ISRAEL’S ARAB WARRIORS: BBC Arabic
Oct 10 2016 1400 REVISED DUB SCRIPT in yellow
Jane Corbin Script
Astons/Subtitles in Blue
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Hanin |
PRE TITLE Soldiers |
COMM Ten times
more Israeli Arabs are joining Israel’s army than three years ago These
recruits are swearing on the Koran - pledging allegiance to Israel |
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Soldiers
swearing in |
I swear to
be loyal to the state of Israel, I swear, I
swear, I swear |
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Running
soldiers |
With a
Palestinian state nowhere in sight, they see integration into the Israeli
military as their future. |
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Wajdi sync |
Serving in
the army is a great platform to connect the Muslim community to the State. |
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Jenifer Iron Dome |
COMM But some
see these soldiers as traitors to a Palestinian cause who must suffer the consequences.
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Jenifer Sync
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He said if I see
you walking again in the town wearing army uniform I’m going to break your
legs. |
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Market shootings |
COMM There’s
been a wave of lone wolf attacks by Palestinians on Israelis. Yet some fellow
Arabs are joining the Israeli army. |
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Hanin Z Sync |
This small marginalized group that serves in the
Israeli army which serves Israel against its people knows they are crossing a
patriotic red line. …// |
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Hebron shooting |
COMM For some the
Israeli military is an army which can shoot a wounded Palestinian. |
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Falak
Shouting |
We won’t
join an army that is covered
with blood!... |
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Checkpoint |
It’s a
controversial choice, which can divide families and communities. We follow
the first Israeli Arab unit to serve on the occupied West Bank and the
recruits striving to become Israel’s Arab Warriors. |
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TITLE |
ISRAEL’S ARAB WARRIORS |
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MAHMOUD 1 NEGEV |
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Dawn/M praying Jane Corbin Reporter |
COMM It’s dawn
in the Negev desert - prayer time for Mahmud Kashua. He’s one
of a growing number of Israeli Arabs who have volunteered to serve in the
army of a Jewish state. |
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Mahmud Kashua IDF Recruit |
I consider
myself an Arab and a Muslim but I also consider myself part of this country.
I live in the state of Israel which represents us and protects us.…//It’s our
state, its gives us things and we have to give back, to help the state as
much as we can because it protects us and keeps us safe |
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Recruits in desert |
COMM These
young men, Muslims and Christians, are undergoing basic training with the Gadsar.
Its an all Arab unit of five hundred within the IDF, the Israeli Defence
Force. |
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On Range |
Mahmud and
the other recruits are learning to shoot live bullets on the range. |
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Mahmud sync |
Today was
the first time shooting. I never tried it before . At the beginning I was a
bit scared then I got used to it. |
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Officer in tent |
One, two
three, four…// |
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Officer up
sof…If there are less than four soldiers we don’t fight…. |
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Tent Seq |
COMM Some Arab
communities reject the idea of their young men joining the army. Society here is increasingly polarised - even before the latest wave
of violence nearly half the Jewish population thought Arab citizens should be
expelled from the country. |
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Officer/Mahmoud
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What about
you Kashua….why did you join the army? MK: To
protect my family and country and be the first army officer from our village
– we don’t have any. |
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Training v Daesh |
COMM Israel’s
traditional enemies are Hamas and other Islamist militants. But now
the army’s using the spectre of Daesh - the so-called Islamic State as a spur
to recruitment. Daesh…shoot!
While 43
people have been jailed in Israel for links to IS – that’s
far less than in many other countries.
