16 May 2011

AL-KHALIL/HEBRON: New video highlights the work of CPT Palestine

"I consider the presence of CPT really something great. They support the
Palestinians and the nonviolent résistance," says CPT South Hebron Hills partner
Hafez Hereini in the new video, "An Introduction to CPT Palestine."

Produced, filmed and edited by journalist Catherine Rabenstine, the nine-minute
film interviews CPT's Palestinian partners who are resisting non-violently the
Israeli military occupation in Hebron/Al Khalil and the South Hebron Hills.
Rabenstine also interviews CPT Palestine members in the field, who describe
their work and their partnership with Palestinians practicing "sumoud," or
steadfastness, in raising their families, going to school and doing their work
in the face of enormous systematic violence imposed by the Israeli Occupation.

Referring to CPT's new emphasis on advocacy, of which this film is a part, CPTer
Melanie Southworth notes in the video, "When you go home to your home
communities, they believe you because you saw it with your own eyes. You have
proof and you have stories . . . I think the best gift you can give someone at
home is the gift of the truth of what's happening here."

The video is available for download or on a CD. Those who wish to receive a CD
of the film may contact palestine-advocacy@.... The video is currently
available on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/user/CPTHebron#p/a/u/0/A_wgfUJai68