Transcript Thank God It's Friday

00:00:00:00 -01:00:56:15: Intro ( The mayor of Nabi Saleh comes home and puts on the television)

Written down : 00:07 Nabi Saleh Occupied Palestinian Territories

Written down : 00:38 Directed by Jan Beddegenoodts

Written down : 00:43 Creative producer Niel Iwens

Ediz tiyansan ( Jerusalem Correspondent )

01:00:56:15 01:01:00:13

We are located in the Palestinian village of Nabi Saleh.

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And today roughly 100 villagers have gathered to watch the documentary called: Thank God It’s Friday

Ruth Michaelson ( West Bank Correspondent )

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Located not more then 50 Killometers away from Tel Aviv and located North-West of Ramallah.

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The village of Nabi Saleh is home to not more than 550 people.

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The settlement of Halamish, which you can see behind me, just those lights in the background...

01:01:27:19 01:01:29:20 was first constructed in 1976.

Emilie Baujard ( Middle East Correspondent )

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The Israeli peace organisation `Peace Now` has stated that the Halamish settlement,

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is built on 33 percent of private Palestinian land.

Ediz tiyansan ( Jerusalem Correspondent )


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In December 2009 the settlement has confiscated Nabi Saleh's water spring resource.

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The people have had it and decided to organise weekly non-violent protests.

Ruth Michaelson ( West Bank Correspondent )

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The UN Human Rights council published a report saying that:

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`All settlement activity in the Westbank is Illegal and that Israel must immediatly evacuate

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all of the 520000 settlers estimated to be living in the Westbank.`

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For the past two years, two filmmakers from Belgium have been chronicling the process

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of the protests in Nabi Saleh and the respons by the settlers in Halamish.

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Tonight they have returned to Nabi Saleh to screen the film for the villagers,

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and they will also show it to the settlers from Halamish.

Written down: 02:30 The entire settlement was invited to watch Thank God It's Friday

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:02:34:06 01:02:36:15 There is no popcorn Abigail?

Abigail Ben Nun

01:02:37:03 01:02:39:20 Do you want popcorn?

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:02:39:20 - 01:02:41:15 -No, I`m joking.

Tehiya Ditashiam

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We should prepare with pickels and food from the refrigerator...

Tehiya Ditashiam

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So, are you pushing enter, or shall I do it?

Tehiya Ditashiam

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No do it, `Just Do It`, like `Nike`...

Director Jan Beddegenoodts

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Here we go, so...

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Here is `Thank God It`s Friday`.

Shifra Album

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That's the way Shabbat is. We plug ourselves into Shabbat and we're not working then.

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When it's over and we go back to the regular week,

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we say ok, I rested, I have a lot of energy, I feel really good. And you can get through the week.

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When you start fading you say…

Jonathan Blass

01:03:40:18 01:03:43:00 -Soon it's gonna be Shabbat.

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'Thank God It's Friday', I think a Jew must have invented that.

Written down : 04:00 Thank God It's Friday

Written down : 04:15: Halamish " Neveh Tzuf"

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:04:21:09 01:04:25:15 Welcome to Neveh Tzuf,

the most beautiful Yishuv in Israel.

01:04:26:00 01:04:28:06 You're welcome, come!

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It's a religious place. We have about 215 religious families.

01:04:40:24 01:04:45:21 Neveh Tzuf was built in '76.

01:04:46:08 01:04:48:19 That's about 35 years.

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It's a very good place to live. I'm not trying to sell the place, because it's mine.

01:04:55:01 01:04:57:00 It's not for sale.

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We're trying to keep a good relationship between people here and people from outside.

01:05:04:00 01:05:06:23 We're not looking for problems.

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Live and let live, that is the idea.

01:05:13:08 01:05:15:09 Look, new houses!

01:05:16:20 01:05:19:09 There are about 12 buildings.

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Both people from the Yishuv and from outside bought houses here.

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People from here like it because they grew up here,

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people from outside think...

And they are right...

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It`s heaven and it's a good place to live.

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We like it very much. Everyone is very relaxed here.

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It's the air, the view, everything.

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We are like one big family and we like this family.

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Some have the idea that religious settlers are...

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-Aggressive and dangerous and don't smile.

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Well, we are human, normal... without 'antlers'

01:07:16:03 01:07:19:00 We're just people.

01:07:24:09 01:07:29:19 Even Israelis call us…

Marc Ditashiam

01:07:30:17 01:07:32:19 -...Extremists.

