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Documenting life and struggle from within: Bil’in photographer publishes first book
Seeing his cousin being shot and killed by soldiers while protesting non-violently drove Hamde Abu-Rahma to photojournalism. Four years later his first book, ‘Roots Run Deep’, documenting life in Bil’in and occupied Palestine, has been published. The picture outside his window still looks grim but Abu-Rahma insists on smiling. Hamde Abu-Rahma, 26, is probably the most…
By
Haggai Matar
September 6, 2013
Netanyahu makes consolation call to maker of ‘5 Broken Cameras’
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Ami Kaufman
February 25, 2013
‘5 Broken Cameras’ director: There is no room for guilt – only taking responsibility
NEW YORK — Before Guy Davidi co-directed and produced 5 Broken Cameras, he was involved in Indymedia and an experienced filmmaker. He was also associated with Anarchists Against the Wall, Israeli anti-occupation activists. This is how he came to know the West Bank village of Bil’in, home of the film’s co-director, Emad Burnat. “I lived…
By
Lisa Goldman
February 24, 2013
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WATCH: IDF reservists call for charging makers of ‘5 Broken Cameras’ with incitement
And, the Oscar for weirdest item of the day goes to… the group of soldiers who call for charging the makers of ‘5 Broken Cameras’ with incitement! The Israeli website Mako reports that the group, known as “Consensus – Guardian of the IDF Spirit,” has posted the following Youtube clip as part of a campaign…
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Ami Kaufman
February 24, 2013
Occupation goes to the Oscars – but films carry very different messages
Both Oscar-nominated documentaries from this region are important documents of Israeli occupation and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in their own right. But if ‘The Gatekeepers’ wins, it will whitewash occupation by presenting Israeli guilt in a redeeming light. If ‘Five Broken Cameras’ wins, it will go beyond the message that what Israel is doing is wrong and…
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Mairav Zonszein
February 24, 2013
Can Palestinian non-violent resistance make it into Israel’s education system?
By the time the documentary Five Broken Cameras came out in November 2011, the Palestinian village of Bil’in in the occupied West Bank had already become the symbol of Palestinian non-violent resistance to Israeli occupation, Israeli settlements and the separation wall/barrier. It had already celebrated six long years of weekly Friday demonstrations led by the residents,…
By
Mairav Zonszein
January 3, 2013
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