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I would like to start
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with the story of Mary,
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a woman from an African village.
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Her first memories
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are of her family fleeing violent riots
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orchestrated
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by the ruling political party.
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Her brother was murdered
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by the state-sponsored militia,
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and she was raped more than once
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just because she belonged
to the wrong party.
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One morning, a month before the election,
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Mary's village was called to
another intimidation meeting.
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In this meeting, these men
standing in front of them
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telling them, "We know who you are,
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we know who you will vote for,
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and if you're not going
to drop the right paper,
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we're going to take revenge."
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But for Mary, this meeting is different.
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She feels different.
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This time, she's waiting for this meeting,
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because this time, she's carrying
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a small hidden camera in her dress,
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a camera that nobody else can see.
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Nobody is allowed to film
in these meetings.
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You risk your life if you do.
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Mary knows that, but she also knows
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that the only way to stop them
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and to protect herself
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and her community
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is to expose their intimidation,
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to make sure they understand
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somebody is following them,
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to break the impunity they feel.
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Mary and her friends were filming
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for months undercover
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the intimidation of
the ruling political party.
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(Video) [Filmed With Hidden Cameras]
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Man: We are going to speak
about the upcoming elections.
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Nothing can stup us from doing what we want.
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If we hear you are with [the opposition]
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we will not forgive you.
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[Militia Intimidation Rally]
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[The Party] can torture you at any time.
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The youth can beat you.
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[Disruption of Political Meeting]
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For those who lie, saying they are back with [the Party],
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your time is running out.
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[Party Youth Militia]
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Some have died because they rebelled.
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Some have lost their homes.
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If you don't work together with [the Party],
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you will lead a very bad life.
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Oren Yakobovich: These images
were broadcast all over the world,
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but more importantly,
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they have been broadcast
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back to the community.
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The perpetrators saw them too.
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They understood somebody
is following them.
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They got scared. Impunity was broken.
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Mary and her friends forced
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the ruling political party
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not to use violence during the election,
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and saved hundreds of lives.
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Mary is just one of hundreds of people
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that my organization had helped
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to document human rights violations
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using cameras.
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My background should have
led me to a different direction.
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I was born in Israel
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to a right-wing family,
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and as long as I remember myself,
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I wanted to join the Israeli army
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to serve my country and prove that I was
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what I believed was our right
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for the whole land.
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I joined the Israeli army just after
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the first intifada,
the first Palestinian uprising,
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and I served in one of the hard-minded,
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toughest, aggressive infantry units,
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and I got the biggest gun in my platoon.
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Quite fast, I became an officer
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and got soldiers under my command,
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and as time passed, I started
serving in the West Bank,
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and I saw these images.
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I didn't like what I saw.
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It took me a while,
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but eventually I refused
to serve in the West Bank
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and had to spend time in jail.
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It was a bit
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It was not that bad, I have to say.
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It was a bit like being in a hotel,
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but with very shitty food.
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In jail, I kept thinking that
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I need people to know,
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I need people to understand
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what's the reality
in the West Bank looks like.
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I need them to hear what I heard,
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I need them to see what I saw,
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but I also understood, we needed
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Palestinians themselves,
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the people that are suffering,
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to be able to tell their own stories,
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not journalists or filmmakers
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that are coming outside of the situation.
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I joined a human rights organization,
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Israeli human rights
organization called B'Tselem.
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Together, we analyzed the West Bank
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and picked a hundred families that
are living in the most risky places:
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close to checkpoints, near army bases,
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side by side with settlers.
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We gave them cameras and training.
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Quite fast, we started getting
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very disturbing images
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about how the settlers
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and the soldiers are abusing them.
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I would like to share with you
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two clips from this project.
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Both of them were broadcast in Israel,
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and it created a massive debate,
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and I have to warn you,
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some of you might find them
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quite explicit.
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The masked men you will see in the first clips
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are Jewish settlers.
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Minutes before the camera was turned on,
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they approached a Palestinian family
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that was working their land
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and told them that they
have to leave the land,
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because this land belongs
to the Jewish settlers.
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The Palestinians refused.
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Let's see what happened.
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The masked men that are approaching
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are Jewish settlers.
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They are approaching
the Palestinian family.
Yasushi Aoki
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Mary and her friends were filming
for months, undercover,
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Mary and her friends were filming
for a month, undercover,