A drive through the occupied territories from JD Lasica on Vimeo.
During my trip to Israel in April 2008 I took a solo journey into the Israeli-occupied city of Hebron. My tour guide was Mikhael Manekin of Breaking the Silence, an extraordinary human rights
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organization founded by veterans of the Israeli military. Mikhael himself served as a lieutenant during the second intifada. The organization chiefly focuses on documenting testimonial accounts of the occupation by 20something Israeli ex-soldiers themselves.
Manekin usually takes a busload of 30 Israelis through Hebron for the tour, but he gave me a personal tour alongside Naomi Schacter, Development Director of Shatil.
In this 19-minute video, the first of a two-part documentary, we began our trip in Jerusalem, drove through the West Bank on Route 60 past Bethlehem and the astonishing Separation Barrier being erected, into the settlement of Kiriath Arba/Qiriat Arba, and into Hebron, a city of 166,000 Palestinians and the only Palestinian city with a Jewish settlement in the city center.
A quick note: I did not have the proper equipment — just a small handheld Samsung camcorder with no remote mike and no lighting — so you'll notice some production lapses. But the 19-minute video still came out well.
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