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Infiltrators
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The checkpoint is closed: âDetour, detour!â shouts a taxi driver, announcing the beginning of yet another uncertain search for a way around the barriers curtailing Palestinian movement in the West Bank. Infiltrators is a visceral âroad movieâ that chronicles the daily travails of Palestinians of all backgrounds as they seek routes through, under, around, and over a bewildering matrix of barriers. Following this high stakes âgameâ of cat and mouse with a handheld video camera, Khaled Jarrarâs debut documentary was the standout success at the 2012 Dubai International Film Festival, winning the Muhr Arab Documentary Prize, the Special Jury Prize, and the International Critics Prize.
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Main credits
Jarrar, Khaled (Director)
Jarrar, Khaled (Cinematographer)
Sami, Said (Producer)
Yaqubi, Mohanad (Producer)
Other credits
Editor, Gaëtan Harem.
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What happened Majed?
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An officer's jeep just passed by
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Motherfucker!
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Go up guys.
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Why doesn't he call you?
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Mohammad, let them enter from the back door.
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From the back door!
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Move guys. All of us?
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Move, move!! No one stays.
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Get inside! No one stays.
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In the back!!!
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Move, move, move!
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How do you smuggle people into Jerusalem?
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Over the Wall and the fence.
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Since when have you been doing this?
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Since last Ramadan.
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Is it a good job?
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Well, so-so...
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... it's risky.
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It's a wall, seven meters long!
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If someone falls he'll break a bone.
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Loosen the rope a little bit,
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give him some space to climb.
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Go back, go back - soldiers.
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Some fall, some are captured by the soldiers.
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Some are left in the sun waiting for 2 or 3 hours;
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a punishment before they send them to jail.
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... to jail - and they pay a fine.
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I was arrested for 45 days,
and had to pay 10,000 shekels.
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Inshallah, one day this country will be open again.
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Hussam, give me the stick.
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Here, why do you need it?
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So? Do you see the police?
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What's happening?
My trousers got stuck!
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C'mon, c'mon, c'mon...
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Do you see the other guys?
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Jump and follow them.
Don't be afraid, I'm behind you.
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I'll get you across the wall.
Do you want to cross?
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Five minutes and you'll be in Beit Haneena,
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you'll pass by the supermarket.
You cross from here, OK?
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Let me try and go with them.
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If you want I can get you over the Wall.
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I'll bring a ladder, and...
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Yeah?
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Ok, ok...
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It's easier for you, young guys usually cross here.
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You don't want to? Alright ...
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The guys pass from here. We put the ladder,
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we throw the rope to the other side,
and they're in Beit Haneena.
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All different sorts of people come: girls, old women...
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Some want to visit their sick relatives,
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and some need to go to hospitals
but couldn't get a permit.
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We smuggle them in.
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We meet at Qalandia checkpoint,
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we take them around,
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they pay a fee, a symbolic fee,
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just enough to pay for the fuel.
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They told me if I pay 50 shekels they can take
me around. Can you explain it to me?
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There is no such thing as going around,
they're just ripping people off.
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Once, a bus arrived and started picking up passengers
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Then he dropped them off in Beer Nabala.
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The bus then turned around and left.
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The passengers ended up coming back here on foot.
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And the driver charged each passenger 100 shekels!
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It's a rip off.
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People think we just drop them off and run back.
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They don't realize that our guys are watching.
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Before crossing people over, the soldiers are usually hiding
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and they only appear as people are crossing.
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So we have our people watching the area
from the other side.
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All's well.
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I'm on my way to Beer Nabala.
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Tell me what exactly is going to happen.
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I will put a ladder up for you.
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And there're no soldiers around there?
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No, no.
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Why are you so sure?
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I'll be checking the area before.
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Do you think I'll be caught?
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No way.
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Are you sure?
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If you get caught, we'll be ruined.
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So what should I do if I get caught?
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Just say you were dropped off by a car...
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Each taxi is charging us 130 or 150 shekels
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for barely driving 10 kilometers.
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The bastards, we came a long way to pray,
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and you charge us 130 and 150 shekels for 10 km?
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It's only 7 km, only 7!
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He dropped us by the wall and ran away.
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There are no cars, we have no idea how to go back!
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When you succeed in entering give me a call.
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If they catch us we'll be beaten.
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It's ok.
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You can't escape from them.
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There are cameras all over.
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We'll be live on Al- Jazeera.
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We'll be live on Al- Jazeera.
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All of this in order to cross?!
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Carry it guys.
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Where did the other guys go?
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The wall's high and they say it isn't.
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There's no such thing as low - this is "Israel".