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Mahmud Kashua IDF Recruit |
When these destroyers
come into the country they don’t care if you are an Arab, Jew or Christian
they just want to destroy it. |
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Recruits |
COMM The
recruits will spend months training together in the desert. |
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Mahmoud (by
target) |
We’re not
friends here we’re brothers….we live, eat, sleep together. Even more than
family, we are always together |
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Mahmoud walking |
COMM 20% of
Israel’s population is Arab but only about 1% of them serve in the army. Young men like
Mahmud are part of a drive to persuade more Israeli Arabs to enlist. |
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IDF
HISTORY Col Wagdi |
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Bedouin and Druze/Historical pictures |
COMM Some Arabs
and other minorities have fought in Israel’s wars since the state was founded
in 1948. The
Bedouin traditionally volunteer. The Druze are conscripted – they had their own
unit which fought in the wars in Lebanon. Colonel Sarhan
now heads the Israeli Defence Force recruitment drive - targeting hundreds
more Arabs, Christians and Muslims. |
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Col Wajdi Sarhan IDF Minorities
Unit |
Our mission
is to enlist as many as we can to serve in the IDF …// We
have a few hundred We want to double that in the next year. …/// We are
doing our utmost to integrate minorities into the army to maintain the status
quo demographically to strengthen the connection to the state. |
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GADSAR 1 WEST BANK CHECKPOINT |
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GVS West Bank area |
COMM The Gadsar
is the first Israeli Arab unit ever to
serve on the West Bank - home to 1.7 million fellow Arabs - Palestinians |
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Checkpoint/Cars |
This land
is occupied by Israel which retains full control over its settlements and key
roads. It’s a tense time – since October 39 Israelis and 229 Palestinians
have been killed in attacks on the West Bank and in Israel. Lt Ruhi
Dabas and his men control the checkpoints on the road near two Israeli settlements.
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Lt Ruhi
sync SUBTITLES |
Ruhi: We
have an intelligence report of two people coming here from Jenin to carry out
a terror attack This is the
mission – to protect the settlements in this region, Mevo Dotan and
Hermesh |
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Checkpoint |
COMM Mohamed
Ayeshi, is a Muslim soldier who has served with the Gadsar for three years |
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Sgt Mohamed
Ayashi IDF Gadsar Unit |
We look for
terrorists, it doesn’t’ matter if they are Arab, Muslims, Christians, Jews…//Of
course we let innocent people go |
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Drivers vox pops |
COMM The Palestinians
have mixed feelings about these Arab soldiers who enforce the Israeli
occupation. Upsof….Is
this an army hat? |
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VOX POP 1 |
He is doing
his job and believes in what he’s doing…Everyone is free to do what they want.
In the end they believe its their duty. In my opinion its wrong if an Arab
comes and searches you and treats you badly. |
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Ayeshi sync
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I treat
them like anyone else. The nice people, I treat them nicely. Bad I treat as
they should be treated. |
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VOX POP 2 |
We wish an Arab
soldier wouldn’t do this – we are all Arabs. I can’t
understand his position... the job he is doing…he’s an Arab and we consider
him a Palestinian and he is serving the army of occupation. I don’t know what
to make of it. |
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Lt Ruhi Dabas IDF Gadsar Unit |
We are here
to stop terrorists – we are not here to disrupt the daily life of ordinary
innocent Palestinians |
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Set up Zoabi |
COMM Hanin
Zoabi is an MP in the Knesset, the Israeli Parliament. But she identifies
herself as Palestinian and often clashes with the government. |
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Hanin Z sync 26’00” |
Should we serve in an army that besieges our people
in Gaza and occupies our people in the West Bank. A state which expelled my
people and built its state on the ruins - 678 cities and villages were
demolished by the state of Israel. There’s a conflict with a state that
defines its self as a Jewish state , a state that grants privilege to its Jewish citizens over its Palestinian
citizens. We just can’t accept the situation |
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ZAID 1 CHECKPOINT |
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Driving patrol Ruhi up to settlement SUBTITLES |
COMM A Gadsar
patrol is going up to check on security at the settlement of Hermesh. Lt Ruhi’s
well known here and there’s the usual banter. Hi
Eliad….how’s it going Tell me
next time when you are driving along the fence I always
like to surprise the guards I almost
cocked my weapon and fired on you! COMM The
settlers are jittery after a recent incident.
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Eliad at checkpoint |
In January
their security chief, Eliad Elimelech heard a commotion on the checkpoint
below Hermesh. He says a
Palestinian was running towards the Arab Israeli soldiers. |
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Eliad Elimelech Hermesh Security
Chief SUBTITLES |
He came
from this way he started to run I guess from what it seems he was shot around
here – the guys were standing right here. They tried to yell, he had all this
way to stop, they yelled him stop what are you doing, he didn’t do nothing,
they shot in the air he didn’t do anything so they had to shoot him. |
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STILLS ZAID Shot on ground |
COMM Elad took
pictures of the wounded Palestinian, Zaid al Ashkar. |
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Elad sync SUBTITLES |
He ran
towards them before yelled allah akbar, allah akbar, they shot him and when I
arrived here he was on the ground with the knife – still very close to him.
