Shooting back.

[ProgressiveMuslim]

In January 2007, B'Tselem launched "Shooting Back", a video advocacy project focusing on the Occupied Territories. We provide Palestinians living in high-conflict areas with video cameras, with the goal of bringing the reality of their lives under occupation to the attention of the Israeli and international public, exposing and seeking redress for violations of human rights.

"Shooting Back" works with families who live in close proximity to settlements, to military bases or at the sites of frequent army incursions. Settlers daily harassing a family in Hebron or attacking farmers in the South Hebron Hills, soldiers invading Qalqilya, daily life in the village of Yanun… these are just some examples of the material filmed by over 100 cameras that we have distributed to families throughout the Occupied Territories. B'Tselem has succeeded in airing this material on major Israeli and international news networks, exposing global audiences to the previously unseen.

Citizen journalism – a phenomenon that has garnered much attention of late – is particularly relevant in the context of the Israeli occupation, in which various types of abuse occur on a frequent basis and impact the daily lives of Palestinians. The ever-present violations of human rights constitute the mundane, ongoing reality of military occupation and settler enterprise, and are too often overlooked.

B'Tselem also uses this footage as a powerful tool for filing complaints with the army and the police, and as supporting evidence in court cases. In the West Bank, victims of abuse by settlers or soldiers are often discouraged from lodging complaints by weighty bureaucratic obstacles. B'Tselem now uses video as one way to promote accountability and seek legal redress for Palestinian complainants.

http://www.btselem.org/english/Video/Shooting_Back_Background.asp

To view some of the footage, go to the link.

[ProgressiveMuslim]

1. No comment? It's much easier to spout propaganda than view the actual behavior of the IDF.

Please bookmark this thread for rebuttal the next time the "textbooks teach hate" discussion surfaces.

As the video clips show, even children barely old enough to speak can identify who the dangerous aggressors are.

[Vegasaurus]

2. We can share photographs then, of Palestinian babies

dressed in Hamas headbands, and holding assault rifles.

That's teaching hate.

[ProgressiveMuslim]

3. That's RESPONDING that the daily humiliation that is pictured in the video.

Can you ACCEPT no responsbility for the hideous actions that Palestinians are exposed to every goddam day?

[subsuelo]

4. We're supposed to excuse the Israeli side only, PM

Didn't you get the memo

[msmcghee]

5. The link you provided seems to go to the homepage of . .

. . a btselem sponsored website. I'm looking for the original article - or maybe you got mod permission to post this. If so it would useful to mention that.