53,252 --> 00:24:56,345 The Israeli army cleansed much of the territory 517 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 351 00:24:54,443 --> 00:24:58,468 Noam Chomsky Middle East analyst and author {\an4} 518 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 352 00:24:56,399 --> 00:25:00,337 and took over a large part of the designated Palestinian state. 519 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 353 00:25:01,493 --> 00:25:06,461 The new state of Israel encompassed 78 percent of the total land of Palestine. 520 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 354 00:25:07,399 --> 00:25:10,027 The West Bank came under Jordanian control 521 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 355 00:25:10,169 --> 00:25:13,867 and the Gaza Strip under Egyptian dominion. 522 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 356 00:25:15,274 --> 00:25:19,370 Although a truce was declared between Israel and the Arab states, 523 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 357 00:25:19,511 --> 00:25:21,638 true peace remained elusive, 524 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 358 00:25:21,780 --> 00:25:28,083 as over 700,000 Palestinian refugees languished in nearby camps, 525 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 359 00:25:28,220 --> 00:25:33,866 often in sight of homes to which they still held the deeds and a deep desire to return. 526 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 36 00:03:14,361 --> 00:03:17,419 *Young David took that one small stone* 527 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 360 00:25:34,484 --> 00:25:37,033 Most of the deserted and evicted 528 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 361 00:25:37,133 --> 00:25:39,299 Palestinians villages were erased from 529 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 362 00:25:39,399 --> 00:25:41,459 upon the earth and were either turned into 530 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 363 00:25:41,559 --> 00:25:45,332 Jewish settlements or into fertile land. 531 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 364 00:25:45,537 --> 00:25:51,826 Of the 500 Palestinian villages, in what became Israel in 1948, 400 were destroyed. 532 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 365 00:25:53,012 --> 00:25:56,971 These efforts to destroy the possibility of their returning home 533 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 366 00:25:57,116 --> 00:25:59,914 were countered by the United Nations, 534 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 367 00:26:00,052 --> 00:26:02,612 which continues to affirm their human right 535 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 368 00:26:02,755 --> 00:26:06,782 enshrined in international law and morality, to return. 536 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 369 00:26:06,925 --> 00:26:10,861 A Palestinian who had lost her land, or lost his land, 537 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 37 00:03:17,824 --> 00:03:19,778 *and the faith of his God* 538 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 370 00:26:10,996 --> 00:26:14,693 as the result of the creation of Israel in 1948, 539 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 371 00:26:14,833 --> 00:26:17,001 cannot come back even for a visit. 540 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 372 00:26:17,166 --> 00:26:21,126 I can go back to Israel as if I were returning 541 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 373 00:26:17,166 --> 00:26:21,143 Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies {\an4} 542 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 374 00:26:21,307 --> 00:26:26,408 and claim immediate citizenship, having no historic tie, speaking no Hebrew, 543 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 375 00:26:26,512 --> 00:26:31,211 knowing no one in the country, having no family who ever was there. 544 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 376 00:26:31,350 --> 00:26:36,845 All that one needs is being Jewish, a religious group, like any other. 545 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 377 00:26:44,032 --> 00:26:47,196 I am from Al-Quds (Jerusalem), I am a witness 546 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 378 00:26:47,289 --> 00:26:49,648 I know the Arabs, the Arabs are very good 547 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 379 00:26:49,813 --> 00:26:52,914 no problem until the Zionist movement start 548 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 38 00:03:20,127 --> 00:03:23,270 *and slay the giant Goliath!* 549 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 380 00:26:53,188 --> 00:26:55,008 my grandmother tell me 550 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 381 00:26:55,052 --> 00:26:57,571 before the Zionist movement start 551 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 382 00:26:58,048 --> 00:27:01,212 they baby sitting each others' kids 552 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 383 00:27:05,687 --> 00:27:07,983 they borrow both from each other 553 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 384 00:27:08,059 --> 00:27:11,663 like brothers 554 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 385 00:27:15,283 --> 00:27:18,632 the idea of Zionism, you take away land 555 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 386 00:27:18,769 --> 00:27:20,464 from the Palestinians, from the Arabs 556 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 387 00:27:20,525 --> 00:27:22,394 started all the fighting 557 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 388 00:27:22,419 --> 00:27:23,619 not Arabs the problem 558 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 389 00:27:23,644 --> 00:27:25,587 not Jews the problem, not Judaism 559 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 39 00:03:32,439 --> 00:03:34,236 *Cry out!* 560 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 390 00:27:25,612 --> 00:27:26,876 not Muslim 561 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 391 00:27:27,121 --> 00:27:28,933 only Zionism 562 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 392 00:27:36,448 --> 00:27:40,782 The events of 1948 were a defining moment for the Middle East, 563 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 393 00:27:40,919 --> 00:27:45,822 and from that point onward, created instability throughout the region. 564 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 394 00:27:45,958 --> 00:27:51,157 Violent tensions continued and led to another war in 1967. 565 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 395 00:27:56,735 --> 00:28:01,263 In that war, Israel occupied the remainder of historic Palestine, 566 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 396 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:05,050 what is known today as the West Bank and Gaza. 567 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 397 00:28:06,003 --> 00:28:09,518 Another myth was that Israel was about to be pushed into the sea. 568 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 398 00:28:06,011 --> 00:28:09,217 James Akins U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia - 1973 - 75 {\an4} 569 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 399 00:28:09,596 --> 00:28:11,810 But I was working in the State Department at that time. 570 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 4 00:00:10,569 --> 00:00:15,224 Any violence by a large population 571 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 40 00:03:50,671 --> 00:03:52,585 Occupation 101 . 572 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 400 00:28:11,950 --> 00:28:14,887 There was no question of Israel being pushed into the sea. 573 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 401 00:28:15,020 --> 00:28:19,047 The question was just the rapidity of the totalness of the Israeli victory, 574 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 402 00:28:19,191 --> 00:28:21,421 and the victory was crushing. 575 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 403 00:28:22,169 --> 00:28:28,447 During the 1967 war, Israel displaced more than 400,000 Palestinians 576 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 404 00:28:29,540 --> 00:28:36,313 half of whom were 1948 refugees, displaced for a second time, in less than two decades. 577 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 405 00:28:38,377 --> 00:28:42,404 It became clear that the world was not going to address their plight. 578 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 406 00:28:42,548 --> 00:28:48,227 Palestinians in Israel lived as third class citizens of a state whose core identity excluded them, 579 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 407 00:28:48,554 --> 00:28:54,718 while those in the newly occupied territories and abroad continued as dispossessed refugees. 580 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 408 00:28:55,494 --> 00:29:00,173 The United Nations passed resolution after resolution, affirming their rights. 581 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 409 00:29:00,462 --> 00:29:06,055 Leaders of surrounding Arab nations verbally championed their cause but failed to take action. 582 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 41 00:03:52,585 --> 00:03:55,546 Occupation 101 voices of the silenced majority 583 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 410 00:29:06,704 --> 00:29:10,304 Finally, Palestinians took matters into their own hands. 584 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 411 00:29:10,442 --> 00:29:14,879 There was a mass uprising, in Arabic, an "Intifada," "shaking off", 585 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 412 00:29:15,013 --> 00:29:18,505 as people throughout the West Bank and Gaza Strip rebelled. 586 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 413 00:29:25,757 --> 00:29:30,936 The Israeli government adopted a strategy in the words of Defense Minister Yitzhak Rabin, 587 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 414 00:29:31,096 --> 00:29:33,189 of "might, power, and beatings" 588 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 415 00:29:33,332 --> 00:29:37,166 which became known as the "Break the Bones Strategy." 589 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 416 00:29:59,686 --> 00:30:07,019 Thousands of Palestinians were rounded up and imprisoned; since 1967, over 400,000. 590 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 417 00:30:07,699 --> 00:30:11,999 Many were held without any charges whatsoever, under harsh conditions, 591 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 418 00:30:12,137 --> 00:30:15,402 where physical abuse and torture were rampant. 592 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 419 00:30:20,409 --> 00:30:22,109 During the first Intifada (Uprising) Dec 1987 to Dec 1993 593 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 42 00:03:58,231 --> 00:04:00,392 1947 *A Pathe dispatcher shows the scene in Jerusalem* 594 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 420 00:30:22,157 --> 00:30:24,357 Palestinian civilians killed = 1,100 250 of them were minors. 595 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 421 00:30:24,431 --> 00:30:26,631 Jewish civilians killed = 114 5 of them were minors. 596 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 422 00:30:27,241 --> 00:30:30,656 By the end of 1993, the first intifada began to wind down. 597 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 423 00:30:30,796 --> 00:30:34,221 For the next seven years the Palestinians entered into a peace process with Israel. 598 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 424 00:30:34,960 --> 00:30:39,959 Today, we bear witness to an extraordinary act 599 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 425 00:30:41,319 --> 00:30:43,997 in one of history's defining dramas. 600 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 426 00:30:44,184 --> 00:30:46,860 The Oslo process begins officially with the handshake on the White House lawn. 601 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 427 00:30:58,917 --> 00:31:03,768 I think the main misconception is the years of Oslo were years of peace. 602 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 428 00:30:59,398 --> 00:31:03,964 Amira Hass Israeli journalist for Ha'aretz {\an4} 603 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 429 00:31:04,690 --> 00:31:08,908 And in that period, when there was supposed to be a peace process underway, 604 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 43 00:04:00,777 --> 00:04:03,949 *as Jewish and Arab mobs* *clashed in the center of the city.* 605 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 430 00:31:08,961 --> 00:31:13,617 in fact, the daily lives of Palestinians, throughout the occupied territories 606 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 431 00:31:13,708 --> 00:31:15,812 got worse and worse and worse. 607 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 432 00:31:17,259 --> 00:31:19,233 The reality, and I saw it with my own eyes 608 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 433 00:31:19,371 --> 00:31:23,683 that this was a new form of Israeli domination over Palestinians. 