We kicked the knife away from him. |
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STILLS |
COMM After the Arab
Israeli soldiers shot Zaid they called in their medics |
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Hermesh |
COMM Hermesh was a part of a wave of Israeli
settlement expansion around the city of Jenin in the West Bank It grew from a small Army base to cover
115 acres. Nearly 70% of it is on private Palestinian land. The area was a flashpoint during the
Second Intifada - with hundreds of deaths of Palestinians and Israelis. |
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Eliad driving |
COMM Today a
new wave of attacks has increased suspicion of the Arab population inside
Israel. But the
settlers here say they trust the Arab soldiers who protect them. |
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Eliad sync SUBTITLES |
I have here
80 families not even one person felt nervous or scared while they were
here…// They do a great job….//maybe because they are Arab not Israeli
they’ve a little more devoted to the mission to the Israeli army. Maybe
because they are Arab they need to be much better in everything. |
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Eliad driving |
COMM Eliad has
increased his patrols since the incident at the checkpoint. |
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Eliad sync SUBTITLES |
If you see
the village, the far village this is Saida….this is where he lived….. This little
forest – maybe three days before he stabbed the soldiers he took a picture
from there looking at the settlement and wrote in Arabic I am going to be a
‘shaheed’ |
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Zaid Facebook pix ‘martyr in waiting’ |
COMM The
Israelis say Zaid’s Facebook page shows he wanted to be a martyr. They say
he intended to die killing Israelis - civilians or soldiers, Jews or Arabs. |
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Lt Ruhi
sync |
From their
point of view they don’t see a difference - we are all the same to them. When
they try to attack they don’t make a distinction between someone
who is from the minorities or anyone else. |
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ZAID 2 PRISON |
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Prison courtyard |
COMM The
Palestinian shot at the checkpoint is being held in the Israeli military
prison of Megiddo. Zaid’s due to appear before a judge today. His lawyer
updates Zaid’s father on his case….
Lawyer: My
argument is he was questioned when he was still in hospital..// ….so he
wasn;t fully conscious to give a proper statement. COMM While
recovering from surgery Zaid confessed to taking a kitchen knife and going to
the checkpoint to kill soldiers. His lawyer
hasn’t been able to talk to witnesses from the Israeli security services. |
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Zaid into court |
COMM Zaid’s brought into court – he’s recovered from his gunshot wound. He now says he was on the road near the
checkpoint with a knife because he was going to cut crops. Up sof….please stand up… |
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Zaid
actuality |
What happened to me is that I left my house and
was near my auntie’s home. I was
surprised by the checkpoint and the soldiers, and they shot me. Judge….I think that’s enough please stop
filming..... |
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Court |
COMM Zaid’s hearing today won’t last long The prosecution will hinge on the knife and the
alleged shouting of Allah Akbar. |
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Maher al Ashqar |
M: The soldiers of the Israeli occupation
authorities are always ready to make claims against every Palestinian. not
only my son. I completely reject this
narrative - totally reject it. |
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Families/guards |
COMM Palestinian families visit the prison every day
for the frequent court hearings. Negotiations with Israel to establish a
Palestinian state are all but dead. And some people believe the recent wave of attacks
on Israelis is motivated by frustration and despair. |
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Maher sync |
Those soldiers are the soldiers of the
occupation….//They fired just as any Zionist soldier would do. There’s no
difference between any Jew or Arab soldier in the Israeli army. |
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Q: What do you feel towards those soldiers who
serve in the Israeli army? I have feelings….but I can’t describe them. |
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Wire/ Zaid leaving |
COMM Two months later, Zaid pleads guilty to attacking the soldiers
and is sentenced to five years in prison. It’s not just on the West Bank the issue of Arabs in
the Israeli army is causing anger. |
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HANIN
ZOABI 1 Nazareth |
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Nazareth GVs |
COMM Nazareth
in northern Israel is home to 100,000 Israeli Arabs, mainly Muslim. The
Israeli government says Israeli Arabs are citizens with equal rights but they
often complain that they are second class citizens. Hanin
Zoabi, an MP here, accuses Israel of using bribery to get Arabs to join up. |
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Hanin Zoabi MK |
Israel is after people who are poor and have no work
– to serve in the army. 52- 54% of our Palestinian people in Israel are under
the poverty line. Only 10% of the Palestinian youth in Israel continue
their university study – you are talking about a whole new generation….and
the government’s policy of creating poverty obliges people to look for the
only solution they can. |
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NADDAF 1 Nazareth |
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Nazareth/Naddaf church |
COMM A bitter war of words has broken out Nazareth which
is also home to 10,000 Christian Arabs. Bell/chanting A Greek
Orthodox priest, Father Gabriel Naddaf has become a controversial figure.
