Budrus By Julia Bacha Essay

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“We won’t leave our land, it’s our land not your land,” Budrus Women yell at the Israeli soldiers in the documentary Budrus by Julia Bacha. It is incredible to see women from different ages confronting their enemy with no fear of the consequences. They have a strong determination and hope that the enemy would leave their land. This reality scene is not very common but is definitely found in Budrus Village in Palestine showing how brave a woman can be defending her country. There are some unique ways that the people of Budrus use in their demonstrations. The most appealing one is that they have nonviolence marches against the Israeli army. In addition to this, Israeli activists participate in these marches against Israeli army! This is something that is hard to believe because Israeli activists are standing with Palestinians in civil disobedience against their own country. The music in the film appeals to me especially the sound of the Oud, a popular Arabic instrument. It is very …show more content…

Their main request from the Israeli army is to leave their land and not build a separation barrier. People of Budrus are courageous and do not give up their land no matter what the army does to them. They gather and motivate each other to demonstrate in peace to save their land from occupy. In the film it is very obvious how wise Ayed Morrar and his people are because they are not trying to hurt anyone but they want peace. They are even willing to live in peace with Israelis as long as they do not occupy their land by destroying their olive trees to build a wall. Olive trees are very important source of living to them because they grew up planting and taking care of them their whole life. When Israeli army uproots their tress, they feel depressed and full of anger yet they react with nonviolence

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