Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence

http://www.ted.com In 2003, the Palestinian village of Budrus mounted a 10-month-long nonviolent protest to stop a barrier being built across their olive groves. Did you hear about it? Didn't think so. Brazilian filmmaker Julia Bacha asks why we only pay attention to violence in the Israel-Palestine conflict -- and not to the nonviolent leaders who may one day bring peace.

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[squidb8]

The Media is the puppet theater, it isn't there to deliver the important information its there entertain the masses while forwarding its own agenda. The talking heads that we see on the tube are not espousing ideas that they agree with personally. They are but the mouth piece for their bosses.

The best way to get info on the News is to make a buzz. Have a Vlogger make on the ground vids, post them to internet, and link them to other vloggers with a larger audiences base.

[GoreTuzkPT]

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[ash17980]

Why don't the Jews build Walls n fences on their on land?? Why can't ppl stop feeling sorry for these thieving bastards? Hitler has been dead a long time now so get over it. The world don't owe you shit! It's wrong for them to live in fear of suicide attacks but penalising all palestinians and robbing them of the land is only gonna make it worse but any idiot can see that. What Israel is doing is making even the most passive and calm person angry and hateful. No fucking wonder they are hated so

[Pedrofrombrazil]

@8legsFreak We share same opinion, and I think it´s possible, in near future, if atheism spreads more and more, newer generation won't find anymore any good reason to live there.

[FoxAgent60]

TED Talks is being hijacked with bait and switch propaganda,

Cmon TED, screen your speakers!

This is turning into political garbage.

[ragnarocks0]

@hidday I'm sorry, but I don't see the difference in meaning.

[AAABeatbox]

@hidday translation seems different. But my interpretation of both quotes are infact 100% the same to my mind.

[JayDee98765]

I don't mean to be the one who ruined the important debates in the comment section... but she is beautiful :-)

[rick4318]

Godspeed!



[hidday]

sorry but this video is completly Bias-

the News report from israel was translated-

"israeli Border Police were sent to disperse the crowd, they were allowed to use any force necessary"

while infact it really translate as (i speak hebrew):

"Border police, wich had prior experience dealing with crowd control, were called to the spot. they possessed all the proper means for that job"

it seems like a small case of lost in translation, but it really says it all about this reporter reliability...

[CraftyOrb]

We are human beings capable of complex communication not just violent animals with a lust of blood as the media portraits us. In the light of late events media has demonized Muslims ; don't believe the garbage that they feed us! Most religions promote peace and harmony .You will find extremists and rednecks everywhere but it's wrong to generalize and hate just because certain groups give the whole community a bad name.

My love goes out there to our Muslim and Jewish brothers

Peace!