He’s recruiting young Christians to the army. |
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If you live
in a country - eat drink and go to school here you should give something back
not just take – that’s selfish. |
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Naddaf Office Photos Netanyahu |
COMM Since
Father Naddaf started his recruiting drive a few years ago five times as many
Christian Arabs are joining up. |
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Father Gabriel
Naddaf Israeli
Christians Recruiting Forum |
This year we will reach 200 Christian soldier
hopefully, 90% off them will join combat units….//So that we can defend the Holy
Land we are living in. |
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Home/Camera |
COMM But the priest’s recruiting drive has made him
enemies. His home’s now protected by cctv – his life has been
threatened. |
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Coffee serving |
Up sof…When
are you going back to the army? Tuesday. COMM |
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With sons |
His younger brother has joined the Israeli police. They both know the risks. |
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I was
outside the building someone came up and started cursing me, I didn’t understand
why. Then he started calling me a traitor, it became physical - we had a fist
fight |
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Scholarships ceremony |
COMM Dozens of
young Christians who’ve completed their army training are receiving
scholarships worth £1,000 from Father Naddaf. |
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COMM He says
its comes from charitable donations – not the Israeli government. |
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Hatikva |
As long as
deep in the heart a Jewish soul yearns….. |
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Naddaf sync
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At the end
of each social or official event we sing the national anthem – the Hatikva Our
roots are in this country. We acknowledge the Jewish state. |
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Zoabi Protest |
….Freedom
to the detainees! COMM Many
Israeli Arabs identify not with Israel but the Palestinian cause. Hanin
Zoabi’s at a protest outside an Israeli hospital where a Palestinian from the
West Bank is on hunger strike He’s being
held under Israeli administrative detention – without being indicted or tried. |
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Hanin sync |
… there are
hundreds of Pal people in administrative detention. It’s political
persecution – part of the Israeli policy to criminalise the Palestinian
resistance. We are
fighting for equality and our rights….against Israeli racism and
colonialisation. Against the people who have the rights to this land. |
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COMM The
majority of Israeli Arabs and their leaders say they oppose joining the army. |
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Hanin Z sync |
This small marginalized group that serves in the
Israeli army which serves Israel against its people knows they are crossing a
patriotic red line. …// |
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Naddaf Sync
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…//We love our
country and help it though tough times because danger affects everyone….// If
terrorists come into the country I don’t think HZ is safe from Daesh. |
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Hanin sync |
Naddaf is a person rejected by Palestinian society,
even by some Christians. ..//Not only does he not represent anyone he is
being used, he is a tool in the hands of the Israeli authorities. |
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JENNIFER 1
IRON DOME |
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Jenifer patrol Iron Dome |
COMM The
recruitment of Christian Arabs is growing however…thanks to Father
Naddaf. Jenifer
Jozein, gave up her dream of becoming a doctor to join the Israeli airforce. |
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Jenifer
sync |
My duty is
to make sure people can sleep safe at night knowing we are here.. |
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Jenifer patrolling |
COMM Jennifer
is on the Iron Dome unit – the missile defence system that intercepts rockets
fired from Gaza by Islamist militants. |
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Jenifer Jozein IDF Iron Dome
Unit |
I grew a
citizen of Israel. I have to give back as much as it’s given me. |
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Jenifer going home |
COMM Jennifer’s
heading home for a weekend with her family.