609 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 434 00:31:26,645 --> 00:31:31,105 Economic and social rights, which are rights to health, education, work, etc. 610 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 435 00:31:26,645 --> 00:31:30,915 Roger Normand Center for Economic and Social Rights {\an4} 611 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 436 00:31:31,249 --> 00:31:35,639 these areas are the areas that declined the worst for the majority of Palestinians, 612 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 437 00:31:35,694 --> 00:31:37,022 almost all Palestinians. 613 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 438 00:31:38,290 --> 00:31:43,801 All the economic indicators turned for the worse under Oslo, during this peace process. 614 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 439 00:31:39,245 --> 00:31:43,801 Allegra Pacheco Israeli Human Rights Attorney {\an4} 615 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 44 00:04:04,359 --> 00:04:05,539 *It remains to be seen* 616 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 440 00:31:44,019 --> 00:31:48,362 Moreover, Israeli settlements have continued to expand throughout that period. 617 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 441 00:31:48,810 --> 00:31:52,632 Israeli settlements doubled in size and population. 618 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 442 00:31:53,060 --> 00:31:56,382 The number of Jewish settlers increased from 200,000 to 400,000. 619 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 443 00:31:56,541 --> 00:31:59,942 At the same time that Israeli control was expanding 620 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 444 00:32:00,078 --> 00:32:03,241 the Palestinian authority was given the trappings of power 621 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 445 00:32:03,382 --> 00:32:07,182 over the shrinking and noncontiguous Palestinian land 622 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 446 00:32:07,319 --> 00:32:10,379 being held out as a future Palestinian state. 623 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 447 00:32:10,956 --> 00:32:16,401 The challenges of governing, for the Palestine authority, are extraordinarily complex. 624 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 448 00:32:16,595 --> 00:32:19,621 This is an authority that has very little authority. 625 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 449 00:32:19,765 --> 00:32:23,272 It has virtually no power. Its power is derivative. 626 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 45 00:04:05,594 --> 00:04:08,798 *whether a threatened full-scale war will materialize.* 627 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 450 00:32:23,616 --> 00:32:26,694 It has the power that is given to it by Israel. 628 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 451 00:32:27,005 --> 00:32:30,616 And, at any moment, any of those powers can be taken away. 629 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 452 00:32:32,310 --> 00:32:36,864 It was very convenient to believe that there is no occupation, that the occupation is over. 630 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 453 00:32:38,708 --> 00:32:41,751 How many aspects in your life somebody else determines for you? 631 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 454 00:32:41,887 --> 00:32:43,514 This is occupation. 632 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 455 00:32:43,655 --> 00:32:47,426 And Israel could determine, in the last ten years, could determine everything. 633 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 456 00:32:48,460 --> 00:32:51,793 But everybody heard Arafat saying ten times, a hundred times, 634 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 457 00:32:51,930 --> 00:32:54,687 that Ramallah is liberated and Gaza is liberated. 635 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 458 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:58,116 How can it be liberated if there is an army around it? 636 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 459 00:32:54,773 --> 00:32:57,926 Amira Hass Israeli journalist for Ha'aretz {\an4} 637 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 46 00:04:09,192 --> 00:04:11,346 2004 *Soldiers take over homes and* 638 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 460 00:33:02,941 --> 00:33:08,409 The Palestinian officials spoke very warmly about the situation, about the reality, 639 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 461 00:33:08,550 --> 00:33:10,209 and they were hiding the fact, 640 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 462 00:33:10,348 --> 00:33:14,206 that for the great majority of the population, these years were a disaster. 641 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 463 00:33:17,956 --> 00:33:22,252 Those abuses, those violations of the public trust, had been happening regularly, 642 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 464 00:33:22,427 --> 00:33:23,909 since the Oslo process began. 643 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 465 00:33:24,041 --> 00:33:28,103 Palestinians who would protest against Oslo were labeled as terrorists. 644 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 466 00:33:28,353 --> 00:33:30,329 The authority would not allow it, The PA. 645 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 467 00:33:30,430 --> 00:33:34,860 Instead of having a real national authority, you had this corrupt institution, 646 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 468 00:33:34,940 --> 00:33:38,301 whose main task, as far as Israel was concerned, was to police the Palestinians 647 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 469 00:33:38,510 --> 00:33:41,611 and prevent them from resisting the continuing occupation. 648 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 47 00:04:11,408 --> 00:04:13,898 *snipers don't hesitate to shoot at* 649 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 470 00:33:42,470 --> 00:33:48,462 It has wasted a lot of the money the international community has given it. 650 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 471 00:33:43,611 --> 00:33:47,611 Richard Falk U.N. Human Rights Fact-finding Commission {\an4} 651 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 472 00:33:48,787 --> 00:33:53,781 One sees the villas of leading Palestinian officials 652 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 473 00:33:53,925 --> 00:33:59,736 and the poverty with which the Palestinian masses are living in. 653 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 474 00:34:00,631 --> 00:34:05,787 The performance of the PLO in running the Palestinian authority 654 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 475 00:34:02,211 --> 00:34:06,711 Rashid Khalidi Professor of Eastern Studies - Columbia U. {\an4} 655 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 476 00:34:06,104 --> 00:34:08,800 and its failures in negotiating with Israel, 656 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 477 00:34:08,940 --> 00:34:13,017 have very much diminished support for the PLO leadership. 657 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 478 00:34:14,386 --> 00:34:19,256 In January 2006, elections were held and the Palestinians voted PLO led government out of office 658 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 479 00:34:19,424 --> 00:34:24,301 giving Hamas the required seats to form a majority government. 659 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 48 00:04:13,998 --> 00:04:16,841 *anything that moves in front of them* 660 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 480 00:34:25,556 --> 00:34:30,016 While Americans were being told by the media that a peace process was moving forward, 661 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 481 00:34:30,189 --> 00:34:33,428 Israel continued its policy of home demolitions. 662 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 482 00:34:34,123 --> 00:34:39,471 Since 1967, about 12,000 Palestinian homes have been demolished. 663 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 483 00:34:40,629 --> 00:34:46,031 More than 740 of those homes were demolished during the Oslo Peace Process. 664 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 484 00:34:48,046 --> 00:34:52,827 What you've got to have, and I think it's a fair demand on the part of Palestinians, that 665 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 485 00:34:50,507 --> 00:34:55,631 Edward Walker U.S. Ambassador to Israel (1997 - 1999) {\an4} 666 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 486 00:34:52,936 --> 00:34:59,279 during the process of negotiation, you're not turning over more and more territory to Israeli settlers 667 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 487 00:34:59,424 --> 00:35:03,775 and changing the character of the land that you're supposed to be negotiating about. 668 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 488 00:35:04,362 --> 00:35:07,338 The notion that this is going to be a negotiable question 669 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 489 00:35:08,330 --> 00:35:14,259 does not ring true to any Palestinian who lives up against one of these settlements; 670 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 49 00:04:16,941 --> 00:04:19,563 *which includes journalists as well.* 671 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 490 00:35:14,306 --> 00:35:15,967 which are continually expanding. 672 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 491 00:35:16,107 --> 00:35:20,036 And what does it mean to expand? It means you steal more land. 673 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 492 00:35:20,612 --> 00:35:27,080 Abdul Jawad is a Palestinian farmer whose family has lived there and tended the land for centuries. 674 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 493 00:35:28,030 --> 00:35:32,615 The Israeli authorities have confiscated countless acres of their farmland. 675 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 494 00:35:35,029 --> 00:35:37,700 Look at the beautiful trees 676 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 495 00:35:37,761 --> 00:35:39,486 that used to be in this area. 677 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 496 00:35:42,907 --> 00:35:45,218 Basically I had cultivated a 678 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 497 00:35:45,686 --> 00:35:47,439 garden of heaven on earth. 679 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 498 00:35:50,206 --> 00:35:54,741 And look, instead of this heaven what they have done 680 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 499 00:35:55,357 --> 00:35:58,754 I wish you can just see what they've done here 681 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 5 00:00:15,934 --> 00:00:19,832 is not because these people are more violent than any other. 682 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 50 00:04:19,706 --> 00:04:20,643 As a journalist, 683 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 500 00:36:03,701 --> 00:36:05,357 Jewish Settlement 684 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 501 00:36:06,587 --> 00:36:14,403 Look how the trees continue to grow underneath the rocks 685 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 502 00:36:15,213 --> 00:36:17,037 Isn't this a sin! 686 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 503 00:36:18,143 --> 00:36:22,924 How can a human being that mentions God, do this? 687 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 504 00:36:27,781 --> 00:36:29,805 This here is our food supply 688 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 505 00:36:29,887 --> 00:36:33,711 we don't have anything important from anywhere. 689 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 506 00:36:34,662 --> 00:36:38,019 And we wait for God's mercy! what else can we do? 690 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 507 00:36:50,669 --> 00:36:55,684 These settlers live and prosper at the expense of the Palestinians, 691 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 508 00:36:51,224 --> 00:36:55,428 Amira Hass Israeli journalist for Ha'aretz {\an4} 692 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 509 00:36:55,785 --> 00:37:00,316 and the Palestinians' well-being, present well-being and future well-being. 693 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 51 00:04:20,792 --> 00:04:24,104 the more you look into the issue of Israel and Palestine, 694 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 510 00:37:00,450 --> 00:37:07,452 And they don't see this horrible, disproportionate allocation of resources 695 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 511 00:37:01,688 --> 00:37:05,288 Rabbi Rebecca Lillian Jewish Peace Forum {\an4} 696 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 512 00:37:07,519 --> 00:37:12,684 where Jewish settlers get water and electricity and gas, garbage pickup, 697 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 513 00:37:12,824 --> 00:37:16,658 all kinds of things that their Palestinian neighbors don't get, 698 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 514 00:37:16,795 --> 00:37:19,218 because of the military occupation. 