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Yes, extremists because we live in a settlement.

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They call Neveh Tzuf a 'settlement' as if we don't have the right to stay here.

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But that's not true, it's a part of Israel.

Children Playing “ Arab Versus Army in Nabi Saleh

01:08:00:10 01:08:01:08 Give me! Give me!

01:08:02:02 01:08:02:23 Put them down!

01:08:03:15 01:08:04:17 Faster!

01:08:09:11 01:08:10:06 Attack!

01:08:40:14 01:08:41:09 Beat him!

01:08:42:11 01:08:43:21 They took Samer!

01:08:47:03 01:08:48:01 Get out of here!

Nariman Tamimi

01:09:01:08 01:09:02:19 What?

01:09:04:14 01:09:06:09

What are you throwing stones at?

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:09:07:00 01:09:08:08 -At the army!

Nariman Tamimi

01:09:08:16 01:09:10:21 There is nothing there.

01:09:11:20 01:09:13:14 You shouldn't throw stones.

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:09:15:09 01:09:16:18

-But what if the army comes back?

Nariman Tamimi

01:09:17:13 01:09:18:24 Are you afraid of the army?

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:09:19:03 01:09:21:11

-No! They are cowards, we're not.

Nariman Tamimi

01:09:21:17 01:09:23:03 That's right.

01:09:23:15 01:09:24:22 What did the army do wrong?

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:09:25:03 01:09:27:14

-They took away daddy...

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And they took other people too. We want our land back but they don't want to give it to us.

Nariman Tamimi

01:09:35:19 01:09:37:23

-What should we do to get it back?

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:09:38:18 01:09:43:23

Until they give it back...

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...we will keep throwing rocks.

Nariman Tamimi

01:09:49:11 01:09:53:16

-So if we keep throwing rocks, they will give it back to us?

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:09:53:24 01:09:57:00

They have to give our land back first, then we will stop throwing rocks.

01:09:57:10 01:10:00:00

-So if they give our land back, will you then stop throwing?

01:10:00:03 01:10:01:16 Yes.

Children of Nabi Saleh climbing on the village tower

01:10:17:12 01:10:18:19 Give me your hand.

01:10:22:19 01:10:23:16 Move over!

Abigail Ben Nun

01:10:41:04 01:10:44:00 Where should I go?

01:10:45:11 01:10:50:07

I'm asking you, give me a place of which I can say: 'It's mine.'

01:10:53:11 01:10:55:19 Do you have any?

01:10:57:16 01:11:02:01

Shall I go back to Belgium and maybe it will happen again?

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After the Holocaust we returned to Belgium. We even joined our family in Cuba who was safed there.

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But back in Belgium my father said he couldn't take it anymore.

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And the moment Israel was a state, he said:

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'We're going home, to Israel. We're leaving everything here. We're going to make Aliyah.'

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When we arrived, I was 11 and a half, they bought a house in Ramat Gan.

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I said: 'This is not Aliyah! We have to go to a kibbutz, we have to do something.'

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But my father decided so that is what we did.

01:12:09:21 01:12:21:09

Afterwards, I wanted to do something more. So, I decided to build a settlement in Israel.

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To fulfill myself, to do something.

01:12:28:00 01:12:35:09

When I first saw Neveh Tzuf, it was nothing, just one police station.

01:12:37:18 01:12:40:05 I suddenly felt home.

Abu Hassam Tamimi

01:12:50:04 01:12:53:13

Around 350 years ago, the Tamimi's left Hebron,

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because of a conflict with another family.

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We came and inhabited areas around Nablus and areas around Ramallah.

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And then we went to an area called Deir Ghassan before we finally settled here.

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Halamish arose from the military camp in 1976.

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We had a long struggle with them because of that.

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My land was stolen in the year 2000 when the second Intifada started.

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My land is where you can see the amphitheatre.

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The barracks which include a swimming pool and the olive trees.

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They uprooted the olive trees and planted new ones.

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The Israeli army told the settlers that this land was theirs and that they can enter it whenever they want.

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In return they pulled out their weapons on us and forbade us from entering the land.

01:14:02:20 01:14:07:04 The struggle is still going on.

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They stole our land in broad daylight.

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They know that this is Palestinian land and that we farm it.

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But they come back with the power of their weapons and control the land.

Children from Nabi Saleh talking about the settlement

01:14:27:17 01:14:32:05

If we go in without a permit, they will start shooting at us.

