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UNTIL THE LAST DROP

ABU

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Listen

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This is the story of my life.

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Despite suffering, despite obstacles

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Cause by a state of occupation

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That tries to erase my existence

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From my land and home

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And kills the life within it.

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Why aren’t my birds allowed to sing

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Whilst other birds can?

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Pull it over there, pull it over there.

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People used to build wells

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To collect rainwater

WOMAN

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Should I open it?

ABU

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Yes, open it.

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There were hundreds of wells around here

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But Israel destroyed them

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And prevents us restoring any.

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I have a dream

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That I could exploit

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All the resources of my land

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And get water

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And get a decent life.

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Pull it like this

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When I tell you.

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Wait.

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The Palestinian

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Is targeted through water

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Which is the pillar of life

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And he will stay here resisting

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Until the last drop.

ELI

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I arrived here in May 1977

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There was nothing here

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Just a barren wasteland.

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We were working in the fields

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In 50℃ heat.

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There were no trees

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So we didn’t even have shade.

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Today, thank God

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I’m successful and have a comfortable life

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With a good income – everything is ok.

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The trees require an enormous amount of water.

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At the peak of the season

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You need lots of water –

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One cubic metre per dunam

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Sorry, one cubic metre per tree

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Per day.

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This is a lot of water.

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The plantations here are huge

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In my place and

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All across the Jordan Valley.

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Only the big ones

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Only the big and yellow ones!

WORKERS

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Where do I take this?

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What?

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Put it on the ground.

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On the other side.

ELI

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We slowly progressed

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By taking more and more land

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And this is how we advanced

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Until 1986

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When we stopped growing vegetables

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And started planting dates.

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These computers supply the water to my field.

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They irrigate according to my settings

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There are three units in the field of the Bahri dates

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That operate by fertilising and watering.

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The same thing is on the other side

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This computer irrigates the Medjool dates.

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Here there are two units

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That also irrigate according to my settings.

ABU

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We were enjoying freedom

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Stability

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And some kind of dignity

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But today

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The occupation is trying to steal it from us.

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This is the Moringa seed.

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It is usually a loss

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We plant, but we don’t harvest.

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For many years

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Our crops are just given to the animals.

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Hi Son

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Good morning to you.

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May Allah bring Eid in better conditions.

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I’m very tired.

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I don’t know, my mind is occupied.

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God will help us.

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Arrive early, not during the heat.

ABU’S WIFE

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It is sadness that kills you.

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Don’t be sad

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What can you do?

ABU

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The things I meditate on are

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How we were before the occupation

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And how we are now

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And what are the reasons

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And what should be done

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To confront these obstacles

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In the hope to get our dignity

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And the dignity of our children.

ELI

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I have built everything with my own hands.

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Buy it, bring it here

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And I will mix you the two materials for you.

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My family lived through the holocaust.

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My mother was in Auschwitz-Birkenau

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And afterwards went back to Hungary

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Where she met my father

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And in 1948, the emigrated to Israel.

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My animals are my hobby

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And have been since my childhood.

ABU

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My son was 8 years old

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I was driving my tractor to bring water

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Along a dirt track which we’re not allowed to pave.

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My son joined me on the tractor

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But after a short distance

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He fell down on his head.

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He kept bleeding for 6 hours

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Until he died.

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My son died because we’re not even allowed

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To pave the road.

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I repeat a saying, many times

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During the night

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When I’m sitting alone.

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“Oh home, you are not home anymore

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You betrayed us, may God betray you!”

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I repeat it many times.

ELI

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Come on, we’ll leave this here for now.

SIGN

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Zoo, in memory of, ‘The Bird Man’ RIP.

ELI

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This zoo is for the whole community

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Anyone can come to look and enjoy.

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OK, so we’re finished here, what did we give?

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The peacocks got their food

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The monkeys got their food

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The pigeons got their food.

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Father!

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Let’s rejoice, let’s rejoice.

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Let’s rejoice and be happy, hey!

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Let’s rejoice…

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Hello, hello

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Who is so cute?

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Come on, get in.

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Just go in

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Let go of my hand.

PARROT

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Father.

ABU

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The most important person

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I want to sing to, is Awad!

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Hi Awad.

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Your hair is looking much better!

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Come, come my love!

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I will kiss you.

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God bless you.

MAN

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Kiss you grandfather’s hand.

ABU

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I’m very happy because of Awad’s haircut.

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I used to have stomach pain

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Whenever I saw the old one.

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Did he finally cut his hair?

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Yes.

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I used to have a stomach pain…

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Bring a cup, bring a cup.

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Cups, cups!

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Cups for tea!

PHONE CALL

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Israeli Prime Minister, Netanyahu

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Said he would apply Israeli control

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Across the Jordan Valley

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If elected again and assigned

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To structure the new government.

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Netanyahu confirmed

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That annexing the Jordan Valley

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Is the first step

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In annexing the entire West Bank.

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A full plan would be announced

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After the upcoming election.

ELI

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Leave it, I will organise it.

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I will organise it.

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I’m not willing to give up the Jordan Valley

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But whatever will be, will be.

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I’m not a prophet and no-one is

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No one can tell what will happen.

ABU

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This is the place of the demolition

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Which took place on 26 November 2015.

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The Israeli Civil Administration

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Under the policies applied here

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Demolished it all.

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I kept it here

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As a memory

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For two reasons.

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One – for me and my family to keep remembering

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Israeli oppression

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And Israeli crimes that are applied against us.

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Two – a memory

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For European Union countries

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Supporting Israel in their crimes

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By staying silent.

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Why aren’t my birds allowed to sing

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Whilst other birds can?

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