This is a partial transcript of two videos taken by Mary Anne Grady Flores from the end of the
presentation by Bassem Tamimi on September 18th.
quotes (with some times of video)
video of girl speaking:
give a chance like we want to be free, like all the children, we want our freedom
(at 1:07) we don't lke to killed, we don't to killed, Israel Kill us, killed gaza, killed palestinians, and
we don't like they to killed us
if they want to be here in palestine, we can give them... to like get to to build the houses, and
they come in, but they can't kill us, they can't be terrorists, we don't like them to be terrorists.
announcer speaking in another language
next video:
Brooke speaking: The other world, the rest of the world can't really experience it, and they can
also hide what's going, so they can keep it underwraps but if they film it then we can all see it
So this is true, we can see what's happening.
student: | think tsrae! is wrong to think that mumbled... they already have
people have to live, we need world peace
Ariel: You guys are studying the universal declaration of rights of the child and that's from the
united nations ?
Brooke- yes
Ariel the united nations makes laws, around what people can do, what countries can do and
many times Israel violates these laws. and that is what we are working for that is what Bassam
is working for, for international law.
Student: is this still happening right now?
Brooke- in palestine this is happening right now, yes
Student: We are all talking about this, | do not to see another video, what lam going to do is get
out there
Brooke: this is current events, this is happening right now, those are real kidsBT: One beautiful day we were having a demonstration, they came to the village and destroyed
the flag, the palestinian flag ,and the building,
adult off camera: Oh, they burned it?
student: If people want to do something... other people j
tf you want to play a sport
BT: we struggle to have ... (unclear)
student: When I grow up 1am going to go to Palestine and protest...
BT: welcome, welcome,
filmer: (emphatic) thank you.
BT: [hope that it will be before you are, are ..
filmer:... big!
“43:40: BT: we need you to come to bring and to come to make, make schoot (unclear?)
3:43
Filmer: asks about dancing with BTs daughter
discusses palestinian dancing
Brooke: so you bonded through dancing. You bonded through sports, they bonded through dance
Student: unclear
Srccke:
student: ff someone was attacking um, if you see something bad happening you can say Qa
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Adult off camera: We couldn't hear this.
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student: unclear words
Brooke: So she is saying that itis not fair that they are more powerful, and they should be able to
defend themselves but they are more powerful because they have gunsBT: Yes,
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GR § they 2112 you, you shouldn't just run, run out of the building Build a
wall like them. use your resources against them. That's what's going to help. If you just run, that
is just going to make it even worser. Because they know that you are scared. How is that going
to help?You'te just scared. ff you have resources then you can make like a wall. That's what you
can do.
Student: | have a question, do you think, are you going to blow up the wall?
Brooke: shaking head, No,
Videographer: No, Let Basam answer
BT: We.we.we struggling, we are scared, we grow our children, our children is our resources
Our children is our future, our children who will fight and live to love everybody and to live in
peace and (o bring freedom for themselves to every child in the world.
So we can't use resources to build walls because they control everything, The israelis controlling
the resources.
Student: they have all the resources.
BT: The have the authority.
Student: You can't build anything because.
Avie: Basam is saying that the palestinian resources are the children and their other resources
are the cameras and taking videos.
Videographer: and the truth is the resource because if everybody was building walls then we'd all
be separated by walls, and that's not how human beings want to live, we want to be together like
inthis classroom with no walls between us
Student: But if we do this are we gonna stop Israel?
Videographer: with the truth if we come into this class and we share and then everybody gets to
know the story, and then we say we don't want this,
Brooke: What happens is, we learn about them we come together, we dance together we get
all the same we all deserve the right to live in peace, we all deserve the right to
see that wesee our families, so little by little build bonds, connections we begin saying we are just the same
then you become friend
BT: The world that we would like to build to protect ourselves is your solidarity. You're important,
what you can do for us...you are... you defend us. You can do a lot for... for... and be... you can
be freedom fighters for Palestine. You can bring peace and by peace, protect ourselves and to
protect the future for our children,