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I've been here since 2pm yesterday.
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You've been here for 24 hours.
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Didn't you go home last night?
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No, I didn't.
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Why not?
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We kept getting people to cross over.
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I, alone, smuggled 600 to 650 people.
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How much do you charge per person?
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Yesterday I was charging 30 shekels.
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Today, I take them from Qalandia checkpoint all the way
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Give me 50.
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Is this the only opening in the Wall here?
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There are others.
Where?
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In Za'ayem. But the Israeli army closed it.
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There's another way round, close to the checkpoint.
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And what about that other opening you told me about?
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The army sealed it.
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They put an "autoram" there.
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If somebody touches the wall or the fence,
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the army is immediately informed and they come.
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So, it's an alarm? - Exactly!
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Are you crossing? To work?
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You're going to go over the barbed wire, no?
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We'll manage to cross you over.
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We're ready.
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The tree now covers the wall.
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I trimmed it, but couldn't reach
the branches at the top.
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These plants grew only a few months ago.
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Now i feel better;
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did you notice that the wall is painted white?
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I brought someone to paint it for me,
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and planted the climber.
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I wanted to draw something on it
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but I found the climber quite pretty.
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Dude, don't film!
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Oday.. Oday... Listen, if the boss asks you,
tell him we smuggled just two people.
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Undo the rope, quickly.
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You want me to pay 50 shekels just
to jump over the Wall?
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Hold on. Who does this Wall belong to?
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To the Israelis.
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So we can cross wherever we want!
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Man, are you serious?!
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Are you happy now?
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You're just walking away.
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But you don't have a rope, or a ladder.
You've got nothing.
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They escaped.
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Is someone caught?
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They escaped.
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Is someone caught?
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Did they catch anyone?
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Do you know how to get her down?
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You should make sure she doesn't fall.
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Through the wall, the fence, and then the metal pipes.
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Yes.
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And drop her by the machine, very slowly.
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i would like to say something,
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if you want to thank me... you saw the situation
and you saw how she crossed over...
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...if you want to thank me,
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call me at 0597 456437.
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10 meters from this gate and you'll be in my house.
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Um Ihab,
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where are you Um Ihab?
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I see you through the holes.
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Where's the hole?
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You can't see me. I can see you from here..
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Look here...
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Where?
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Ah yes, you're here.
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I can see you through these little holes.
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I don't see you anymore.
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You can't see me because it's dark inside.
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I want to give you the microphone. There ...
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How are you mother?
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Are you well?
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How is my brother and the kids?
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I wish I could kiss your hand mother.
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As you can see, my mother is old
and if anything happens to her
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I won't be able to see her.
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If anything bad happens to her, God forbid,
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maybe i won't be able to say goodbye and kiss her,
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to ask for her forgiveness and blessings.
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What can I tell you? It's hard.
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This is my grandson.
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We sent them to America
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because there're no jobs,
there's no houses and no liberty.
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These are the first stages of the wall,
the first enclosure.
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And this is the second stage.
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We used to go to the West Bank on a daily basis.
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Our families live there, our whole life was there.
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My husband owned a moving truck,
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but we had to sell it.
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Here we're just watching the Israeli army closing in on us.
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One of the officers promised to give us permits.
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This door was just for us, we had the key,
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in order to go to town.
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We objected because we didn't have work or food,
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so they gave us a key for a short period.
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In 2008-9 they totally closed in on us, completely,
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by building this wall and the gate.
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They saw that you came here.
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Now if the camera is turned towards me, they can monitor us.
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What other way is there?
Apply for a permit?
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We'd probably never get it.
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This is it. We have nothing to lose.
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This is our life.
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Hussam, hold the ladder for me.
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That's it! Move it a bit.
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Where are you going?
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I want to check out the situation.
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Push it to the wall a bit.
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There's no point, you won't reach the top,
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just lean it towards the wall.
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Where are you going?
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Saleh, I have this urge to throw you down.
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where are you going?
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We're going to Jerusalem, to Al Aqsa,
to pray and worship our God.
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We can't pass and we can't move normally.
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But how did you get here?
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We went around the wall ...
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we'll try to cross the wall
What else can we do?
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But how are you going to cross?
Can you jump?
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We'll try. If we can, we succeed.
If not, there's nothing more we can do.
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I want to go to pray and worship God.
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Al Aqsa is lost and the Arab countries
are not doing anything.
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Where are you from?
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We're from Qattana.
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what time did you have to leave from Qattana?
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I've been here since 7am.
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You see, the army jeep just got here.
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I'm telling you you're risking people's lives.
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There could be problems here, there could be chaos.
