Burnat

Bilin resident Iyad Burnat is a Palestinian activist and founder of the Friends of Freedom and Justice in Bilin.

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Burnat described the frequent Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) incursions into Bilin, saying that every night we have the IDF invading the village, searching the houses, arresting people from Bilin.

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Burnat said that the barrier “is not a security wall, this is just to confiscate more land, and build more settlements on our land.”

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Reached by phone, Burnat described the scene at the protest: When we got there today, the Israelis just started shooting tear gas.

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Now, working with an Israeli filmmaker, Guy Davidi, Mr. Burnat has taken his years of video and turned them into a compelling personal tale.

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Mr. Burnat never puts his camera down and it drives his opponents mad.

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Rina Castelnuovo for The New York Times Emad Burnat, a farmer and videographer, with his son Gibreel near the wall of separation in the West Bank.

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Phil was killed at a demonstration in 2009, and Mr. Burnat originally thought of making the movie about him.

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"When I film, I feel like the camera protects me," Mr. Burnat says in his soft-voiced narration of the movie, making a point familiar to all journalists.

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Mr. Burnat was there, day in, day out, filming with his new camera.

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