It’s not
easy now to go back to her community. |
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Jenifer
Sync |
I was criticized a lot, they said I’m a traitor a collaborator,
and a Zionist. |
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Jenifer sync |
My society didn’t accept a Christian girl serving as
a fighter its very difficult , with my family as well they went through a
lot. My dad is still paying the price of me going into the army. |
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It began when my friends stopped being close to me –
they started slowly becoming more distant Actuality..’I missed you!’ |
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Jenifer at home with her dog |
When I went home wearing the uniform, I was walking
the dog with my family – someone drove by opened the window - called me a traitor
and spit on me. He said if I see you walking again in the town wearing army uniform I’m going
to break your legs. |
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I’m proud of my uniform. That’s why when I return
home with my head held high, I’m not scared of them. |
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Kitchen/mother |
COMM Jenifer’s parents support her ambition to become an
officer though they’ve been frozen out by their community. |
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Sync kitchen |
Mother: I so proud of you, and
the path you have chosen. We are behind you till the end, we don’t care what
people say You can see what’s happening to Christians, in
Syria, Lebanon, here we have a good life. Jenifer: I don’t care what people say, as long as you
support me. It’s enough that you are proud of me |
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I have chosen this path because I believe in it, I
didn’t sign up for just 2-3 year service I want to continue on this path and
improve my status in the army and nothing is going to stop me |
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Hanin Zoabi MP Aston repeat |
90% of the Arabs who serve in the Israeli army don't have equality
with Israelis, Israel does not need them to protect its security, it's
a political issue,..// first to divide and rule..// Israel doesn’t want to
treat us according to our national Identity but divide us into Bedouins,
country people, city people, Muslims,
Christians, Druze - any way to divide us. |
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UNIT
2/PALS YA’ABAD |
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Gadsar Base |
COMM On their
base in the West Bank near the Palestinian town of Yaabad the Gadsar unit is
going out on patrol When he’s
not on the checkpoint Mohammed Ayeshi is involved in searches for wanted
Palestinians. |
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Ayashi sync
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Sometimes
we go on very tough missions in the night when its cold, with heavy
equipment. We go to the Ya’bad area, to search and make arrests. We walk long distances. Sometimes
its hard because I am an Arab like them and they look down on me but in the
end I am doing my job and I have to do this….// Some people
walking by smile and ask us if we want water or any help. And others - from
the way they answer us you tell they can’t stand us – they look down on us
with contempt. |
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Ya’abad Olives |
COMM Seven settlers from the area have been
killed in the last two decades, along with at least five Palestinians from
Ya’bad. There’s
continuing friction between the army and local people over the land. And mass
arrests by the IDF and houses occupied by the army. |
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Mayor and
Owner |
People found a note hanging on the olive tree. An Israeli military order
on confiscating the land for military reasons. |
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Walking/Olives |
COMM The deputy
mayor of Ya’abad, Mohamed Abu Shamlieh is meeting a farmer. His land has been
seized by the Israeli army. |
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Mayor and
Farmer chat |
They didn’t
give the famers enough time to make an official complaint. There’s no
lawyer working on this? No. |
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Mohammad abu Shamlieh Deputy Mayor Ya’abad |
The Israeli’s claim its for security reasons,
according to them stones are thrown at settlers cars from this area. But now
you are here – can you see anyone throwing stones it’s a very quiet area. |
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Mohamed
sync |
These soldiers who are Arab or Druze and joined
the Israeli army for us they are like any Jew. We don’t respect them. Instead
they should have protected their land and their homeland. |
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Ya’abad
Town |
COMM It’s Friday prayers in Ya’abad – the town’s
filled with posters of local men jailed since the second intidada began. Many of the young men have served time inside for
‘resistence’ they say. |
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Alaa abu Bakr |
Every night there’s panic when the army comes
into town. They start throwing tear gas, shooting and arresting young men. |
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Alaa abu Bakr |
What can
the young men do that’s equal to the Israelis -nothing! Are they going to
resist with a stone? |
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Patrol |
COMM Lt Ruhi’s
mission is to stop the stoning of settlers cars on the road below the town. The IDF is
keen to increase the number of Arab soldiers because they understand the
language and culture. |
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Lt Ruhi sync |
The fact is
that we are from the minorities and we are more or less the same as them. Its
easier for us to connect..// The
language is something that really helps..//it’s a huge advantage. |
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Driving Patrol
coming down House/views
from hill Yehia with
family |
COMM in Yabad
however that’s not how the residents see it. The Gadsar
patrol is just leaving a local builder’s yard. It’s in a
strategic position at the top of the hill – overlooking the road where the
stoning goes on. Yehia abu
Shamlieh lives here with his family – he put in security cameras to protect
his business. But, as he
tells his cousin, Mohammed, the cctv has only brought him misery. |
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Yehia abu
Shamlieh |
Even though
I have cameras filming everything and they check all of them and can’t find
anything the harassment by the soldiers is indescribable. |
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There’s no
solution to this…you’ve seen how the army came just now…. |
