http://news.linktv.org Link TV News Videos (Filtered by topics: Bil'in) en-us Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:49:00 -0800 Copyright 2011 Link Media, Inc. http://news.linktv.org/videos/us-immigration-blocks-palestinian-oscar-nominee-at-lax?start=0 Even Oscar nominees find it difficult to make it through US immigration these days. Documentary filmmaker Emad Burnat and his eight-year-old son were stopped at Los Angeles International Airport. "They want to send me back home," said the filmmaker. "So it's very important for me to be here to attend the Oscar because it's a historic day for Palestine to be here and to talk about the film." The agents told him he didn't have the proper proof that he was nominated, so he had to call on a showbiz friend to help out, in the form of "Fahrenheit 9/11 director, Michael Moore. "So I think the homeland security person was trying to process that. 'Okay you're a farmer, you're Palestinian, and you are an Oscar nominee. Right, and I'm nominated for the Nobel Prize,' you know." "Five Broken Cameras" is the first Palestinian documentary ever nominated for an Oscar, and has already won awards at the Sundance Film Festival and the Cinema Eye Honors. The film takes place in the occupied West Bank, where his cameras keep getting destroyed by violence. <br /> Thu, 21 Feb 2013 16:49:00 -0800 http://news.linktv.org/videos/us-immigration-blocks-palestinian-oscar-nominee-at-lax Emad Burnat, Bil'in, Los Angeles International Airport, Academy Award, 85th Academy Awards, Separation barrier, West Bank, Israeli–Palestinian conflict, Israeli settlement, Documentary film Even Oscar nominees find it difficult to make it through US immigration these days. Documentary filmmaker Emad Burnat and his eight-year-old son were stopped at Los Angeles International Airport. "They want to send me back home," said the filmmaker. "So it's very important for me to be here to attend the Oscar because it's a historic day for Palestine to be here and to talk about the film." The agents told him he didn't have the proper proof that he was nominated, so he had to call on a showbiz friend to help out, in the form of "Fahrenheit 9/11 director, Michael Moore. "So I think the homeland security person was trying to process that. 'Okay you're a farmer, you're Palestinian, and you are an Oscar nominee. Right, and I'm nominated for the Nobel Prize,' you know." "Five Broken Cameras" is the first Palestinian documentary ever nominated for an Oscar, and has already won awards at the Sundance Film Festival and the Cinema Eye Honors. The film takes place in the occupied West Bank, where his cameras keep getting destroyed by violence. http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-8-2012?start=2850 Bradley Manning appears at a pretrial hearing in a military court ahead of his September trial, as a new book documents his trajectory from a difficult childhood to his current predicament. And more from the Democracy Now! interview with the filmmakers behind "Five Broken Cameras," a new documentary that tells the story of a West Bank village's resistance to the Israeli separation barrier. Plus headlines, and more.<br /> Fri, 08 Jun 2012 12:05:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-8-2012 Bradley Manning, WikiLeaks, Whistleblower, United States v. Bradley Manning, United States, Court-martial, Trial, Military justice, 2012 al-Qubair massacre, Bil'in The new documentary film, "Five Broken Cameras," tells the story of Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who got his first video camera to film his son growing up, but he went on to document the residents of his village Bil'in resisting the Israeli separation wall. Over the course of the film, one camera after another is smashed or shot as Burnat films his village's resistance movement. Focused largely on the experience of Burnat and his family, the film explores the intersection of their life with Palestinian and Israeli politics. Emad Burnat and the film's co-director, Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi, join us for part two of our look at the film. Click here to watch part one of the interview. On Thursday, we first told you about a new film that tells the story of a Palestinian farmer, his wife and four small children in the West Bank village of Bil'in. Emad Burnat got a video camera in 2005 when his youngest son, Gibreel, was born. At the same time, the Israeli army began building a separation wall between Bil'in and a nearby Israeli settlement, cutting off residents from the olive tree groves that were their livelihood. Burnat turned his camera on his fellow villagers as they responded with nonviolent protests, including marches to the wall every Friday. The result is 5 Broken Cameras, a prize-winning documentary by Burnat and his Israeli co-director, Guy Davidi. Today, they join us for part two of our look at the film. But first, this is a clip narrated by Emad Burnat. An 11-year-old boy is killed in Nil'in. Snipers shot him near his home. Immediately after the funeral, a 17-year-old boy is also killed. Clinging to nonviolent ideals isn't easy when death