01:14:32:15 01:14:41:16

No. If they are good kids and they forget how to shoot, we will play with them.

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But if they want to hurt us, we don't want to stay with them.

Abigail Ben Nun ( the girl ) Ely Moaz ( the boy)

01:15:00:02 01:15:02:11

Neveh Tzuf is...

01:15:03:04 01:15:05:18 It's the best place.

01:15:06:00 01:15:09:11

-I am definitely going to live here when I grow up.

01:15:12:07 01:15:23:02

Half of the people that live in this Yishuv, were born here.

01:15:23:06 01:15:30:15

-Both of us were born here. Everyone I know has lived here all their life.

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It's what we know and we like it.

01:15:35:18 01:15:38:07

It's our home.

01:15:39:17 01:15:42:00 -We are like a big family.

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A lot of my friends are jealous because they live in big cities and don't know their neighbours.

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So they would like to live in a small community.

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-Everybody here is friends with everybody.

Children from Nabi Saleh on the hill preparing to put tires on fire

01:15:59:20 01:16:01:13 Does someone have a lighter?

01:16:01:20 01:16:03:17

Abu Yassan went to get one at home.

01:16:14:06 01:16:17:11

I found a tear gas grenade but I hid it.

01:16:17:22 01:16:18:13 Where?

01:16:18:15 01:16:19:05 Hidden.

01:16:20:12 01:16:22:11 Where? -I'm not telling.

01:16:26:13 01:16:28:03 They are here with the tires!

Nariman Tamimi

01:16:35:21 01:16:41:06

My children witnessed how me and their father were arrested.

01:16:41:16 01:16:45:04

My 14 year old son Wa'd has charges against him. He's wanted by Israel,

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so he doesn't sleep at home.

01:16:47:04 01:16:49:20

How Wahed, Mohammed and myself were all injured,

01:16:49:23 01:16:51:17 Ahed was hit by the army

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and how Salam (which means peace) refuses his name because there is no peace in our land.

01:16:56:16 01:16:58:13

So he wants to be called Mohammed.

01:16:59:10 01:17:02:15

When my children see how my house is under threat of demolition...

01:17:02:24 01:17:04:19 We are sitting here,

01:17:05:11 01:17:07:04

but maybe next week, there won't be a house.

01:17:07:19 01:17:10:01

When all my children are under so much pressure,

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I can't tell them not to go down,

01:17:12:06 01:17:15:04

when they see an army jeep coming towards Nabi Saleh.

01:17:15:06 01:17:19:06

If I held them, they would escape.

01:17:19:14 01:17:25:04

Because they feel the need to take revenge. And tell them to leave!

01:17:27:01 01:17:29:00

I'm afraid, I'm a mother in the end.

01:17:29:04 01:17:32:22

A mother fears for her children, but I can't hold them.

01:17:33:06 01:17:35:14

I can't lock them inside the house.

01:17:36:00 01:17:38:19

I believe in the same thing as they do!

01:17:39:03 01:17:42:19

I want to yell at the soldiers:

`Get out of here, this is our land, not yours!’

Children from Nabi Saleh on the hill putting tires on fire

01:17:44:23 01:17:47:10

Where do you think the settlers come from?

01:17:47:21 01:17:51:15

-I think they are from Israel.

01:17:55:20 01:17:59:07

Who wants grass to make his tire burn faster? -I do!

01:18:05:18 01:18:07:23 Go get more grass!

01:18:08:09 01:18:09:16 -Me?

01:18:10:10 01:18:11:17 Is yours stuffed?

01:18:14:10 01:18:15:17 -Not this one!

01:18:21:09 01:18:23:13

This one will definitely reach the army.

01:18:25:19 01:18:27:12 -Put rocks under it.

01:18:27:16 01:18:29:09 No rocks at the sides.

01:18:29:15 01:18:31:08 -Ahmed's is already on fire!

01:18:35:11 01:18:37:04 Light it Abu Yazan!

01:18:40:12 01:18:42:05 -It's already fading.

01:18:43:15 01:18:45:14

**** your mother!

01:18:45:19 01:18:46:22 -Give me the lighter!

01:18:47:15 01:18:49:08 Did it already fall over?

01:18:51:13 01:18:53:06

-Wait a minute...

01:18:54:11 01:18:56:04 It's on fire!

01:19:01:19 01:19:03:12 Is it working Abu Yazan?

01:19:04:04 01:19:05:22

-Kick it! What are you waiting for?