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Do you want
to stay here with all this? I am
staying here until I die here….this is my land….my country. |
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COMM Yehia’s between
a rock and a hard place. This is no
life….I’m fed up with living like this. COMM The
Israeli army who control this area of the West Bank have told Yehia to put up
more cameras. The
Palestinian authorities have forbidden him to do so |
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Chat with
cctv |
When there
are soldiers everywhere…look…who would come into my shop Who would
come in to buy? |
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Office chat
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He asked me
to speak Arabic to him… What do you
feel about these Arab
soldiers? In the end
its up to them but the way the army come in here and treat us..they look down
on us. |
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Yehia window |
The army
should go where something is happening not where there are kids and its
peaceful. When they make my 70 year old mother, my wife and children cry is that
a great achievement for them? |
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MAHMUD 2 OATH/HOME |
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Flag ceremony |
COMM The new Gadsar recruits have returned from training in the
desert to the base near Ya’abad. Today Mahmud and his friends are ready to swear their oath of allegiance to Israel. |
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Soldiers swearing in |
I swear …///to
be loyal to the State for of Israel
and to the IDF… I swear, I
swear, I swear…. And for the
swearing in and distribution of guns and Korans, Commanders take your place. |
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89.
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Mahmud getting Koran and gun |
COMM Mahmud like all Muslim soldiers in the Israeli army swears his
oath on the Koran. |
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90.
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National Anthem plays |
He’s joining an army which is an integral part of the Jewish
state enforcing the Israeli occupation
of the West Bank. Singing… |
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91.
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Family watching |
Mahmud’s parents Jamil and Nariman are here to see him take
the oath and his fiancé Fatima too. They all supported his decision to risk
his life for Israel. |
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92.
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Celebrations |
It’s a day
of celebration for all the families here. |
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93.
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Parents talking with Mahmud |
My son – we are behind you – we have your back. We will follow you step by step….(kissing Koran) |
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94.
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Father sync
|
I’m proud
of him this is his choice and we back him. We are happy and he is happy. |
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95.
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Mahmud sync
|
Off course
my parents are proud of me because I have reached the stage of being a
soldier in the Israeli army. My fiancé parents are also proud – they don’t
have any problem with it. |
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96.
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Recruits leaving Travelling |
COMM Now
they’ve finished the first phase of training the recruits are going home for
a break. Mahmud’s
family live in northern Israel in an Arab town. |
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97.
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Mahmud sync |
I would
like to return home wearing the uniform but…// The situation
at home is not very stable. Some people don’t accept it. |
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98.
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Home
cooking seq |
COMM The
family’s preparing a barbecue in Mahmoud’s honour. He only
wears his uniform inside the family compound. |
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99.
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Mahmoud
sync |
A few guys
saw me wearing the uniform and told me that I’m a traitor. I told them that’s
my own business but I don’t care what others say…/// If I’m a traitor
then why is he living in this state. Go back and live with the Arabs. |
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100.
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Mother in kitchen |
M: How about seeing me in these clothes….? Mum: I love him so much in the uniform..// Inshallah -Mahmud
will fill his shoulder with stars. |
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101.
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Mahmud watching Football |
COMM Mahmud’s
dream was to become a professional footballer but he didn’t make the grade. His
parents were anxious about what would fill the void in his life, drugs or
even the Islamic State. |
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102.
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Father sync |
I worry
about him constantly. Who knows maybe he will take the way of extremism I used to
take him for his training, and accompany him to games, Then he got older he
started to pray and went to the mosque and started to return late..// when he
came home he was very distant, I noticed something - I can’t say what…He
didn’t tell me anything. I sat down with
him and said you used to play football, what about joining the army?..// |
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103.
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Shall I go
to university or the army? |
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104.
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|
If a parent doesn’t take good care of
his children maybe, in a week he could be in Syria, the West Bank or even
doing drugs… God forbid. |
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105.
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Mahmud and brother
|
COMM In contrast to many of his
friends,, Mahmud gets a good salary as a soldier. Unlike Jewish
recruits he can apply for a grant of land to set up home. |
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106.
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Jamil Kashua |
Guys who go
to the army they has a good position – lives comfortably. When he finishes
his army service they give him land to build a house. They support him
financially and his life moves forward. |
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107.