is all around. Emad Burnat, narrating an excerpt from his new film called 5 Broken Cameras. Focused largely on the experience of Emad Burnat and his family, the film explores the intersection of their life with Palestinian and Israeli politics. When I film, I feel like the camera protects me. But it's an illusion. I film my brother Khaled's arrest. My mother and father try to stop the jeep. I keep thinking, "What should I do?" I have to believe that capturing these images will have some meaning. An excerpt from the documentary 5 Broken Cameras. During the course of the film, one camera after another is smashed or shot, as Emad Burnat films his village's resistance movement, by Israeli soldiers or settlers. With each camera, a part of his story unfolds. Well, Emad Burnat is here in the United States for the opening of his film, from Bil'in in the West Bank, along with his partner on the film and co-director, Israeli filmmaker Guy Davidi. 5 Broken Cameras is winning awards around the world, is in theaters now. It's playing here in New York at the Film Forum through June 12th, which will host a Q & A with the filmmakers after tonight's 6:30 screening. We welcome you both to Democracy Now! There's so much to talk about in this film, which is why we brought you back. Emad, that last clip that we just played, you are filming your brother being arrested, your parents throwing themselves at the truck and pleading with the Israeli soldiers, yet you are just behind this camera. Yeah, I was filming at the same moment, and I saw my brother get arrested, and I saw my mother and my father trying to block the jeep and to stop to take out my brother from the jeep. But I said, I cannot do nothing, just to keep filming, because to keep filming is—the camera is a very important witness. And I thought that maybe I can help him with this footage, to protect him or to protect my family or to use the footage in the court. And at times like that, when no matter what's going around, happening around you, you're fixated on that camera, the sense that you have of your role there at that point? Yeah, I think I was always connected to the camera. The camera became my friend. So I thought that I have to keep filming, even when my brother arrest or my friend arrest or—so, it's very important. And yet, you started by filming—you got this camera to film your youngest son being born and growing up. Yeah, I got the camera at the same time when the struggle started in my village. So I thought that I have to film the resistance in my village and to be part in this with my camera, and to film my family and my son growing up and watching what's going on outside. Well, at one point in the film, Israeli police come to your house at night. Your sons answer the door with you. Let's go to that clip. Open up! Now it's my turn. I take the camera to protect myself. I ask you to stop filming. I can film in my own house. Show me your ID. Get my ID. What's the matter? This is a Closed Military Zone. "The military has declared this area a Closed Military Zone. Anyone found in a Closed Military Zone must evacuate the area at once. No one can enter or remain on the premises." You are now in violation of that order. I ask you to stop filming. I am a journalist. I can film. This is a Closed Military Zone. Stop filming. Put down the camera. I am a journalist, and I'm in my own home. Put down the camera. That is an order. Turn the lens to the wall. Give it to your son. He can put it down. Emad, the police interrogated you, accused you of throwing rocks, and arrested you. They put you under house arrest. Talk about this and about how the soldiers reacted to you. Yeah, the soldiers, they were always trying to stop me, by shoot my camera or shoot me. And I've been arrested twice. They came to my house, and they arrested me. And they told me—so I was filming in the same time to protect myself, because I thought—I felt that the camera protecting me. And yeah, I was arrested, because they want me to stop filming. And I was in house, arrested outside my house, outside the village. They want me to be outside and far from the village. So, they use many ways to— So, how long were you held when you were imprisoned? I was in prison for about 20 days in bad conditions. And I was outside the house, outside the village. You were deported. Yeah, I was deported outside the village for 45 days. It's not only the political situation that was a lot of pressure; inside your house there was pressure. Your camera is always on, whether you're filming the family or demonstrations against the separation wall. I want to ask you about your wife's reaction to all that was happening. This is a clip from near the end of 5 Broken Cameras. What did they say? They said they were going to arrest me again tonight. What will you do? What can I do? See what's happening to us because of your filming! Now they're taking you. You never know what they're up to. If they take you, what will we do, the kids and I? You saw what they did to you before. But you never learn! I've told you to stop a thousand times! Stay home with your kids and find something else