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Stay in a safe place.
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Over there, not here.
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But we're far from the wall?
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No you're not.
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You should move another 20 or 30 meters away.
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And what about the owners of this land here?
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This isn't my problem, or responsibility.
Go ask the District Coordination Office.
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But you told us to stay 20 meters from the wall, no?
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I'm done talking.
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You there, are you with him?
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Why are you here?
Go away!
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Are there many soldiers?
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More or less... - God help us.
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There is a hole, but the jeep's standing there.
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So, we couldn't cross.
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We'll wait for a while, and see.
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God help us.
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Inshallah.
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As you can see, we can't move as we please.
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This is the life we've been given.
255
00:40:37,600 --> 00:40:40,880
We've been trying for days.
256
00:40:45,400 --> 00:40:47,760
They're already in the Aqsa mosque,
257
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and do you know from where?
258
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:55,400
There's a hole beside the checkpoint...
259
00:40:55,400 --> 00:40:59,400
..an Israeli car took them to Damasucs Gate.
260
00:42:36,160 --> 00:42:38,920
I'm her daughter.
261
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:42,480
Daughter, not allowed. You, no.
262
00:42:46,880 --> 00:42:48,280
1965 is OK.
263
00:42:49,320 --> 00:42:51,280
This is not allowed.
264
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:53,560
1965?
265
00:42:53,560 --> 00:42:54,200
Yes!
266
00:42:56,240 --> 00:42:57,720
You don't have a permit?
267
00:42:57,720 --> 00:42:59,400
I don't have a permit.
This is the first time I've come.
268
00:43:04,040 --> 00:43:10,080
The permit is valid until the 3rd of september
but still she's not allowed to enter.
269
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:19,440
God help us!
Hi sweety, how are you?
270
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I know you want to see Jerusalem too.
271
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,320
I don’t need your permit!
272
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I will enter Jerusalem walking!
273
00:43:44,120 --> 00:43:47,920
It's a disgrace that you give prayer permits.
274
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:55,640
And all because of one soldier,
a bitch who decided to humiliate us.
275
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,520
But never! We will never be humiliated.
276
00:45:12,600 --> 00:45:14,720
Pull.
277
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:21,360
Fahed, look at the camera.
278
00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:22,720
What are you doing Fahed?
279
00:45:22,720 --> 00:45:24,520
I'm smuggling ka'ek.
280
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:25,680
Why from here?
281
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:27,600
Because the Israeli army is not letting us cross.
282
00:45:27,600 --> 00:45:28,760
Why not?
283
00:45:28,760 --> 00:45:29,920
They say it's forbidden.
284
00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,800
We smuggled 1000 pieces of ka'ek
285
00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:50,360
You smuggled them all through here?
286
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,240
We're almost done, only three pieces of ka'ek left
287
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,080
Three pieces left!
288
00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:10,960
Are we done?
289
00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:41,320
Keep the people up with you,
290
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:42,960
the tunnel is still closed,
291
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:14,560
leave him alone, he knows what he's doing.
He's a professional.
292
00:47:22,360 --> 00:47:25,520
Listen, listen, now he's able to pass through.
293
00:49:48,400 --> 00:49:51,560
C'mon guys, hurry, watch your head.
294
00:51:59,640 --> 00:52:02,800
Hello. What's up Hijazi?
295
00:52:05,360 --> 00:52:09,480
-Is the land cruiser (police car) still there?
- The workers are all here in the cars.
296
00:52:10,800 --> 00:52:13,560
We leave our cars here, and go with the workers.
297
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,800
They get into cars
which will take them to Jerusalem.
298
00:52:15,800 --> 00:52:18,880
They all work in Jerusalem.
299
00:52:18,880 --> 00:52:21,760
We handle the payments for the cars on the Israeli side.
300
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:25,800
The difficulty is when going down
through the forest, not coming up.
301
00:52:26,520 --> 00:52:30,280
Crossing with 30 or 40
workers is less dangerous,
302
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:33,520
and the risk of getting caught is lower.
303
00:52:37,920 --> 00:52:41,080
As you see, the cars stay here waiting for the workers
304
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,920
whether it takes one hour,
several hours, or even days...
305
00:52:44,920 --> 00:52:47,480
...they all stay here waiting.
306
00:52:52,280 --> 00:52:55,440
Hijazi.
307
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,000
Hijazi, listen...
Hello?
308
00:53:04,520 --> 00:53:07,680
Hijazi, I'm bringing four other workers
to Taybeh and another one to Geha.
309
00:53:33,880 --> 00:53:37,200
Any sign of light can be spotted by the settlers,
310
00:53:37,200 --> 00:53:40,840
they'll know there are workers crossing.