699 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 515 00:37:21,148 --> 00:37:27,062 That village over there isn't allowed to visit us 700 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 516 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:30,468 Look, do you see anyone outside? 701 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 517 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:36,390 Not even one Arab is outside! 702 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 518 00:37:38,437 --> 00:37:40,015 If this car wasn't Israeli 703 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 519 00:37:40,304 --> 00:37:42,151 it wouldn't allowed on the road 704 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 52 00:04:24,304 --> 00:04:27,364 the more you sense that something is not quite right. 705 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 520 00:37:42,721 --> 00:37:49,135 They lost the middle of the valley for a bypass road which is now an Israeli-only bypass road. 706 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 521 00:37:49,194 --> 00:37:51,822 They can't drive on it to go to their homes. 707 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 522 00:37:51,963 --> 00:37:54,509 The thing is extremely ugly to watch. 708 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 523 00:37:53,076 --> 00:37:56,330 Noam Chomsky Middle East analyst and author {\an4} 709 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 524 00:37:54,799 --> 00:37:57,767 This is just day to day life. I'm not talking about the fighting here. 710 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 525 00:37:58,036 --> 00:38:01,096 I mean, you walk through Hebron; you've got an Arab city; 711 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 526 00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,639 100,000 Arabs; a couple hundred Jews; 712 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 527 00:38:03,775 --> 00:38:06,209 and settlers walking around with rifles, you know? 713 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 528 00:38:06,344 --> 00:38:08,039 Looking as if they own the place. 714 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 529 00:38:10,648 --> 00:38:14,929 The settlers can go in a Palestinian village and burn the fields there, 715 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 53 00:04:28,671 --> 00:04:33,671 Alison Weir Journalist & founder of "If Americans Knew" {\an4} 716 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 530 00:38:14,953 --> 00:38:18,445 destroy the house, hit Palestinians, even shoot Palestinians. 717 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 531 00:38:18,590 --> 00:38:22,043 Several of the women have been beaten by settlers on different occasions. 718 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 532 00:38:22,327 --> 00:38:26,436 In each of those cases, we were just being a nonviolent presence on the street 719 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 533 00:38:25,881 --> 00:38:30,335 Kathleen Kamphoefner Christian Peacemaker Team {\an4} 720 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 534 00:38:26,483 --> 00:38:28,905 observing when settlers were acting out. 721 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 535 00:38:29,401 --> 00:38:32,427 And they just attacked different ones of us. 722 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 536 00:38:32,717 --> 00:38:33,917 From what we've told you, we only 723 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 537 00:38:33,942 --> 00:38:36,427 mentioned a fraction of what happens 724 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 538 00:38:37,780 --> 00:38:40,442 The Israeli government is not doing anything 725 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 539 00:38:40,677 --> 00:38:45,512 to try and stop the settlers from violating Palestinian rights. 726 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 54 00:04:27,828 --> 00:04:30,173 The images and the narration are out of synch, 727 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 540 00:38:50,151 --> 00:38:55,956 From all the cases that settlers actually killed Palestinians, very few were accused of murder, 728 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 541 00:38:55,994 --> 00:39:01,125 but then the president came and gave amnesty or shortened the punishment 729 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 542 00:39:01,266 --> 00:39:03,029 that they received from the court. 730 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 543 00:39:03,638 --> 00:39:06,747 And, in some cases, they cooperate with them. They guard there. 731 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 544 00:39:03,638 --> 00:39:06,458 Yael Stien B'tselem - Israeli Human Rights Group {\an4} 732 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 545 00:39:06,817 --> 00:39:11,672 Like one case, the settlers went and took a house, Palestinian house, 733 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 546 00:39:11,731 --> 00:39:13,270 and just said, "Well, now it's ours." 734 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 547 00:39:13,344 --> 00:39:18,179 So the border police stood down there to protect them, because the Palestinians were angry; 735 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 548 00:39:18,249 --> 00:39:21,589 so the border police just stood there and protected the settlers, 736 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 549 00:39:21,894 --> 00:39:25,058 instead of, of course, arresting them, just saying it's illegal. 737 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 55 00:04:30,694 --> 00:04:33,685 a little like a foreign film that has been awkwardly dubbed. 738 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 550 00:39:25,156 --> 00:39:28,577 The bottom line is to make things so difficult for the Palestinians 739 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 551 00:39:25,156 --> 00:39:30,398 Jeff Halper Israeli Committee Against Home Demolition {\an4} 740 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 552 00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:31,658 that anybody that wants a future for their children, 741 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 553 00:39:31,796 --> 00:39:33,286 anybody that wants to get ahead in life, 742 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 554 00:39:33,352 --> 00:39:35,734 anybody that wants a normal life, will leave. 743 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 555 00:39:36,141 --> 00:39:40,881 Why would anyone who owns a heaven like this 744 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 556 00:39:41,180 --> 00:39:44,867 abandon it and leave? 745 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 557 00:39:44,991 --> 00:39:48,211 Where else would we go? 746 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 558 00:39:52,750 --> 00:39:56,584 The Jabber family continues to live under constant harassment. 747 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 559 00:39:56,721 --> 00:39:59,383 Most recently, Abdul Jawad broke his leg 748 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 56 00:04:34,085 --> 00:04:37,702 *Damaged homes and roads destroyed* 749 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 560 00:39:59,524 --> 00:40:03,059 while trying to protect his grandchildren from settler attacks. 750 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 561 00:40:04,534 --> 00:40:08,114 Many of us feel hostage, that we're held hostage to the settlers. 751 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 562 00:40:07,878 --> 00:40:12,798 Jeff Halper Professor of Anthropology - Ben Gurion U. {\an4} 752 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 563 00:40:08,473 --> 00:40:12,882 Because I think the vast majority of Israelis don't care about the occupied territories. 753 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 564 00:40:12,997 --> 00:40:14,575 But we're held hostage to the settlers 754 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 565 00:40:14,606 --> 00:40:18,450 that have enough political power within the Israeli political system, 755 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 566 00:40:18,550 --> 00:40:20,820 that they can frustrate any attempt to get them out. 756 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 567 00:40:20,845 --> 00:40:23,930 And as long as they're there, the Palestinians can't possibly make peace. 757 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 568 00:40:24,261 --> 00:40:27,145 There are two kind of settlers basically 758 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 569 00:40:24,261 --> 00:40:29,424 Adam Keller Gush Shalom - Israeli Peace Group {\an4} 759 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 57 00:04:37,977 --> 00:04:41,146 *and only skeletal remains of cars* 760 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 570 00:40:27,195 --> 00:40:30,308 there are the ideological settlers 761 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 571 00:40:31,424 --> 00:40:34,861 who feel that these territories 762 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 572 00:40:35,290 --> 00:40:37,885 have been promised to the Jewish people by God. 763 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 573 00:40:38,125 --> 00:40:40,204 And they feel that every place 764 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 574 00:40:40,274 --> 00:40:41,657 which is mentioned in the Bible 765 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 575 00:40:41,682 --> 00:40:44,017 they have not only the right but 766 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 576 00:40:44,109 --> 00:40:47,252 a scared duty to come and to build 767 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 577 00:40:47,277 --> 00:40:50,101 a modern Jewish settlement and if 768 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 578 00:40:50,215 --> 00:40:52,181 Palestinians who live on that spot 769 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 579 00:40:52,447 --> 00:40:54,127 have other ideas than they have 770 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 58 00:04:41,171 --> 00:04:44,084 *even food and medicine are ever scarce.* 771 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 580 00:40:54,175 --> 00:40:56,080 the right to break their resistance 772 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 581 00:40:56,153 --> 00:40:58,284 by force or to call in the army. 773 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 582 00:40:59,223 --> 00:41:02,846 And the other kind which are the majority 774 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 583 00:41:02,862 --> 00:41:05,113 of the settlers are in fact ordinary 775 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 584 00:41:05,138 --> 00:41:06,799 Israelis who came there simply because 776 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 585 00:41:06,861 --> 00:41:09,205 the government was offering them 777 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 586 00:41:09,253 --> 00:41:10,956 very cheap housing and when you go 778 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 587 00:41:10,981 --> 00:41:12,612 to live there most of the money 779 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 588 00:41:12,635 --> 00:41:15,081 you get as a government loan and 780 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 589 00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:16,711 if you stay there ten years then 781 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 59 00:04:44,745 --> 00:04:47,145 As you look into it for yourself, 782 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 590 00:41:16,792 --> 00:41:18,392 you don't have to pay back the loan. 783 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 591 00:41:19,108 --> 00:41:23,085 Only 10% of the West Bank is populated with Jewish settlers 784 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 592 00:41:23,140 --> 00:41:28,462 yet they enjoy superior privileges at the expense of the native Palestinian population. 785 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 593 00:41:29,015 --> 00:41:34,211 Well, I think the unpleasant and unavoidable comparison 786 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 594 00:41:29,992 --> 00:41:32,837 Richard Falk U.N. Human Rights Fact-finding Commission {\an4} 787 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 595 00:41:34,252 --> 00:41:37,811 is with South Africa during the apartheid period. 788 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 596 00:41:38,189 --> 00:41:42,091 And I must say that, having visited South Africa, 789 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 597 00:41:42,455 --> 00:41:49,980 that they were much better off than the Palestinians living in the refugee camps. 