01:19:06:13 01:19:08:06 No! No! Wait!

01:19:11:20 01:19:13:13 -Kick it. Kick it!

01:19:20:04 01:19:21:22

The fire went out. Oh no! It stopped.

01:19:28:18 01:19:30:11 Damn! It's all your fault!

01:19:30:23 01:19:32:16 -I don't care!

01:19:32:17 01:19:34:10 It's your fault!

01:19:34:20 01:19:35:22 -He kicked it.

01:19:36:22 01:19:38:15 He pulled away the rocks!

01:19:39:16 01:19:43:24

-I swear, I pulled them away so that you could kick it.

Israely army invades Nabi Saleh 19:43:24 - 01:20:09

Nariman Tamimi

01:20:09:10 01:20:12:00

Imagine those who were born in Halamish,

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seeing the same view that I see,

01:20:16:16 01:20:18:18 smelling the same air I breathe.

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He might think that this is his land,

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but he's been here only for 34 years,

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whereas we've been here for a million.

01:20:26:08 01:20:27:21

But I think...

01:20:28:03 01:20:29:01

Shit...

01:20:29:08 01:20:34:19

That is live amunition fired at us from probably the settlement.

01:20:35:08 01:20:38:05

I don't know, it might be hard to continue.

01:20:39:05 01:20:47:13

I think that if the inhabitants of Halamish freed their minds from the occupation...

01:20:48:14 01:20:50:06 there wouldn't be a problem.

01:20:50:08 01:20:52:07

The jeeps are here, can we get up now? It's hard to go on.

01:20:52:07 - 01:21:38:11 Israely army invades Nabi Saleh

A father from Nabi Saleh Discusses with the army

A father from Nabi Saleh

01:21:38:11 01:21:41:19

Why should I go inside? This is my house! Do I enter your house?

01:21:42:16 01:21:44:23

Are you firing soundbombs to scare the children?

01:21:47:13 01:21:49:04

Your mother's c***... You son of a *****.

01:22:01:24 01:22:04:20

Does it look like I am in your dad's house!

01:22:06:14 01:22:10:11

You are scaring the children by firing soundbombs.

01:22:10:23 01:22:13:00

There isn't anyone here throwing rocks at you.

01:22:21:01 01:22:24:08 Spit at him, spit at him!

Abigail Ben Nun

01:22:39:16 01:22:42:14

You know there weren't any birds before we came.

01:22:43:08 01:22:47:01

Only after we came, there were birds.

01:22:49:23 01:22:56:03

It's funny, it was so quiet and then suddenly...

I heard some birds.

01:23:04:10 01:23:08:14 I was here from the start.

The kids are like my children.

01:23:08:17 01:23:12:11

They were born here, this girl was born here.

01:23:14:11 01:23:22:11

It's like they're all my babies, my babies are all around. I feel like I'm the mother of the Ishuv.

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:23:39:19 01:23:43:22

We have a swimming pool. It's really something else.

01:23:47:18 01:23:51:00 Isn't it beautiful?

01:23:53:14 01:23:58:22

We have fruit trees over here. And you can see Israel.

01:23:59:10 01:24:00:23 Everything.

01:24:06:01 01:24:10:23

Nabi Saleh is also part of Israel.

01:24:12:09 01:24:13:08 It's the view.

Narimans family in their garden while the Israeli Army invades the village

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:24:17:13 01:24:19:10 The army is coming.

Nariman Tamimi

01:24:19:17 01:24:21:18

The youngsters are throwing stones near the entrance.

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:24:22:10 01:24:23:09 Where is the jeep?

Nariman Tamimi

01:24:23:16 01:24:26:19

I don't know but they are throwing stones near the entrance.

01:24:27:10 01:24:29:09

Do you see him Wa'd? Get back.

Nariman’s niece

01:24:31:13 01:24:33:07 Nariman, the army is there.

Nariman Tamimi

01:24:33:14 01:24:35:03

-Yes...

01:24:39:01 01:24:41:14

No Wa'd, no, they might start to fire at the house.

01:24:44:23 01:24:46:09 You stupid guy.

01:24:54:01 01:24:56:11

The gas that they are throwing is coming back to us.

01:25:04:15 01:25:06:07

Did you guys do anything on the hill?

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:25:06:11 01:25:07:22 -We went to pick figs.

01:25:08:00 01:25:10:13

I told Walid: 'Look there are soldiers!' I couldn't believe it.

