Palfest 2009: al-Khalil / Hebron

Duration: 6 minutes and 29 seconds

Country: Palestine

Language: English

License: CC - Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives

Genre: Documentary

Producer: Omar Robert Hamilton

Director: Omar Robert Hamilton

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Posted by: palfest on May 29, 2009

Though its impossible to show to extent of what's happening in al-Khalil / Hebron in a short video - it is a city that is vital to undestanding the occupation. We follow the PalFest group on a tour of the old city.

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In Hebron, in the old city, we have around 400 settlers
But, they are protected and supported by around 1500 soldiers
Each settler has at least four or five soldiers to protect and support him
And unfortunately settlers themselves are armed people, they are civilians with weapons
We are in the only entrance into the old city
All the other entrances, and there were very many, have been closed
And this is the only entrance into Hebron Old City now
And here, it's not a free entrance, as you can see, you have to pass through these iron gates
They are going to check for the camera
You have to put the camera here
You can put it here. When we exit you can take it back
Ok...
the commander says we have to move from here, very fast, this is a checkpoint here
It's a command area so we are not able to stay here
You can hear the call to prayer at Abraham's mosque, which is behind this Judaic gift centre
Which is playing Zionist music, sometimes at a slow pace,
and sometimes at an ear cancer techno pace
They don't even turn it off for the call to prayer
...Hebron songs, ah so these are like historic Hebron songs right?
So these are all historic songs from Hebron, is that the idea?
They are songs about Hebron
So these are all Israeli singers?
Yes
So no Arab singers, no?
No no
Some of it is voluntary closure
because, of course, there is nobody buying anything because people can't come here
because of the closures
and some of it is actually closure by order of the military
and in that case you find that the doors are welded
"Be prepared for revenge"
Be prepared for what, sorry?
"Be prepared for revenge"
See how calm she is through it all
This is Aya
We walk very fast here, we can't stay like this,
because every time they throw stones, dirty water [excrement] from here
you can see the rubbish even here
To the right here nobody allowed to come and rent out this house
It's a military zone
That means no Palestinian is allowed to renovate or inhabit this house
The idea is to expand this settlement to be here
One of the Israeli occupied area is there
And another settlement is there, that white building there
you see the Israeli flag and the settlement, the white one
part of al Shohada street is here,
shops left and right and nobody allowed to open here by military order
Just only settlers and army guards can use this area
And we are here, if we want to cross to the other side, it would take two minutes
If we want to do it right now we have to travel about 12 kilometers to circle around
12 Kilometres?
Sorry - to get here?
To get here. On the other side.
How have you found the week?
I found it enormously shocking in one way of course
At the same time also encouraging
Because I see that the resistance among the Palestinians is so strong
is so profound
so there is a big hope
One can say that the Israelis have maybe taken everything,
the land and everything
But they haven't taken the dreams from the Palestinians
And as long as the Palestinans have their dreams
they also have their fate in their own hands
So
if I live a long life enough, i guess that
with no doubt in my heart and in my mind
the Palestinians shall be free
Thank you very much
Thank you

Palfest 2009: al-Khalil / Hebron

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