790 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 598 00:43:04,973 --> 00:43:09,598 We went to jail because it was impossible 791 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 599 00:43:09,708 --> 00:43:14,327 to sit still while the obscenity of the apartheid system 792 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 6 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:22,902 It's an alarm, it's a sign, it's a signal 793 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 60 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:51,808 you begin to suspect that there is something extremely odd going on. 794 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 600 00:43:14,352 --> 00:43:17,194 was being imposed on our people. 795 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 601 00:43:28,128 --> 00:43:32,862 The United States is seen, quite correctly, as being the sole supporter of Israel, 796 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 602 00:43:31,050 --> 00:43:36,397 James Akins Former U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia {\an4} 797 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 603 00:43:33,191 --> 00:43:37,105 and that Israel would not be able to do what it is doing without American green light. 798 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 604 00:43:37,685 --> 00:43:43,817 The US-Israel relationship is really unique on Capital Hill. 799 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 605 00:43:44,849 --> 00:43:50,048 In my 22 years that I served there, there was never a moment 800 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 606 00:43:47,130 --> 00:43:51,427 Paul Findley Former U.S. Congressman {\an4} 801 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 607 00:43:50,220 --> 00:43:54,759 when there was really a debate about US policy in the Middle East. 802 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 608 00:43:55,610 --> 00:43:58,101 It was always, "What does Israel want?" 803 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 609 00:43:58,188 --> 00:44:04,079 And almost always, Congress gave them exactly what they wanted without any debate, 804 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 61 00:04:53,712 --> 00:04:57,842 The more you look into it, the more you begin to feel it is not just odd, 805 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 610 00:44:04,320 --> 00:44:06,729 without any amendments being considered. 806 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 611 00:44:07,362 --> 00:44:12,831 This type of policy exists as a result of a number of factors. 807 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 612 00:44:13,752 --> 00:44:18,431 First of all, there is the lobby, the US lobby, for Israel: 808 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 613 00:44:18,916 --> 00:44:22,595 AIPAC, American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. 809 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 614 00:44:22,774 --> 00:44:25,250 It has a multi-million dollar budget. 810 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 615 00:44:25,288 --> 00:44:29,832 It has a highly professional group of people working on Capitol Hill. 811 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 616 00:44:29,855 --> 00:44:33,258 They know the legislative process, they know the personalities, 812 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 617 00:44:33,399 --> 00:44:36,672 and therefore, advance what's best for the state of Israel. 813 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 618 00:44:36,790 --> 00:44:39,790 Congress seems to think that if you oppose what Israel wants 814 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 619 00:44:39,790 --> 00:44:41,868 you'll be defeated in the next election. 815 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 62 00:04:58,125 --> 00:04:59,907 it is deeply disturbing. 816 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 620 00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:46,735 From 1978 - 2006 Pro-Israeli Political Action Committees 817 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 621 00:44:46,844 --> 00:44:51,790 have contributed $43,724,035 to candidates who vote in Congress according ti AIPAC's recommendations. 818 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 622 00:44:52,703 --> 00:44:58,453 Another factor is the fundamentalist Christian community. 819 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 623 00:44:59,059 --> 00:45:04,710 Fundamentalists are often represented by the televangelists that are on TV. 820 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 624 00:45:04,820 --> 00:45:08,780 They believe that a strong Israel is a part of God's plan. 821 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 625 00:45:09,023 --> 00:45:13,882 They believe that the day will come when a battle will occur 822 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 626 00:45:14,193 --> 00:45:17,083 on the plain of Armageddon in the Middle East. 823 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 627 00:45:17,262 --> 00:45:21,347 There will be the forces of truth and righteousness on one side, 824 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 628 00:45:21,402 --> 00:45:23,301 the force of evil on the other side. 825 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 629 00:45:23,582 --> 00:45:30,050 And in that struggle, the Christian forces, led by the second coming of Jesus Christ, will prevail. 826 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 63 00:05:07,034 --> 00:05:09,362 Our media portray Mid-East violence 827 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 630 00:45:30,558 --> 00:45:36,894 All of the Jews will be either destroyed or converted instantly to Christianity. 828 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 631 00:45:37,104 --> 00:45:42,573 It may sound, to the viewer, as a very far-out notion. 829 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 632 00:45:38,346 --> 00:45:42,545 Paul Findley Former U.S. Congressman of 22 years {\an4} 830 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 633 00:45:43,002 --> 00:45:49,555 But, believe me, it is widely held and supported by millions of Americans, 831 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 634 00:45:49,618 --> 00:45:55,334 whose doctrines really, in the ultimate, are hostile to the survival of Jews; 832 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 635 00:45:55,639 --> 00:46:02,107 but nevertheless, the supporters of Israel see this vast body of American people 833 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 636 00:46:02,154 --> 00:46:06,807 as being a great asset at this time, so they embrace them. 834 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 637 00:46:07,829 --> 00:46:09,750 And Mr. Robertson, who said: 835 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 638 00:46:09,828 --> 00:46:12,735 "I had a vision from God that we have to support Israel. 836 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 639 00:46:12,860 --> 00:46:14,563 And no matter what happens, and what they do, 837 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 64 00:05:09,626 --> 00:05:13,213 as though it's an inherent part of the culture and region, 838 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 640 00:46:14,688 --> 00:46:17,250 this is the will of God because they're God's chosen people." 839 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 641 00:46:17,508 --> 00:46:19,174 A couple of weeks later, he added: 840 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 642 00:46:19,237 --> 00:46:23,205 "And that's when this ministry started really being blessed, when we made that commitment to Israel." 841 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 643 00:46:23,252 --> 00:46:25,455 Not the commitment to God, or Jesus Christ's teachings, 842 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 644 00:46:25,542 --> 00:46:26,603 but to Israel. 843 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 645 00:46:26,696 --> 00:46:31,883 And we have come from all the nations of the Earth, to say to the people of Israel 844 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 646 00:46:27,236 --> 00:46:32,673 Pat Robertson Founder and Chairman, The Christian Broadcasting Network {\an4} 845 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 647 00:46:31,906 --> 00:46:38,804 we're your friends, we're with you, and we believe that you're called by God to posses this land. 846 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 648 00:46:38,891 --> 00:46:43,109 I, as a Christian, and a Christian pastor, object, not in my name 847 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 649 00:46:39,266 --> 00:46:44,571 Dr. William Baker Former Professor of History and Biblical Studies {\an4} 848 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 65 00:05:13,643 --> 00:05:19,631 implying that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ancient problem with little hope of solution. 849 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 650 00:46:43,178 --> 00:46:47,428 and not in the name of over 115 to 120 million Christians, 850 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 651 00:46:47,567 --> 00:46:51,661 do you dare say that we support injustice and deceit. 851 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 652 00:46:51,783 --> 00:46:52,750 We do not. 852 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 653 00:46:54,110 --> 00:47:03,631 The citizenry of this democratic society is systematically deprived of access to the real facts. 853 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 654 00:47:03,857 --> 00:47:08,900 The American media play a major role in continuing US support for Israel, 854 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 655 00:47:09,064 --> 00:47:11,830 through leaving out vast swaths of information. 855 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 656 00:47:12,212 --> 00:47:15,275 It is the classic case of lying through omission. 856 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 657 00:47:15,510 --> 00:47:22,326 Major statements by American diplomats, senators, military leaders, are going unreported. 857 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 658 00:47:22,650 --> 00:47:25,642 Sentences are being removed from news stories. 858 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 659 00:47:25,787 --> 00:47:29,189 Information is being manipulated. 859 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 66 00:05:20,861 --> 00:05:22,935 *Israeli soldiers reign destruction* 860 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 660 00:47:29,757 --> 00:47:35,382 Those are the three factors that work together on Capitol Hill 861 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 661 00:47:35,702 --> 00:47:42,191 and lead to such total bias, such total absence of free speech, of open debate, 862 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 662 00:47:42,535 --> 00:47:48,511 that is, I think, very destructive to our institutions, and to our best interests in world affairs. 863 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 663 00:47:48,977 --> 00:47:53,241 So Israel, for example, does not abide at all by international law. 864 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 664 00:47:53,380 --> 00:47:55,569 The entire occupation is illegal. 865 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 665 00:47:55,850 --> 00:47:59,624 It's a violation, in particular, of the Fourth Geneva Convention. 866 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 666 00:48:02,421 --> 00:48:06,419 By the rules of the Fourth Geneva Convention, you're not allowed to build settlements, 867 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 667 00:48:06,677 --> 00:48:10,225 you're not allowed to build roads, you're not allowed to expropriate land, 868 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 668 00:48:10,365 --> 00:48:14,495 you're not allowed to deport people, you're not allowed to restrict their freedom of movement, 869 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 669 00:48:14,635 --> 00:48:19,388 you're not allowed to harm their economy, you're not allowed to make them unemployed and impoverished. 870 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 67 00:05:23,035 --> 00:05:25,328 *in all areas of the West Bank.* 871 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 670 00:48:21,282 --> 00:48:26,278 Everything that Israel does in the occupied territories, US taxpayers are paying for it. 872 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 671 00:48:22,780 --> 00:48:26,278 Noam Chomsky Middle East analyst and author {\an4} 873 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 672 00:48:26,547 --> 00:48:30,119 The US gives the financing, it gives the military support. 874 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 673 00:48:30,885 --> 00:48:38,690 Israel receives as much foreign economic assistance as all the countries combined in the world. 