Nariman Tamimi’s Nephew

01:25:10:16 01:25:15:07

-He told me that there were soldiers! I turned around and there they were.

01:25:15:17 01:25:16:20 I kept running after him.

Nariman Tamimi’s son

01:25:17:15 01:25:22:01

-They tried to catch me, but I managed to escape.

Nariman Tamimi’s Nephew

01:25:22:07 01:25:24:11

Like Tom and Jerry, we were running on the same spot.

01:25:24:22 01:25:27:17 -We didn't believe them.

01:25:27:24 01:25:30:12

They still thought we were joking when the soldiers came up at once.

Nariman Tamimi’s daughter

01:25:30:20 01:25:33:08

-When they go, we will go and collect figs.

Nariman Tamimi

01:25:33:14 01:25:36:00

Do you want to pick figs when they leave?

01:25:40:18 01:25:42:11 The entrance is on fire.

01:25:53:01 01:25:55:09 My house! My children!

Israeli Soldier

01:25:58:03 01:25:58:24 -Get in your house!

01:26:00:15 01:26:02:01 People are throwing stones.

01:26:06:02 01:26:07:13 Get in your home now!

Nariman Tamimi

01:26:08:22 01:26:10:10 Go! You, Go!

01:26:15:11 01:26:16:10 The army wants to hit us.

01:26:28:00 01:26:29:17 Children!

01:26:39:22 01:26:41:14 What can I do?

01:26:41:14 - 01:27:21:03

Evening in Nabi saleh followed by a night raid

Israeli Soldier

01:27:21:03 01:27:22:09

Are you the owner of this house?

Bilal Tamimi ( owner of the house )

01:27:22:12 01:27:24:04

-I am the owner of this house.

Israeli Soldier

01:27:24:07 01:27:24:24 Do you have children?

Bilal Tamimi ( owner of the house )

01:27:25:05 01:27:25:17 -Yes.

Israeli Soldier

01:27:25:20 01:27:26:20 How many?

01:27:27:21 01:27:31:21

Can we see? I want to see Osama and Muhammad.

Bilal Tamimi ( owner of the house )

01:27:32:09 01:27:34:01 -They are sleeping.

Israeli Soldier

01:27:34:04 01:27:35:21 Wake them up if you please.

01:27:39:01 01:27:41:02 Wake them up.

Bilal Tamimi ( owner of the house )

01:27:41:20 01:27:42:22 -Osama

01:27:44:10 01:27:46:02 Hamada.

Israeli Soldier

01:28:04:04 01:28:06:10 What is your name?

Bilal Tamimi’s son

01:28:06:16 01:28:07:20 -Osama.

Written down : 28:34: Friday

01:28:07:20 - 01:28:35:21 ( Sun Rise - Friday )

Mustafa’s Parents (Abdel Razzaq Tamimi Ikhlas Tamimi           )

(Abdel Razzaq Tamimi ( Mustafa’s Father )

01:28:35:21 01:28:42:23

Usually Mustafa used to wake up a little bit late on Fridays, around 11 or 12 o'clock.

01:28:43:04 01:28:46:24

He never got up early on Fridays. ( Insert of Mustafa Tamimi )

01:28:47:06 01:28:54:03

Yet on the day he martyred things went differently.

01:28:55:04 01:29:05:01

He got up very early at 8 a.m. instead of 12.

Mustafa’s Mother ( Ikhlas Tamimi )

01:29:11:18 01:29:19:04

`Mother,` he said `would you please iron a pair of trousers and a white shirt for me?`

(Abdel Razzaq Tamimi ( Mustafa’s Father )

01:29:23:17 01:29:26:12

He went to his room, put some perfume on,

01:29:27:14 01:29:32:24

then he got out looking like he was going to a wedding,

01:29:33:03 01:29:36:04

or more like a groom going to his own wedding.

The Protest in Nabi Saleh

01:29:36:04 - 01:31:15:12

While the tension rises in the village - people from the settlement are sharing their thoughts about the protests

Eden Ben Nun ( the girl ) Ely Moaz ( the boy)

01:31:15:12 01:31:18:24

While there is a protest going on right now, people do the same things every Friday.

01:31:19:00 01:31:20:02 -It's as usual.

01:31:20:03 01:31:25:06

They cook, prepare for Shabbat and take a shower.

01:31:26:09 01:31:33:00

-The first few times people came here on Fridays and looked.