to do! Why didn't you? Why, Emad? If they come, what will we do? What will I do? And the kids? It happened once, twice. I can't take it a third time. Stop! Enough with the filming! I am so tired. Stop with the filming! Your wife, Emad. Yet, you didn't, and you filmed through these years, from when your baby was zero to right through to when he was five years old. We watch him grow up, and we watch this movement against the separation wall and the occupation grow up, including the killing of people you know. Yeah, actually, in the beginning, I started filming, and it was normal, and everything was OK. But when my first camera was broken and I was injured few times, so my wife started to be worried about me. So I've been to jail, and I was far from the house, from the kids. And they were suffering without me, far. And she just—when I came, she want me just to be safe and to stop filming. Guy? Yeah, Guy Davidi, I wanted to ask you—this whole concept of this Closed Military Zone, where people are not even allowed to film inside their own homes, is this generally known in the rest of Israeli society that these kinds of conditions are prevalent on the West Bank? You know, it's not because that I'm an Israeli that I can access to why people decide to do this decision, you know? This is a—this is reality when the relations between people are completely influenced by violence and by fear and paranoia. This is part of what Palestinians experience that's coming from our paranoia, from Jewish cultural traumas and the sense of being the ultimate victims. Well, we're going to leave it there. The film is called 5 Broken Cameras, and it's beginning to air around the United States and around the world. I want to thank Guy Davidi and Emad Burnat for joining us. http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-7-2012?start=0 NYC groups call on the US Justice Department to investigate the NYPD’s "stop-and-frisk" policies. American Muslims file a class action suit over police surveillance. Plus the award-winning documentary "Five Broken Cameras," headlines, and more. Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:43:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-7-2012 NYPD, New York City stop-and-frisk program, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, US Department of Justice, African American, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Bil'in, Syria, United States Dozens of New York lawmakers and several advocacy groups are convening on Capitol Hill today to call on the Justice Department to investigate the NYPD’s controversial "stop-and-frisk" policies. Eight American Muslims from New Jersey have filed a federal lawsuit calling on the NYPD to stop its intelligence-gathering program that targets Muslim and Arab communities. And we discuss the award-winning new documentary, "Five Broken Cameras," which tells the story of a Palestinian farmer who got a video camera to record his son’s childhood, but ended up documenting the growth of the resistance movement to the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil’in. Plus headlines, and more. http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-7-2012?start=2830 Dozens of New York lawmakers and several advocacy groups are convening on Capitol Hill today to call on the Justice Department to investigate the NYPD's controversial "stop-and-frisk" policies. Eight American Muslims from New Jersey have filed a federal lawsuit calling on the NYPD to stop its intelligence-gathering program that targets Muslim and Arab communities. And we discuss the award-winning new documentary, "Five Broken Cameras," which tells the story of a Palestinian farmer who got a video camera to record his son's childhood, but ended up documenting the growth of the resistance movement to the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil'in. Plus headlines, and more. Thu, 07 Jun 2012 10:43:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/democracy-now-june-7-2012 NYPD, New York City stop-and-frisk program, New York City, Michael Bloomberg, US Department of Justice, African American, Hispanic and Latino Americans, Bil'in, Syria, United States The award-winning new documentary, "Five Broken Cameras," tells the story of a Palestinian farmer who got a video camera to record his son's childhood, but ended up documenting the growth of the resistance movement to the Israeli separation wall in the West Bank village of Bil'in. The film shows the non-violent tactics used by residents of Bil'in as they join with international and Israeli activists to protest the wall's construction and confront Israeli soldiers. We speak with the film's directors Emad Burnat, a Palestinian, and Guy Davidi, an Israeli. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-071811?start=303 <p>Deadly clashes erupt between pro- and anti-Syrian regime residents in Homs, Moscow refuses to recognize Libyan Transitional Council, rights group highlights "alarming rate" of Palestinian children jailed for throwing stones, and more.