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BEDOUIN
TENT |
|
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108.
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Wagdi in
Tent |
Let’s go in
guys….. COMM Colonel Sarhan
who’s leading the drive for more Arab recruits is meeting Bedouin leaders and
their sons. He’s here
to tell them about the benefits of joining the army. |
|
109.
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Chat in
tent |
Wajdi….We
want to create a group…the goal is social, educational, bettering themselves.
Up sof: I
have a son – after High School if he’s good enough to study medicine can he
do it? Will the army pay for it? Wajdi: Yes of course – we have a special
programme…// |
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110.
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Tent |
COMM An army
background will give a young man security clearance for life. Vital
for jobs at a time when Israeli suspicion of the Arab community is high after
recent attacks |
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111.
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Col Sarhan sync
Aston repeat |
We manage
to get to some of these boys to speak and explain to It can be a
significant experience, make their lives better. They can be pioneers in
their community, their village. We say
serving in the army is a great platform to connect the Muslim community to
the state. |
|
112.
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IDF
SHOOTING ARCHIVE |
|
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113.
|
Hebron Incident Hebron March 2016 |
COMM But the scene
in Hebron, caught on camera in March has alienated the Muslim community and
tarnished the reputation of the Israeli army. A
Palestinian who stabbed two soldiers at a checkpoint was shot – he lay
wounded on the ground. He was
left there for several minutes while the injured soldiers were put into an
ambulance. Then another soldier arrived and shot him in the head. The army’s
condemned the killing and the soldier is being tried for murder. |
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114.
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REFUSE GROUP
SAKHNIN |
|
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115.
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Refuse Activists on bus Unpacking and Ironing uniforms Falah posing with uniform and taking pix – keffiyah |
COMM Six days
after the Hebron killing a group of young Israeli Arab activists are on their
way to Sakhnin for the annual Land Day protest. It
commemorates the killing of six Arabs by the Israeli army. They were
protesting again Israel’s seizure of land here forty years ago. The
group’s decided to dress up in Israeli army uniforms and add the kuffiyeh,
the Palestinian nationalist symbol – to make their point. Falak
Khader believes young Israeli Arabs must protect their Palestinian
identity. |
|
116.
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Falak Khader |
Since we
are the children of our national movement inside Israel we must be very
persistent in fighting against doing civil and military service. Because it’s
taking away part of our identity as Arabs here…// |
|
117.
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Jumana up
sof |
If you
stand there and wear your kuffiyah and hold this sign that says ‘warning!
they are trying to recruit you…’’’ It shows
they are trying to recruit round here… Maybe we
can write on her forehead ‘brainwashed’ |
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118.
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Activity T shirts ‘I am Palestinian’
|
COMM These
students call their group ‘Refuse’ - they’re fighting back against Israel’s
recruitment drive. Especially Father Naddaf’s campaign. |
|
119.
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Jumana sync
|
..//In the
context of the occupation they are trying to divide us …it started with the Druze
then Christians, then the Bedouins. Make sure
you don’t mention Naddaf…We want to talk about all the advocates of
recruitment whoever they are but don’t mention a specific name in case you
are accused of provocation. |
|
120.
|
Boy in
scarf |
Israel is
using our basic rights which we should be getting to blackmail us into public
service in order to get them… And we
should get them anyway just because we’re human. |
|
121.
|
Protest |
COMM Land Day is a pivotal event in the struggle over territory
and in the relationship of Arab citizens to the Israeli state. After the recent attacks and a security clamp down feelings are
running high |
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122.
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Falak and
Kids Shouting slogans |
We won’t
join an army that is covered
with blood!... |
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123.
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Hanin at Rally |
COMM Knesset
member Hanin Zoabi is here to address the rally. |
|
124.
|
Sync Hanin |
Our message
is… this army is the army of a country which is against us and kills our
people – in Jerusalem and in Gaza and in the West Bank. We are not going to
play a part in killing our people. |
|
125.
|
March |
COMM In recent
years the numbers marching on Land Day have grown smaller. A recent
poll says a majority of the Israeli Arab community identifies as Israeli in
some way. This could mean the younger generation is more receptive to serving
in the army. |
|
126.
|
Falah
(brainwashed on forehead) AA 0326 |
Because
we’ve seen an increase in the number of Arabs joining the army that’s why we
had to get involved as activists in this society as people trying to preserve
the Palestinian identity. That’s why we came….our main task is to prevent
young people from joining up. |
|
127.
|
End shot |
COMM Despite
their efforts more young Arabs are joining the Israeli army – from tens to
hundreds of Muslim recruits in just three years. |
|
128.