01:31:33:03 01:31:35:22

They didn't understand what was going on.

01:31:36:04 01:31:38:22 -Now it's normal.

01:31:39:01 01:31:43:20

Every Friday at 2 o' clock we hear some noise coming from the village.

01:31:45:09 01:31:47:12 It`s a normal Friday.

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:31:54:15 01:31:56:24

We have 4 hours before Shabbat.

01:31:57:12 01:32:01:14

And now my husband Marc is preparing a meal, if not, we are going to die!

01:32:09:19 01:32:16:12

Now, every Friday there is...

01:32:16:14 01:32:18:17 Balagan (chaos).

01:32:18:20 01:32:24:04

People from the village throw stones...

01:32:24:22 01:32:28:19

And the army is waiting down, you see?

01:32:29:01 01:32:32:16

Just to keep them out of our range.

Abigail Ben Nun ( the girl ) Ely Moaz ( the boy)

01:32:43:04 01:32:46:19

The army is blocking them and pushing them towards the village.

01:33:03:18 01:33:05:21 It doesn't do anything.

01:33:05:23 01:33:13:07

You can see, they're trying to tell us something but we don't even...

01:33:13:09 01:33:15:03

-We don't pay attention.

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:33:15:07 01:33:18:13

They go down, they go up, down, up.

01:33:40:14 01:33:44:16

I don't know why they are doing this because everybody suffers from it.

01:33:44:22 01:33:48:10

Every Friday it's the same ritual.

01:33:50:19 01:33:53:05

I would like to understand why.

The house from Majd Tamimi’s family during the protest

Majd Tamimi’s mother

01:33:57:09 01:33:58:05 Close the curtains.

01:33:58:10 01:33:59:04 Look, Look!

01:34:09:11 01:34:11:04

Close the windows. Upstairs too!

01:34:11:09 01:34:13:00 Quick. Run upstairs.

Majd Tamimi’s brother

01:34:16:03 01:34:17:05 Close them quickly!

Majd Tamimi’

01:34:29:21 01:34:32:06 We are living in a big prison.

01:34:33:16 01:34:39:18

Ever since a tear gas canister hit me and I broke my leg,

01:34:40:07 01:34:46:14

I don't go to the protests anymore even if I could, because they can arrest me.

01:34:48:01 01:34:52:20 I can't run like I used to.

01:34:53:07 01:34:58:01 They destroyed my dream.

01:34:58:08 01:35:01:15

I used to play football and now I don't.

01:35:01:18 01:35:05:18

I was studying physical education in Al Quds University.

01:35:06:08 01:35:12:13

I was forced to switch majors, because I can't run and stuff.

01:35:12:13 01:35:13:08

I was forced to switch majors, because I can't run and stuff.

Shifra Album & Jonathan Blass ( The Rabi )

Shifra Album

01:35:14:05 01:35:17:06

I would just like to say, you can't believe everything that you hear.

01:35:17:16 01:35:20:11

You have to ask questions. Prove it to me.

01:35:20:12 01:35:27:01

Why don't I say: 'Nabi Saleh really belongs to us and they took it unfairly.'

01:35:27:09 01:35:32:03

I can also make a case. But if you don't ask to see a document and you don't read Arabic,

01:35:32:07 01:35:36:09

you tend to believe that whatever they say is true.

01:35:36:14 01:35:38:07 You can fall into that trap.

01:35:38:10 01:35:46:10

If somebody says it with enough pathos and heartbreaking emotion, then you will hear them say:

01:35:46:18 01:35:49:01

'I've been victimized, they're doing it to me.'

01:35:49:05 01:35:54:04

You can fall into that trap if you're a nice person and you tend to believe people.

01:35:54:09 01:35:58:21

If somebody tells you a touching story, you're not going to say: 'Prove it to me.'

01:35:59:00 01:36:02:16

We know this is what's happening in Judea and Samaria.

01:36:02:19 01:36:10:03

Our story is: this is Jewish land that we were kicked out by the Romans 2000 years ago.

01:36:10:09 01:36:16:10

Things have come and gone but we know this is our land and it has been occupied by many nations.

01:36:16:17 01:36:19:23

We finally came back, saw people that had made themselves comfortable and said:

01:36:20:00 01:36:23:16

'Ok, you are who you are, we're not going to chase you out of your home.

01:36:23:19 01:36:25:09

We're not going to knock your house down.

01:36:25:16 01:36:28

But isn't there enough room for us to come back?'