</p> Mon, 18 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-071811 Israel, Protest, Gaza, Tunisia, Libya, Yemen, Syria, Palestinians, Syrian Civil War, Tunisian revolution Presenter, Male #1 Three Palestinian children were severely injured after Jewish settlers beat them on the road leading to the village of Mukhmas, south of Ramallah. Israeli occupation forces also held dozens of children between the ages of 14 and 15 in the Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood of occupied Jerusalem, before transferring them to an investigation center under the pretext that the children attacked a settler's car. In a related development, a report issued by the Israeli rights group B'Tselem revealed that Israeli occupation forces arrested nearly 800 underage Palestinians in the last six years. They were tried in military courts in the West Bank and charged with stone-throwing. Only one of these children was acquitted. The rest were convicted, including 34 children who are not even 12 years of age. Our correspondent Sharin Abu Aqla reports from Bil'in. Reporter, Female #1 Mahmoud finally regained his freedom and returned to his village of Bil'in. He was taken away from here and put in the occupation's prison for five months. A sentence that might not seem long for some, but he remembers it as a cruel experience. Sixteen-year-old Mahmoud became a released prisoner, tried, convicted and imprisoned for throwing stones at occupation forces. Guest, Male #2 They tied us up and put us under the rain so we can wait for the patrol to take us. We were taken at around six o'clock in the evening. Before that, patrols and soldiers would come up to hit us on our feet, asking us why we throw stones. We told them the handcuffs were too tight. He said, "You want to throw stones? Then you have to endure what's going to happen to you." Reporter, Female #1 In prison, Mahmoud tasted the bitterness of solitary confinement and was not allowed any visits from his family for three months. His case is not exceptional and is part of Israeli policy, in which arresting Palestinian minors is a common practice that affects anyone with a stone in their hand. A report from the Israeli rights group B'Tselem documented the arrest of more than 830 underage Palestinians in the West Bank, excluding Jerusalem, in the last six years. In 94% of these cases, the children were imprisoned for up to 20 months. Only one child was acquitted. Guest, Male #3 (Avichai Adraee, Israeli Army Spokesman) The important thing is that Israel does not arrest these children for doing nothing. Subversive organizations are intensively using minors and children to carry out blatant vandalism. Reporter, Female #1 Children in Israeli courts are not subject to Israeli law, or international law. They are arrested at night and are deprived of many rights, such as the right to consult a lawyer and the right to have one of their parents present during the investigation. Guest, Male #4 (Karim Jibran, official in B'Tselem organization) The children between the ages of 12 and 17 are tried in military courts and they are dealt with as if they were adults. They are given strong sentences, in many cases and they are denied visitation from their family. Violence is also used against them during their arrest. Reporter, Female #1 The report shows that prison is the first option the occupation resorts to, instead of the last. They were only children provoked by injustice. They found themselves facing allegations, trials, and military judges. So, instead of reducing these children's anger, Israel might not realize that it is planting seeds in the future generation and that its acts are turning it into a generation that resists and rejects the occupation. Shirin Abu Aqla, al-Jazeera, from the village of Bil'in west of Ramallah. http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-062811-world-news-from-the-middle-east?start=991 Sudan's Bashir defies ICC arrest warrant with visit to China, Russia warns Syria against descending into a Libya-style war, Moroccans react to the king's proposed constitutional reforms, and more.<br /> Tue, 28 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700 http://news.linktv.org/videos/mosaic-news-062811-world-news-from-the-middle-east Israel, Protest, Palestinians, Syria, International Criminal Court, Israeli-occupied territories, Saudi Arabia, Yemen, Libya, Omar al-Bashir Palestinians say the popular resistance has paid off. The Israeli occupation army began dismantling a section of the separation wall that tore down the village of Bil'in and deprived its residents, most of whom are farmers, of cultivating their land. But the dismantling of the wall comes seven years after the International court of Justice came out against it in an advisory opinion, and four years after the Israeli high court ordered that the path of the wall must be altered. Bil'in lost half of its land to the separation wall, where years of weekly protests frequently turn into violent clashes between villagers and Israeli troops. In a recent clash, a woman protester, Jawaher Abu Rahmah, was killed after inhaling tear gas. Her brother, Bassem Abu Rahmah, also died in April 2009 after being hit on the head by a tear gas canister.