875 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 674 00:48:31,944 --> 00:48:36,477 Richard Falk Professor of International Law - Princeton {\an4} 876 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 675 00:48:40,582 --> 00:48:44,254 The caribbean + Sub-Saharian Africa + Latin America 877 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 676 00:48:44,637 --> 00:48:50,340 Total US Aid from 1949 - 1996 $ 62.5 Billion 878 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 677 00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,329 Israel 879 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 678 00:48:57,510 --> 00:49:02,213 Total US Aid from 1949 - 1996 $ 62.5 Billion 880 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 679 00:49:03,089 --> 00:49:12,860 Population: Israel = 5.8 million 881 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 68 00:05:25,829 --> 00:05:28,909 *The "City of Peace" is under siege* 882 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 680 00:49:14,978 --> 00:49:28,383 Population: The caribbean + Sub-Saharian Africa + Latin America = 1.05 Billion 883 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 681 00:49:31,157 --> 00:49:36,957 US Aid Dollars Spent per Person Israel = $ 10,775 884 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 682 00:49:38,473 --> 00:49:44,672 US Aid Dollars Spent per Person The caribbean + Sub-Saharian Africa + Latin America = $ 59 885 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 683 00:49:48,344 --> 00:49:57,092 Of the total aid the US gives annually Israel receives one third 886 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 684 00:49:58,842 --> 00:50:07,002 There are currently 191 independently recognized countries in the world 887 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 685 00:50:07,674 --> 00:50:12,713 In March 2003, the US government approved $10 Billion in aid for Israel 888 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 686 00:50:13,739 --> 00:50:21,077 At the same time, it withheld a $3.5 Billion grant to upgrade the training of first responders 889 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 687 00:50:21,438 --> 00:50:26,109 those who be the first to respond to a terrorist attack 890 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 688 00:50:26,444 --> 00:50:30,280 Spent domestically that $10 Billion could buy health care coverage 891 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 689 00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:33,524 for 4,202,251 children without proper coverage 892 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 69 00:05:29,550 --> 00:05:31,653 *and the Church of Nativity is under* 893 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 690 00:50:34,030 --> 00:50:39,560 Or pay for 1,445,573 American children to attend "Headstart" child development programs 894 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 691 00:50:39,560 --> 00:50:41,118 to prepare them for school 895 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 692 00:50:41,967 --> 00:50:48,043 Or simply help states offsets the costs of one of the worst fiscal crises in half a century 896 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 693 00:50:49,549 --> 00:50:57,517 From 1949 to 2006 US Aid to Israel amounts to: $108 Billion 897 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 694 00:50:58,648 --> 00:51:04,559 Today it averages $2 to $3 Billion per year 898 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 695 00:51:05,292 --> 00:51:12,982 or $6 to $8 Million per day 899 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 696 00:51:13,630 --> 00:51:21,608 Israel is currently the most extensive violator of UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS 900 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 697 00:51:22,077 --> 00:51:27,356 The United States has used its Veto power more than 40 times in the U.N. 901 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 698 00:51:27,372 --> 00:51:29,974 To defend Israel violations of international law. 902 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 699 00:51:31,899 --> 00:51:36,859 And one of the reasons that the American commitment to Israel is so strong, 903 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 7 00:00:23,852 --> 00:00:27,131 that something is wrong in the treatment of this population. 904 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 70 00:05:31,736 --> 00:05:33,958 *fire by heavy military artillery* 905 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 700 00:51:36,977 --> 00:51:45,274 that it's not only reflecting the impact of well-organized, pro-Israel lobbies, 906 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 701 00:51:45,413 --> 00:51:53,033 but it also represents the views of the Pentagon, that sees Israel now as an indispensable strategic ally 907 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 702 00:51:49,030 --> 00:51:53,032 Richard Falk U.N. Human Rights Fact-finding Commission {\an4} 908 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 703 00:51:53,096 --> 00:51:58,093 in the effort to control and exert influence throughout the region. 909 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 704 00:51:58,659 --> 00:52:04,059 The main concern for the United States, like the world, is the oil producing regions. 910 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 705 00:51:58,659 --> 00:52:03,961 Noam Chomsky Middle East analyst and author {\an4} 911 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 706 00:52:04,198 --> 00:52:07,064 And in order to control that, you need a way of doing it. 912 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 707 00:52:20,348 --> 00:52:23,545 Desperate for a peace that would finally end occupation, 913 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 708 00:52:23,684 --> 00:52:27,984 Palestinians again came to the negotiating table in 2000. 914 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 709 00:52:28,122 --> 00:52:30,750 People think, look, Israel was very forthcoming. 915 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 71 00:05:34,018 --> 00:05:36,195 *Hundreds of citizens are stuck inside* 916 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 710 00:52:30,883 --> 00:52:34,956 It offered 95 percent of the West Bank of the occupied territories 917 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 711 00:52:35,002 --> 00:52:37,948 to the Palestinians and they rejected it in violence. 918 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 712 00:52:38,839 --> 00:52:42,237 The assumption of that 95 percent argument is that 919 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 713 00:52:42,354 --> 00:52:46,036 getting 95 percent of the land gives you 95 percent sovereignty. 920 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 714 00:52:46,420 --> 00:52:50,589 Jeff Halper Professor of Anthropology - Ben Gurion U. {\an4} 921 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 715 00:52:46,841 --> 00:52:48,308 A sovereign country. 922 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 716 00:52:48,442 --> 00:52:51,535 But I think it's very useful to think in terms of a prison. 923 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 717 00:52:51,779 --> 00:52:56,215 If you look at a blueprint of a prison, it looks like the prisoners own the place. 924 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 718 00:52:56,350 --> 00:52:59,046 And the prisoners have 95 percent of the area. 925 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 719 00:52:59,186 --> 00:53:02,139 They've got the living areas. They have the exercise yard. 926 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 72 00:05:36,295 --> 00:05:38,244 *the church without any food or medicine.* 927 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 720 00:53:02,209 --> 00:53:05,716 They have the cafeteria. They've got the work areas. 928 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 721 00:53:05,943 --> 00:53:08,372 All the prison authorities have is five percent, 929 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 722 00:53:09,059 --> 00:53:10,607 is the control. 930 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 723 00:53:11,189 --> 00:53:14,088 The average Palestinian didn't think they were throwing anything away 931 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 724 00:53:13,284 --> 00:53:18,184 Rabbi Arik Ascherman Rabbis for Human Rights {\an4} 932 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 725 00:53:14,158 --> 00:53:15,096 because there was nothing to throw away. 933 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 726 00:53:15,202 --> 00:53:18,431 They had tuned out what Barak and Arafat were talking about, 934 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 727 00:53:18,572 --> 00:53:22,473 because, on the ground, there were ongoing land expropriations, 935 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 728 00:53:22,610 --> 00:53:25,773 tree uprooting, road building, unfair water allocation; 936 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 729 00:53:25,913 --> 00:53:29,749 leaving many Palestinian families, in the summer and fall, with two hours of running water a week, 937 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 73 00:05:38,905 --> 00:05:43,288 These mis-perceptions come from the fact that we're only hearing a fraction of the story. 938 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 730 00:53:29,884 --> 00:53:33,746 when next door you have a settlement with a swimming pool and green lawns. 939 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 731 00:53:33,888 --> 00:53:35,719 So what do you expect people to think? 940 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 732 00:53:43,254 --> 00:53:46,972 And it was that pressure, that sense of being squeezed 941 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 733 00:53:44,621 --> 00:53:49,078 Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies {\an4} 942 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 734 00:53:47,285 --> 00:53:53,873 that finally exploded in September of 2000, in what became The Second Intifada. 943 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 735 00:54:16,931 --> 00:54:23,702 What is called "The Second Intifada" is essentially a mobilization of resistance 944 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 736 00:54:23,838 --> 00:54:27,759 against this structure of occupation and oppression. 945 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 737 00:54:30,458 --> 00:54:37,055 Israel, from the very beginning of these demonstrations, had indeed relied on excessive force. 946 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 738 00:54:31,063 --> 00:54:35,227 Richard Falk U.N. Human Rights Fact-finding Commission {\an4} 947 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 739 00:54:37,184 --> 00:54:41,660 They had used live ammunition against unarmed demonstrators, 948 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 74 00:05:51,820 --> 00:05:58,062 You are about to witness images and testimony, largely hidden from mainstream America. 949 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 740 00:54:41,718 --> 00:54:44,269 had inflicted several deaths... 950 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 741 00:54:48,285 --> 00:54:53,362 ...and hundreds of causalities in the opening days of the Intifada. 951 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 742 00:54:53,610 --> 00:54:55,688 In the first 10 days of the uprising alone 952 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 743 00:54:55,719 --> 00:54:59,884 The Israeli security forces killed 74 Palestinians and injured nearly 3000. 953 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 744 00:55:03,617 --> 00:55:08,247 Sometimes, the Israelis are speaking about rubber bullets they used. 954 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 745 00:55:08,382 --> 00:55:11,759 By the way, it's not rubber. It's steel coated with rubber. 955 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 746 00:55:12,250 --> 00:55:17,156 This bullet, it killed many of the kids who are demonstrating 956 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 747 00:55:12,766 --> 00:55:16,300 Red Crescent Hospital {\an4} 957 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 748 00:55:17,174 --> 00:55:20,855 and who sometimes while they are throwing stones. 958 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 749 00:55:20,995 --> 00:55:23,964 As this case, I'll show you what happened. 959 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 75 00:06:06,604 --> 00:06:11,229 This place draws many people, whether they're Jewish, Muslim, or Christian. 960 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 750 00:55:24,098 --> 00:55:26,532 He is a 14-year-old from Khan Yunis. 961 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 751 00:55:26,667 --> 00:55:30,409 He was shot with one like this, and it entered here, 962 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 752 00:55:30,785 --> 00:55:32,284 and he died. 963 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 753 00:55:33,374 --> 00:55:37,869 A lot of the deaths have been children, and we do have some documentary evidence 964 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 754 00:55:35,572 --> 00:55:38,588 Sharon Burke Amnesty International {\an4} 965 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 755 00:55:38,012 --> 00:55:41,777 that security forces are firing on crowds of children. 