01:36:28 - 01:37:29:02

Protest in Nabi saleh Continue and a soundbomb explodes at Majd Tamimi’s house

Eden Ben Nun ( the girl ) Ely Moaz ( the boy)

01:37:29:02 01:37:32:14

I don't think that what they're doing is the right thing.

01:37:33:22 01:37:37:15

They should come and talk to us and see what we have to say and what they have to say,

01:37:37:19 01:37:42:06

to get to some kind of agreement between both sides.

01:37:43:15 01:37:47:06

We don't want to live like this every Friday.

01:37:48:10 01:37:50:01

-We don't and I hope they don’t.

Majd Tamimi

01:37:54:06 01:38:01:21

Friday is a special day for the villagers.

01:38:03:15 01:38:14:01

It's as if there is a wedding or a funeral,

Ikhlas Tamimi (Mustafa Tamimi’s mother) describes how she ironed Mustafa’s shirt the day he died.

01:38:14:01 - 01:38:37:14

Ikhlas Tamimi (Mustafa Tamimi’s mother)

01:38:37:14 01:38:41:04

After his shower, he got dressed and had some perfume on,

01:38:41:12 01:38:45:09

then he came and sat over here and said that he wanted to eat.

01:38:46:13 01:38:50:14

I prepared him some food, but he only ate 2 or 3 mouthfuls.

01:38:51:02 01:38:54:11

He stood up, wiped off his hands,

01:38:54:15 01:38:57:13

put some more perfume on, then went and stood by the door.

01:38:57:23 01:39:01:13

'Peace, mother', he said. I replied: 'Goodbye'.

01:39:03:04 01:39:05:18 And that was it.

Reenactment of Mustafa’s Tamimi’s death

01:39:05:18 -01:41:24:14

Nariman Tamimi

01:39:47:01 01:39:49:12

I went down quickly, I was running and screaming.

01:39:49:13 01:39:52:07 I tried to approach him.

01:39:52:08 01:39:53:21

The army stopped me and said: 'It's forbidden.'

01:39:54:03 01:39:56:14

I told them: My brother! My brother! I want to see my brother!

01:40:06:14 01:40:09:03

The army refused to let me go to him.

01:40:09:06 01:40:12:07

I told them: 'I am filming for B`Tselem (Israeli human righs organisation), I have to film.'

01:40:12:12 01:40:14:10

I said that because I wanted to approach him for whatever reason.

Nariman Tamimi’s daughter

01:40:22:07 01:40:23:14 Mom!?

Nariman Tamimi

01:40:23:21 01:40:24:10 - Follow me.

01:40:28:03 01:40:32:01

Adel stood next to me and was screaming: 'Stop mama!'

01:40:32:13 01:40:37:21

Adel was afraid. She saw Mustafa lying on the ground and his eyes...

01:40:41:13 01:40:43:16 Go Away!!

01:40:45:06 01:40:48:18 Everything was confusing.

01:40:49:08 01:40:52:06

Like a child's game, you put things in a shaker.

01:40:52:11 01:40:56:12 Everything around me was like that.

I did not understand what was going on.

01:40:57:10 01:40:59:13 I want an ambulance!

01:41:00:18 01:41:02:21 I want an ambulance!

01:41:05:00 01:41:08:18

I want an ambulance for my brother!

01:41:11:11 01:41:13:15

Adel was screaming, Oula was screaming, I was screaming.

01:41:13:24 01:41:16:15

I wanted to go to Mustafa who was in front of me, on the ground.

01:41:17:03 01:41:20:16 Everyhting was horrible that day.

01:41:22:11 01:41:24:14 Ambulance!

01:41:24:14 - 01:42:28:23 Mustafa Tamimi's Funeral

Mustafa’s Parents (Abdel Razzaq Tamimi & Ikhlas Tamimi) (Abdel Razzaq Tamimi ( Mustafa’s Father )

01:42:28:23 01:42:32:22 What we lost for the sake of

the resistance is precious.

01:42:33:02 01:42:40:23

That's why we feel obliged to keep his memory alive.

01:42:41:22 01:42:48:08

And we will continue the resistance forever.

Abigail Ben Nun

01:42:49:19 01:42:55:21

When you protest and there is an army, I'm sorry, but it could happen.

01:42:56:20 01:43:01:24 If it's a wild situation.

01:43:02:06 01:43:05:16

I'm sorry for each and every one: Jew, Arab...

