Julia Bacha: Pay Attention To Nonviolence

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.

Watch Budrus online [Australia only]

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  3. hamsa108 said: Is the beginning of the apocalypse. Kali yuga started 5 thousand years ago. Mundane leaders wont be able to bring real peace. We need spiritual masters and warriors in God consciousness to bring peace to this earth.
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    “I believe that what’s mostly missing for nonviolence to grow is not for Palestinians to start adopting nonviolence, but...
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