966 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 756 00:55:41,941 --> 00:55:44,112 The soldiers weren't at risk. They're heavily armored. 967 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 757 00:55:43,315 --> 00:55:46,385 Thomas Getman World Vision International - Jerusalem {\an4} 968 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 758 00:55:44,167 --> 00:55:45,985 They have all this high-powered weaponry. 969 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 759 00:55:46,120 --> 00:55:49,755 And no child with a stone is going to be a risk to them. 970 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 76 00:06:08,166 --> 00:06:12,166 Kathleen Kamphoefner Christian Peacemaker Team {\an4} 971 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 760 00:55:59,856 --> 00:56:04,188 Most of the Palestinian abuses involve shooting at settlements, 972 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 761 00:55:59,865 --> 00:56:02,687 Peter Boukaert Human Rights Watch {\an4} 973 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 762 00:56:04,338 --> 00:56:10,640 ambushes on settler cars, and, obviously, the suicide bombings inside Israel. 974 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 763 00:56:11,949 --> 00:56:17,246 There are some risks to Israeli life. Many Israelis have been killed. 975 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 764 00:56:18,085 --> 00:56:22,187 When there was this horrible suicide bombing, at the pizza place in Jerusalem, 976 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 765 00:56:22,323 --> 00:56:26,322 I went to visit some of the kids who survived that blast, in the hospital. 977 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 766 00:56:22,478 --> 00:56:26,843 Rabbi Rebecca Lillian Jewish Peace Forum {\an4} 978 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 767 00:56:26,433 --> 00:56:29,932 It was horrible. It was horrible to see what happened to these children. 979 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 768 00:56:30,064 --> 00:56:34,392 You see the blood, you see the agony of the family. This is what the world sees. 980 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 769 00:56:36,785 --> 00:56:39,863 But one cannot take it out of the general context. 981 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 77 00:06:11,361 --> 00:06:16,025 This is a holy place to significant numbers of us, in the world. 982 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 770 00:56:39,972 --> 00:56:43,666 And the context is of an Israeli occupation, which is... 983 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 771 00:56:43,807 --> 00:56:47,194 Amira Hass Israeli journalist for Ha'aretz {\an4} 984 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 772 00:56:44,006 --> 00:56:47,225 It seems not to be so brutal, but it's very brutal. 985 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 773 00:56:47,326 --> 00:56:50,130 It really makes people's lives unbearable. 986 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 774 00:56:55,589 --> 00:57:00,185 The use of suicide bombers is an act of desperation. 987 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 775 00:56:58,559 --> 00:57:02,071 Richard Falk U.N. Human Rights Fact-finding Commission {\an4} 988 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 776 00:57:00,327 --> 00:57:02,067 It's the weapons of the weak. 989 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 777 00:57:02,147 --> 00:57:04,570 Israel doesn't do it. Never. 990 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 778 00:57:02,147 --> 00:57:10,679 Hava Keller Committee for Women Political Prisoners {\an4} 991 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 779 00:57:04,670 --> 00:57:07,636 Because it has airplanes and helicopters. 992 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 78 00:06:16,124 --> 00:06:20,827 We all have an interest in sort of seeing what is this land, and what's the situation here. 993 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 780 00:57:07,736 --> 00:57:10,683 Why should they send anybody to make suicide? 994 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 781 00:57:12,374 --> 00:57:16,014 I think we have to change our conception of what Israel is. 995 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 782 00:57:16,077 --> 00:57:21,044 Israel likes to present itself as this little country surrounded by a sea of hostile Arabs, 996 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 783 00:57:21,181 --> 00:57:24,009 and we just want peace, and they're violent. 997 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 784 00:57:24,451 --> 00:57:27,899 Israel is the fifth largest nuclear power in the world. 998 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 785 00:57:28,251 --> 00:57:30,984 It's got between two and three hundred nuclear warheads. 999 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 786 00:57:31,125 --> 00:57:34,093 So the reality is that Israel is a regional super power. 1000 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 787 00:57:36,297 --> 00:57:43,963 For the first time, the resistance to that occupation had, to a very small extent, an armed component. 1001 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 788 00:57:44,104 --> 00:57:46,834 There was nothing close to equal force. 1002 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 789 00:57:49,827 --> 00:57:53,053 Israeli Tanks 3930 Palestinian Tanks 0 1003 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 79 00:06:20,911 --> 00:06:24,036 And, once you come, if you open your eyes at all, 1004 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 790 00:57:53,379 --> 00:57:56,783 Israeli F-16 Jets 362 Palestinian F-16 Jets 0 1005 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 791 00:57:56,783 --> 00:58:01,196 Israeli F-16 Jets 362 The largest fleet in any country in the world behind the US 1006 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 792 00:58:01,655 --> 00:58:06,251 At every stage, they had used grossly excessive force 1007 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 793 00:58:06,393 --> 00:58:11,626 against a completely defenseless civilian population. 1008 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 794 00:58:15,536 --> 00:58:18,895 The victims have been overwhelmingly Palestinian civilians. 1009 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 795 00:58:16,777 --> 00:58:20,480 Sharon Burke Amnesty International {\an4} 1010 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 796 00:58:19,004 --> 00:58:20,501 Overwhelmingly. 1011 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 797 00:58:20,641 --> 00:58:23,413 Not armed groups or armed individuals. 1012 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 798 00:58:23,498 --> 00:58:25,261 From September 2000 to February 2007: 1013 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 799 00:58:25,371 --> 00:58:28,410 Palestinians killed by Israelis: 4,009 Israelis killed by Palestinians: 1,021 1014 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 8 00:00:30,057 --> 00:00:31,888 *Where is the outcry?* 1015 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 80 00:06:24,067 --> 00:06:27,780 you can't miss the problems and the patterns that are here. 1016 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 800 00:58:28,435 --> 00:58:30,927 More than 935 children were killed during the current conflict: 1017 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 801 00:58:31,060 --> 00:58:33,115 816 Palestinian 119 Israeli 1018 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 802 00:58:41,695 --> 00:58:46,860 Israel has established all of these checkpoints within the West Bank, 1019 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 803 00:58:47,001 --> 00:58:53,212 which require Palestinians to wait hours and hours to go very short distances. 1020 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 804 00:58:55,342 --> 00:58:59,959 Just the freedom of movement, that's something that Palestinians are denied on a daily basis. 1021 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 805 00:58:57,651 --> 00:59:00,498 Douglas Dicks Catholic Relief Services {\an4} 1022 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 806 00:59:00,045 --> 00:59:02,841 The access to Jerusalem, the access to health care, 1023 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 807 00:59:03,021 --> 00:59:06,794 the access to hospitals, clinics, and schools. 1024 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 808 00:59:09,623 --> 00:59:14,674 We're talking about three million people who've had the freedom of movement totally stopped. 1025 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 809 00:59:14,846 --> 00:59:16,494 It's a violation of international law. 1026 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 81 00:06:29,562 --> 00:06:32,384 I think it's hard to understand what occupation is. 1027 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 810 00:59:16,563 --> 00:59:21,211 That the right to freedom of movement is a fundamental right in the Declaration of Human Rights. 1028 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 811 00:59:17,849 --> 00:59:21,016 Sharon Burke Amnesty International {\an4} 1029 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 812 00:59:21,329 --> 00:59:26,263 What you have is young Israeli conscripts who look bored. 1030 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 813 00:59:26,555 --> 00:59:31,055 These guys are sitting out there, and they're watching thousands of Palestinians go by. 1031 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 814 00:59:31,242 --> 00:59:35,874 They have *carte blanche* to pull anyone over and harass them, for whatever reason. 1032 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 815 00:59:35,952 --> 00:59:37,718 They can detain them for hours. 1033 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 816 00:59:37,820 --> 00:59:39,918 And it's a dangerous situation. 1034 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 817 00:59:41,055 --> 00:59:46,749 The main population that are being affected by Israeli policies is the civilian population, 1035 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 818 00:59:46,894 --> 00:59:53,030 the population that is not being involved in any attacks against the Israelis, civilians or the army. 1036 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 819 00:59:56,022 --> 01:00:00,616 During this time of closure, unfortunately, there have been lots of bombings, lots of attacks. 1037 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 82 00:06:32,519 --> 00:06:38,479 I think it's a foreign concept for many Americans; what it's like to live under military occupation. 1038 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 820 01:00:00,941 --> 01:00:05,003 The closure is not meant to deter suicide bombings. 1039 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 821 01:00:05,097 --> 01:00:09,761 It's meant to punish and put pressure on three million civilians. 1040 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 822 01:00:10,737 --> 01:00:12,215 People do not earn any more 1041 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 823 01:00:12,352 --> 01:00:15,655 because the majority of the Palestinians used to work in Israel. 1042 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 824 01:00:15,789 --> 01:00:19,367 And the majority of the Palestinian economy was based on the income of people 1043 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 825 01:00:19,406 --> 01:00:20,898 who were working inside Israel. 1044 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 826 01:00:21,476 --> 01:00:22,983 Now they cannot go into Israel, 1045 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 827 01:00:23,018 --> 01:00:27,808 so tens of thousands of families just lose the source of income that they had. 1046 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 828 01:00:28,159 --> 01:00:29,535 According to World Bank Estimates: 1047 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 829 01:00:29,684 --> 01:00:34,180 Unemployment is now reaching 53% of the population 75% of Palestinians live in poverty (less than $2 a day) 1048 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 83 00:06:40,594 --> 00:06:43,953 The definition of an occupation is when a foreign army 1049 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 830 01:00:34,420 --> 01:00:36,803 The education system is also affected by that. 1050 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 831 01:00:36,844 --> 01:00:38,709 Students cannot go to the university. 1051 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 832 01:00:42,449 --> 01:00:49,152 Birzeit University was subject to army closures for something like 18 times. 1052 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 833 01:00:49,311 --> 01:00:52,151 The longest closure was during The First Intifada. 1053 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 834 01:00:52,315 --> 01:00:54,994 For five years, we could not set foot on campus. 