01:43:06:23 01:43:10:01

I don't want any killing. Not here, not there.

01:43:10:18 01:43:12:21 We don't want to kill.

01:43:14:05 01:43:17:08 But we live in a war.

01:43:18:24 01:43:25:02

Where there is war, there is an army. Where there is an army, there is killing.

Eden Ben Nun ( the girl ) Ely Moaz ( the boy)

01:43:26:10 01:43:33:08

I can give you a lot of names from people (of our Yishuv) that died because of them.

01:43:33:16 01:43:38:08

Because the Arabs threw stones and shot at them on their way home.

01:43:38:16 01:43:42:24

Those people didn't do anything wrong and they just...

01:43:43:09 01:43:48:18

-Mustafa Tamimi really was an accident and I think it's really unfortunate that he died.

Ikhlas Tamimi ( Mustafa Tamimi’s mother )

01:43:49:16 01:43:55:10

They consider it as an accident because to them our cause is insignificant.

01:43:55:22 01:44:02:09

They think that we are wasting our time and playing around rather than struggling and fighting for our homeland.

Abigail Ben Nun

01:44:03:19 01:44:06:20

There was no such...

01:44:09:08 01:44:10:24 folk as Palestinians.

01:44:11:24 01:44:15:24 This was Jordan,

01:44:16:08 01:44:17:24 not Palestine.

01:44:19:04 01:44:22:18

There isn't such a thing as the Palestinian folk.

01:44:22:18 - 01:44:39:14

Climx of the violence during the protest in Nabi saleh

Continuation of the violence during the protest in Nabi sales

01:44:39:14 01:44:42:08 It's a regular Friday.

01:44:42:17 01:44:48:20

Whatever is happening in the village is a routine. We just try to live our lives.

01:44:53:23 01:44:58:06

Nothing special. It's like this every Friday.

01:44:58:20 01:45:02:24

They are in the village with the army and people over here are in the pool.

Continuation of the violence during the protest in Nabi Saleh ended with close-portraits from Nabi Saleh’s inhabitants, the swimming pool and the screening in Nabi Saleh

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:47:32:11 01:47:36:07

There is no hope when you look at this film.

01:47:36:13 01:47:38:20 There is no hope.

Written down : 47:44: Nariman's brother - Rushdie Tamimi- was killed during a protest in Nabi Saleh one year after the death of Mustafa Tamimi.

Nariman Tamimi

01:48:00:21 01:48:03:02

I don't know what I could say...

01:48:04:03 01:48:06:08 They took my land.

01:48:07:06 01:48:10:21

They killed my brothers Mustafa and Rushdi.

01:48:11:00 01:48:14:07

And with all the sorrow that I have, which message can I send to them?

01:48:15:02 01:48:18:11

I don't know, I feel that I don't know what I could tell them.

Written down : 48:21: The people from Nabi Saleh are still protesting every Friday.

Tehiya Ditashiam

01:48:25:13 01:48:28:10

Do you want to get a life? Get a life!

01:48:29:05 01:48:31:07 Do you want to live? Live!

01:48:31:13 01:48:35:14

They can go to university, they can do many things with their life.

01:48:35:22 01:48:39:23

Why be violent and look for problems in your life?

01:48:40:10 01:48:43:22

To lose a leg, to lose a son, to lose a husband...

01:48:43:23 01:48:44:22 Why?

01:48:45:04 01:48:45:23 Why?

Written down : 48:48: The people from the Halamish settlement have plans to expand. Nariman Tamimi

01:48:53:16 01:49:01:02

You also have other groups on the Israeli side, the Israelis that are protesting with us.

01:49:01:14 01:49:05:13

It would be very nice to show this kind of Israeli people in the documentary.

01:49:05:17 01:49:12:09

It will help to show other opinions among the Israelis, opinions that the settlers don't even know.

Written down : 49:14: The Israeli Government has announced the building of thousands new housing units in the Occupied Palestinian Territories

Director Jan Beddegenoodts

01:49:21:14 01:49:24:13

For two years we have been working on this documentary...

01:49:24:17 01:49:28:13

Do you think our documentary can make a change?

Abigail Ben Nun

01:49:28:19 01:49:30:07 No.

Written down : 49:37: A documentary by Jan Beddegenoodts & Niel Iwens Written down : 49:45: Produced by Cameltown

Written down : 49:51: Co-produced by PillarBox a division of New Impact Written down : 50:00: Soundtrack produced by De Werf

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