311
00:53:40,840 --> 00:53:44,600
Don't even try to use your mobile phones.
312
00:53:45,160 --> 00:53:48,320
Your guide knows the way by heart.
313
00:53:48,320 --> 00:53:51,360
Inshallah all will be fine.
314
00:53:58,760 --> 00:54:01,800
Hijazi, I’ve just sent the workers to the settlement fence.
315
00:54:08,720 --> 00:54:11,760
OK, stay in touch with Ammar.
316
00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:35,320
Who knows why they are more alert today...
317
00:54:35,320 --> 00:54:39,480
Maybe because P.M. Salam Fayyad
is coming to this village
318
00:54:39,480 --> 00:54:42,120
where we smuggle workers from.
319
00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:05,400
Leave your position immediately.
320
00:55:05,480 --> 00:55:06,320
Why?
321
00:55:08,680 --> 00:55:11,640
About three cars were just caught.
322
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:13,640
Who did they catch?
323
00:55:13,640 --> 00:55:16,360
I'm not sure exactly.
324
00:55:18,000 --> 00:55:21,160
Ok, ok. Let's go to Z'ayem [an alternative route].
325
00:55:58,160 --> 00:56:01,320
Why did you you turn the light on them man?! Damn!
326
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:36,000
We cross every week or two.
327
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:40,920
We face lots of problems on the way because of the wall:
328
00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,800
Impossible difficulties and day and night suffering;
329
00:56:45,360 --> 00:56:50,080
sometimes we wait here for two to four days,
330
00:56:50,080 --> 00:56:54,840
we spend all our money just waiting.
331
00:56:55,080 --> 00:57:04,120
We don't have enough money, we're just workers.
332
00:57:09,480 --> 00:57:12,600
I always cross from here, since five years.
333
00:57:13,360 --> 00:57:15,120
Isn't it dangerous?
334
00:57:15,120 --> 00:57:18,160
Yes, but there's nothing we can do.
335
00:57:19,600 --> 00:57:21,920
We jump over the wall.
336
00:57:23,000 --> 00:57:26,160
sometimes we fall and break a leg.
337
00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:30,240
Once I fell from the wall and broke my legs,
338
00:57:30,640 --> 00:57:34,480
their dogs came and pinned me to the ground,
339
00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:39,960
and i had to wait for the army to come.
340
00:57:43,200 --> 00:57:46,440
As you can see, there's the army jeep.
341
00:57:46,440 --> 00:57:48,960
It's like a game of cat and mouse.
342
00:57:48,960 --> 00:57:50,320
This is not a life.
343
01:00:28,800 --> 01:00:32,320
Something very upsetting happened here last Saturday:
344
01:00:32,320 --> 01:00:36,000
A large group of workers, about 200 gathered here.
345
01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:39,360
They waited from evening until the morning,
346
01:00:41,240 --> 01:00:43,840
and the Israeli army jeeps weren't able
to keep control,
347
01:00:46,800 --> 01:00:48,880
so the workers started crossing.
348
01:00:48,880 --> 01:00:52,200
One of the guys was hesitant.
349
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:56,880
He began crossing the highway,
350
01:00:56,880 --> 01:01:00,240
he crossed the first two lanes,
351
01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:02,160
and while he was crossing the third
352
01:01:02,160 --> 01:01:04,760
he was hit by a car driven by an Israeli.
353
01:01:09,360 --> 01:01:15,360
His head turned 180 degrees.
354
01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:21,160
Because he wasn't allowed to enter Israel,
even for medical treatment,
355
01:01:21,520 --> 01:01:24,080
he died on the spot. God rest his soul!
356
01:03:03,560 --> 01:03:06,720
Ali, come back!!
357
01:03:11,720 --> 01:03:14,880
Ali, come back!!
358
01:03:18,400 --> 01:03:20,320
Ali, come back!!
359
01:03:47,440 --> 01:03:49,200
Is this Ali?
360
01:04:01,120 --> 01:04:04,280
He's cocked the gun.
361
01:04:18,280 --> 01:04:21,440
He doesn't see us, no?
362
01:05:05,320 --> 01:05:08,480
He's deactivated the gun.
363
01:05:15,640 --> 01:05:18,120
If it's possible to get away, do it.
364
01:05:18,720 --> 01:05:19,920
We'll try.
365
01:06:07,480 --> 01:06:11,240
They're spilling the workers' water!
Distributor: Scorpion TV
Length: 52 minutes
Date: 2012
Genre: Observational
Language: Arabic / English subtitles
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Closed Captioning: Not available
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