1054 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 835 01:00:52,824 --> 01:00:57,410 Dr. Albert Aghazarian Bir Zeit University {\an4} 1055 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 836 01:00:55,129 --> 01:00:58,941 During this period, we organized what the Israeli army called 1056 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 837 01:00:59,019 --> 01:01:00,729 "cells of illegal education". 1057 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 838 01:01:00,868 --> 01:01:04,196 We were teaching in apartments, in rented flats, 1058 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 839 01:01:04,227 --> 01:01:07,801 in churches, in mosques, in gardens, in cars. 1059 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 84 00:06:44,003 --> 00:06:47,484 occupies your land physically and controls your life. 1060 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 840 01:01:07,941 --> 01:01:10,980 And we kept our infrastructure, even this attempt, 1061 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 841 01:01:11,167 --> 01:01:14,210 to minimize the damage and to keep the university going. 1062 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 842 01:01:14,291 --> 01:01:15,830 They attempted to crush it. 1063 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 843 01:01:16,923 --> 01:01:20,616 I went to college in the States and I found it very different. 1064 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 844 01:01:16,923 --> 01:01:20,526 Bir Zeit University Students {\an4} 1065 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 845 01:01:20,754 --> 01:01:22,984 Your biggest worry in the States, 1066 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 846 01:01:23,123 --> 01:01:26,701 is if I'm going to pass in class or, "Oh, I hope I have a lot of friends." 1067 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 847 01:01:26,771 --> 01:01:28,490 Over here, it's totally different. 1068 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 848 01:01:28,629 --> 01:01:30,980 You have to worry, "Oh, my God, would I be able to get to school? 1069 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 849 01:01:31,027 --> 01:01:33,207 Is there going to be a checkpoint? Is there going to be a demonstration? 1070 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 85 00:06:50,504 --> 00:06:53,019 In addition, Palestinians under occupation, 1071 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 850 01:01:33,246 --> 01:01:35,599 Am I going to get shot at? Is there going to be tear gas?" 1072 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 851 01:01:35,736 --> 01:01:39,297 So, it's like, completely different. 1073 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 852 01:01:42,075 --> 01:01:43,804 And here, it's just like you don't know if you're going to live 1074 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 853 01:01:43,944 --> 01:01:45,172 or you're going to die, you know? 1075 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 854 01:01:45,312 --> 01:01:47,449 It's... You're going to school as if you're going to fight a war. 1076 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 855 01:01:49,917 --> 01:01:53,010 You don't find a tank in the middle of the road on your way to college. 1077 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 856 01:01:53,088 --> 01:01:55,471 Just the other day, there were two tanks and an army Jeep. 1078 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 857 01:01:55,518 --> 01:01:58,720 And they're standing there checking your passport, and, you know, 1079 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 858 01:01:58,748 --> 01:02:00,824 your student visa and all this stuff. 1080 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 859 01:02:00,961 --> 01:02:03,164 And it's just like, "We want to get to school. We want an education. 1081 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 86 00:06:51,922 --> 00:06:55,922 Allegra Pacheco Israeli human rights lawyer {\an4} 1082 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 860 01:02:03,197 --> 01:02:06,101 We're humans, and we have a right to our education. 1083 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 861 01:02:06,125 --> 01:02:10,656 In places like the United States, people cannot understand what's going on, 1084 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 862 01:02:10,687 --> 01:02:15,256 because simply, the experience is beyond their frame of reference. 1085 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 863 01:02:15,303 --> 01:02:17,654 I can't study at night because my bedroom light is going to be on, 1086 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 864 01:02:17,744 --> 01:02:19,905 and it's across the street from a settlement. 1087 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 865 01:02:20,047 --> 01:02:23,422 They shot at me. I was reading my biology book. 1088 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 866 01:02:23,461 --> 01:02:24,906 I was studying for my mid-term. 1089 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 867 01:02:24,952 --> 01:02:27,510 And my mom and dad are like, "No, get out of the room," 1090 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 868 01:02:27,588 --> 01:02:30,088 because they started shooting. 1091 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 869 01:02:30,123 --> 01:02:32,614 I was like, "No, Mom, I want to get an "A" in the class. Let me study." 1092 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 87 00:06:53,089 --> 00:06:55,964 - and this why there's so much struggle against the occupation - 1093 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 870 01:02:32,686 --> 01:02:34,021 So I'm sitting there and all of the sudden, 1094 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 871 01:02:34,161 --> 01:02:38,030 you hear something on my bedroom window. 1095 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 872 01:02:40,100 --> 01:02:42,678 And I was just like, "Okay, maybe I should go downstairs." 1096 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 873 01:02:42,736 --> 01:02:43,935 I couldn't study for my test. 1097 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 874 01:02:44,004 --> 01:02:46,234 It's like... I tell my American friends: 1098 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 875 01:02:46,373 --> 01:02:49,103 "It's like, do you understand what I'm going through?" 1099 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 876 01:02:50,477 --> 01:02:55,074 The amazing thing is not that you have cases of suicide in students. 1100 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 877 01:02:55,215 --> 01:02:59,542 The amazing thing is the bulk of them, they try to carry on in the middle of this mess, 1101 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 878 01:02:59,686 --> 01:03:04,123 as if life is normal, as if they want to celebrate their graduation, 1102 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 879 01:03:04,258 --> 01:03:07,140 and they want to build their life, and they want to carry on. 1103 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 88 00:06:56,031 --> 00:06:57,623 they're not citizens. They don't have rights. 1104 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 880 01:03:07,320 --> 01:03:09,256 That's the other part of the coin. 1105 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 881 01:03:12,823 --> 01:03:17,971 The root problem here is occupation. Everything else emanates from there. 1106 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 882 01:03:25,412 --> 01:03:28,763 The most severe problem is people who need medical care. 1107 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 883 01:03:29,757 --> 01:03:33,570 We've documented numerous cases, cases where people have died. 1108 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 884 01:03:33,593 --> 01:03:38,531 In fact, I believe that one of the last cases we documented was a woman who was in labor, 1109 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 885 01:03:38,625 --> 01:03:42,750 who was not allowed to get to the hospital, and she and the baby both died. 1110 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 886 01:03:43,117 --> 01:03:48,577 If people like that, people who are really sick and really need to go to hospitals, cannot do that. 1111 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 887 01:03:48,769 --> 01:03:53,620 So I think you can imagine what happens to regular people that just want to go to work, 1112 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 888 01:03:53,674 --> 01:03:56,808 just want to go to do some shopping, or even just visit friends. 1113 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 889 01:03:56,944 --> 01:04:01,381 It's like living in a prison, a gigantic prison. 1114 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 89 00:06:57,718 --> 00:07:01,029 They don't have civil rights. They're under a military rule. 1115 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 890 01:04:04,017 --> 01:04:06,806 Haaretz, the intellectual newspaper in Israel, 1116 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 891 01:04:06,954 --> 01:04:11,053 ran a whole, like a four-page magazine article on the refugee issue. 1117 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 892 01:04:11,085 --> 01:04:13,953 It had a picture of Tel Aviv University now 1118 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 893 01:04:14,085 --> 01:04:18,643 and what was there before Tel Aviv University, a Palestinian village. 1119 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 894 01:04:18,839 --> 01:04:20,422 And those refugees are in Gaza. 1120 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 895 01:04:23,727 --> 01:04:26,370 Gaza is one place that's seen hell 1121 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 896 01:04:26,934 --> 01:04:29,567 No lie, I swear Gaza is even worse 1122 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 897 01:04:29,998 --> 01:04:32,582 than what we've experienced! 1123 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 898 01:04:32,925 --> 01:04:34,869 Gaza is much worse! 1124 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 899 01:04:38,752 --> 01:04:41,380 I think that Gaza is a main problem. 1125 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 9 00:00:32,644 --> 00:00:34,644 IRELAND {\an5} 1126 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 90 00:07:02,491 --> 00:07:10,675 This is a particular kind of occupation, that's both military and settler occupation. 1127 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 900 01:04:41,423 --> 01:04:44,540 There are lots of violations that you will not see in the West Bank, you will see in Gaza. 1128 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 901 01:04:44,610 --> 01:04:47,685 We find it hard to monitor the human rights situation in Gaza 1129 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 902 01:04:47,828 --> 01:04:50,469 because the Israeli army do not let us in. 1130 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 903 01:04:55,902 --> 01:05:01,667 Palestinians in Gaza had been under Israeli military control for over 38 years, 1131 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 904 01:05:01,972 --> 01:05:09,356 where 1.3 million Palestinians were crowded together to make room for 8,000 Israeli settlers. 1132 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 905 01:05:18,723 --> 01:05:20,747 In August of 2005, 1133 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 906 01:05:20,927 --> 01:05:27,666 Israel dismantled its settlements and military posts inside Gaza and relocated its settlers. 1134 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 907 01:05:29,703 --> 01:05:36,272 The media, along with Israeli politicians, portrayed this as an unprecedented sacrifice. 1135 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 908 01:05:36,410 --> 01:05:41,652 In reality, it was simply a matter of Israel finally complying with international law. 1136 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 909 01:05:42,491 --> 01:05:47,847 The evacuation of settlers from Gaza constituted only 2% of the entire Israel settler population. 1137 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 91 00:07:04,129 --> 00:07:08,781 Phyllis Bennis Institute for Policy Studies {\an4} 1138 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 910 01:05:48,567 --> 01:05:52,093 Each illegal settler was promised an estimated $227,000 to relocate 1139 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 911 01:05:53,031 --> 01:05:56,858 A total cost of $2.2 Billion an expense Israel has asked the US to pay for. 1140 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 912 01:05:56,998 --> 01:06:01,032 Although Israel's presence inside Gaza is no longer visible, 1141 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 913 01:06:01,168 --> 01:06:05,460 Israel will still retain ultimate control over Gaza's borders, 1142 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 914 01:06:05,663 --> 01:06:10,809 coastal waters, and air space, creating a virtual prison. 1143 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 915 01:06:12,211 --> 01:06:19,033 The refugee camps, even if there was no conflict with Israel, are just humanly horrible. 