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ZOABI
FAMILY DISPUTE |
|
|
129.
|
Mohammed Zoabi at home ….. |
COMM Even a
cousin of Hanin Zoabi’s – 18 year old Mohamed is about to become an Israeli
soldier. |
|
130.
|
Mohamed Zoabi |
I consider
myself an Israeli citizen like any other Israeli citizen. And its very
natural that I as an Israeli citizen love the state that I live in. |
|
131.
|
|
Of course
there is an increase in the number of Arab Israelis who are joining the
army..//it demonstrates there is an increasing awareness in Arab communities
of the importance of integration. ….// |
|
132.
|
Mohamed on computer |
COMM Mohamed
been called a traitor and he’s been in hiding in fear of his life. He’s been
disowned by his cousin. |
|
133.
|
Mohamed
sync |
Hanin Zoabi
and people like her are the biggest danger to the integration of Arab
Israeli’s in Israeli society. Speak for
yourself – or on behalf of the people you believe support you. Not in my name and not in the name of our
society. |
|
134.
|
Hanin Z
Sync Repeat Aston |
Of course I
don’t represent those who serve in the Israeli army, and I do not speak in
the name of the person you just mentioned, ...just because he’s part of my
family doesn’t make me responsible for his actions…//, of course I do not represent
those who have identity disfiguration. I do not represent those who have no
self esteem, those with a slave mentality. Who feel
they are in their homeland and never left it. |
|
135.
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NADDAF 2 KNESSET |
|
|
136.
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Naddaf 2 Independence Day |
COMM It’s Independence
Day– the day when Israel celebrates the founding of the state. Father
Naddaf has been invited to the Knesset for a meeting with Prime Minister Netanyahu.
|
|
137.
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Naddaf Sync Repeat Aston |
I
told the Prime Minister that his support for the integration and recruitment
of Christians into the IDF has brought good results, we have a lot of success
in this issue, but there is the other side which is the continuous threats
against me and my family. |
|
138.
|
Naddaf with press |
COMM But the
priest’s special day has turned sour. The night before on a TV programme he
was accused of bribery and the sexual harassment of an 18 year old recruit.
The press want an answer. Naddaf:
The only truth is I didn’t hurt anyone and I did not use my status to get
anything from anyone or give anything to anyone. Up
sof….Father Naddaf – what about taking a polygraph test! |
|
139.
|
Evening ceremony
|
COMM In the
evening there’s a ceremony on Mount Herzl – with twelve torches representing
the twelve Jewish tribes of Israel. In recognition of his services to the
nation Father Naddaf’s been asked to light a torch. |
|
140.
|
Naddaf sync |
This is the
first time, an historic time. Therefore you see the vicious attack against me
to sabotage me and the path I have taken. |
|
141.
|
Commentator at ceremony |
…..Father
Gabriel Naddaf…. in the forefront of the effort to enlist and integrate
Christians into Israeli society…. COMMM The
accusations against Father Naddaf come to nothing |
|
142.
|
End
sequence |
COMM The
Israeli government have now passed a law making it a criminal offence to
disrupt or harass Christian soldiers serving in the army. And those who
recruit them. |
|
143.
|
MAHMUD 3 ON MARCH |
|
|
144.
|
Mahmud March |
COMM It’s dawn
and the Gadsar recruits have marched through the night 20 kilometres across
the desert – to complete their training. Mahmud ‘s
now officially a combat soldier. And there are more young men coming on
behind him from his own community. |
|
145.
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Mahmud sync
|
10 people from my town are serving in the army
now..//I have friends who want to join, one of them will be in the next
intake. …// I encourage
everyone to join the army - to improve his or her life and to look to their
future. |
|
146.
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End shots |
COMM The peace process isn’t going anywhere it seems
– the two state solution’s still a distant prospect. Israel has made it clear it wants hundreds if
not thousands of Israeli’s Arabs to integrate fully into the army of the
Jewish state. And like Madmud earn the beret of the Gadsar unit. |
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