1144 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 916 01:06:19,321 --> 01:06:21,736 They're so overcrowded. 1145 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 917 01:06:23,713 --> 01:06:29,056 And you have 14 to 25 people living in a space. 1146 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 918 01:06:38,438 --> 01:06:43,102 There's no place for children to be. There are no streets. 1147 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 919 01:06:43,136 --> 01:06:47,300 They're little alleys. No trees. Nothing. 1148 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 92 00:07:14,500 --> 00:07:19,829 Bishop Allen Bartlett Diocese of Washington {\an4} 1149 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 920 01:06:52,238 --> 01:06:57,596 Many generations of Palestinians have grown up and continue to live in refugee camps throughout the region. 1150 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 921 01:06:58,120 --> 01:07:00,339 In 1948, they numbered over 750,000 1151 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 922 01:07:01,230 --> 01:07:05,823 Today, those who continue to live in refugee camps number 4,255,120 1152 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 923 01:07:06,456 --> 01:07:09,276 Could you live here? Could you? 1153 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 924 01:07:09,675 --> 01:07:13,378 You couldn't because the conditions are horrible 1154 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 925 01:07:13,668 --> 01:07:18,863 and you'd be afraid whenever the missiles strike 1155 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 926 01:07:19,380 --> 01:07:22,261 and the walls begin to crack! 1156 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 927 01:07:51,582 --> 01:07:54,456 The shelling struck the window 1157 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 928 01:07:54,544 --> 01:08:00,082 everything broke and got burnt. 1158 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 929 01:08:02,122 --> 01:08:05,272 Why did they break my things 1159 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 93 00:07:14,503 --> 00:07:20,674 Settlements are areas of Palestinian land which are selected, 1160 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 930 01:08:05,322 --> 01:08:06,940 and break my toys? 1161 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 931 01:08:06,990 --> 01:08:08,479 I lost a lot of my stuff. 1162 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 932 01:08:08,529 --> 01:08:11,274 We threw it all in the garbage 1163 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 933 01:08:11,324 --> 01:08:13,457 We also got rid of our clothes 1164 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 934 01:08:13,507 --> 01:08:17,017 We beg from our neighbors for clothing to wear. 1165 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 935 01:08:17,067 --> 01:08:20,931 The food we eat smells like gas 1166 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 936 01:08:20,981 --> 01:08:23,323 We don't want to get rid of our clothes 1167 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 937 01:08:23,373 --> 01:08:25,490 even though they smell like gas 1168 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 938 01:08:25,540 --> 01:08:27,834 Only if you would smell our clothing! 1169 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 939 01:08:27,884 --> 01:08:30,769 Let the Israelis come and smell our clothes 1170 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 94 00:07:20,901 --> 00:07:26,502 and whatever is there, whether it's roads, or whether it's villages, or homes, 1171 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 940 01:08:30,819 --> 01:08:32,200 and see our home. 1172 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 941 01:08:32,250 --> 01:08:34,827 Whenever we go to take a shower 1173 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 942 01:08:34,877 --> 01:08:36,735 or do anything at home 1174 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 943 01:08:36,785 --> 01:08:40,054 the smell of gas suffocates us to death! 1175 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 944 01:08:40,124 --> 01:08:42,873 Come and look at my clothes. 1176 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 945 01:08:42,923 --> 01:08:45,082 Smell them. It's gas. 1177 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 946 01:08:45,132 --> 01:08:46,289 What can I do? 1178 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 947 01:08:46,339 --> 01:08:48,781 I didn't even get to enjoy the 1179 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 948 01:08:48,831 --> 01:08:51,243 sunglasses that my dad gave me 1180 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 949 01:08:51,293 --> 01:08:53,759 even the bracelets and necklace 1181 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 95 00:07:26,541 --> 00:07:31,017 they are bulldozed, and then a new town is built on the hilltop. 1182 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 950 01:08:53,809 --> 01:08:55,496 that my mom gave me. 1183 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 951 01:08:55,546 --> 01:08:59,190 I didn't even get to enjoy my rings. 1184 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 952 01:08:59,240 --> 01:09:04,634 How am I supposed to enjoy all of my belongings? 1185 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 953 01:09:05,471 --> 01:09:09,041 How? Enjoy our things with what? 1186 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 954 01:09:09,094 --> 01:09:11,923 Our children can't even live 1187 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 955 01:09:11,973 --> 01:09:14,350 We don't even know how to live. 1188 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 956 01:09:14,400 --> 01:09:17,347 We live in constant fear. 1189 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 957 01:09:17,646 --> 01:09:20,364 We live in fear and terror! 1190 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 958 01:09:25,873 --> 01:09:28,567 On my way to school I hear gun shots. 1191 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 959 01:09:28,646 --> 01:09:30,825 I get so scared from the shooting 1192 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 96 00:07:31,511 --> 00:07:34,480 One very good friend is Rodina Jabber. 1193 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 960 01:09:30,928 --> 01:09:33,247 I begin to tremble all over. 1194 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 961 01:09:36,961 --> 01:09:39,906 This is what has been fired on this neighborhood. 1195 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 962 01:09:39,961 --> 01:09:43,235 This is a civilian neighborhood. There are no soldiers here. 1196 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 963 01:09:42,899 --> 01:09:47,208 Thomas Getman Director, World Vision Jerusalem {\an4} 1197 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 964 01:09:43,456 --> 01:09:46,992 There are no military installations here. 1198 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 965 01:09:47,141 --> 01:09:51,672 This is strictly harassment, to get these people to move away from the border, 1199 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 966 01:09:52,133 --> 01:09:56,448 so that the Israeli tanks can move at will. 1200 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 967 01:09:56,902 --> 01:10:02,266 The want these people cleansed from this area. It's that simple. 1201 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 968 01:10:03,064 --> 01:10:09,243 And it's a way to get people to be humiliated and destitute again. 1202 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 969 01:10:09,775 --> 01:10:12,642 In Gaza, you can see also the extent of house demolitions, 1203 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 97 00:07:34,598 --> 00:07:40,340 She and her husband, Ata, have landed in a rural valley near here called the Ba'a. 1204 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 970 01:10:11,045 --> 01:10:15,117 Yael Stien B'tselem - Israeli Human Rights Group {\an4} 1205 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 971 01:10:12,689 --> 01:10:15,767 much more extensive than in the West Bank. 1206 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 972 01:10:15,806 --> 01:10:18,215 Whole neighborhoods have been demolished. 1207 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 973 01:10:18,433 --> 01:10:20,675 Hundreds of people do not have any houses any more, 1208 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 974 01:10:20,776 --> 01:10:23,502 because they are next to settlements or next to the border, 1209 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 975 01:10:23,541 --> 01:10:26,104 which is, of course, a clear violation of humanitarian law. 1210 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 976 01:10:27,723 --> 01:10:30,684 People have no chance to get their personal items out. 1211 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 977 01:10:30,824 --> 01:10:32,887 They have no chance to call for help. 1212 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 978 01:10:32,957 --> 01:10:37,121 And this is far away from most media outlets. 1213 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 979 01:10:37,355 --> 01:10:42,983 You are amongst the very few journalists who have even seen this. 1214 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 98 00:07:40,484 --> 00:07:44,079 And it's pretty clear these settlements want this land. 1215 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 980 01:10:43,139 --> 01:10:45,678 European or American journalists who have even been here. 1216 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 981 01:10:45,772 --> 01:10:49,400 Because people are afraid to come or it's too hard to come. 1217 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 982 01:10:51,772 --> 01:10:58,342 One of the things we were told in Gaza by a very respected Palestinian psychologist 1218 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 983 01:10:58,365 --> 01:11:03,265 who had just completed a study of a thousand Palestinian children, 1219 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 984 01:11:03,403 --> 01:11:07,863 was that they had discovered that many of these Palestinian children 1220 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 985 01:11:07,999 --> 01:11:10,371 no longer had a will to live, 1221 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 986 01:11:10,535 --> 01:11:16,566 that they were so dehumanized and so affected 1222 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 987 01:11:16,613 --> 01:11:23,860 by seeing their fathers, particularly, beaten by Israeli defense forces, 1223 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 988 01:11:25,149 --> 01:11:29,940 that the psychological condition is one of the dimensions of the conflict 1224 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 989 01:11:30,011 --> 01:11:32,411 that is not widely understood. 1225 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 99 00:07:44,224 --> 00:07:47,106 It's some of the best agricultural land around here. 1226 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 990 01:11:36,143 --> 01:11:41,572 Palestinians called for an international observer force that would stop the violence, 1227 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 991 01:11:41,675 --> 01:11:44,925 but this action was blocked by Israel. 1228 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 992 01:11:45,880 --> 01:11:50,981 Finally, a group of Palestinian and Israeli human rights activists, together 1229 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 993 01:11:51,184 --> 01:11:54,328 created the International Solidarity Movement, 1230 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 994 01:11:54,594 --> 01:11:58,773 which has brought people from around the world, of all ages and backgrounds, 1231 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 995 01:11:59,055 --> 01:12:04,356 to provide a nonviolent, international presence, to try to fill this need. 1232 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 996 01:12:05,969 --> 01:12:09,851 Rachel Corrie, a 23-year-old American student, 1233 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 997 01:12:10,101 --> 01:12:15,263 went to Gaza to join in these efforts, sending back e-mails to her parents. 1234 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 998 01:12:15,454 --> 01:12:19,213 "I have been in Palestine for two weeks and one hour now, 1235 99:59:59,999 --> 99:59:59,999 999 01:12:19,502 --> 01:12:23,244 and I still have very few words to describe what I see. 1236 00:00:04,110 --> 00:00:06,556 1 00:00:00,502 --> 00:00:05,173 The greatest enemy of knowledge in not ignorance . . 1237 00:00:06,556 --> 00:00:08,817 2 00:00:05,173 --> 00:00:08,385 The greatest enemy of knowledge in not ignorance it is the illusion of knowledge. . 1238 00:00:08,817 --> 00:00:10,551 3 00:00:08,385 --> 00:00:09,836 The greatest enemy of knowledge in not ignorance it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking