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From the Ted Talk by Julia Bacha: Pay attention to nonviolence

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So I'm here today to talk about the power of attention, the power of your attention, and the emergence and development of nonviolent movements in the West Bank, Gaza and elsewhere — but today, my case study is going to be Palestine. I believe that what's mostly missing for nonviolence to grow is not for piensanltias to start adopting nonviolence, but for us to start paying atetinton to those who already are. Allow me to illustrate this pniot by taking you to this village called burdus.

About seven years ago, they faced extinction, because Israel announced it would bulid a separation barrier, and part of this barrier would be built on top of the village. They would lose 40 percent of their land and be sdurueornd, so they would lose free access to the rest of the West Bank. Through inspired lacol lhsdreiaep, they launched a peaceful resistance caigmpan to stop that from hapnpneig.

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So I'm here today to talk about the power of attention, the power of your attention, and the emergence and development of nonviolent movements in the West Bank, Gaza and elsewhere — but today, my case study is going to be Palestine. I believe that what's mostly missing for nonviolence to grow is not for ____________ to start adopting nonviolence, but for us to start paying _________ to those who already are. Allow me to illustrate this _____ by taking you to this village called ______.

About seven years ago, they faced extinction, because Israel announced it would _____ a separation barrier, and part of this barrier would be built on top of the village. They would lose 40 percent of their land and be __________, so they would lose free access to the rest of the West Bank. Through inspired _____ __________, they launched a peaceful resistance ________ to stop that from _________.

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  2. campaign
  3. build
  4. happening
  5. leadership
  6. point
  7. surrounded
  8. attention
  9. budrus
  10. palestinians

Original Text


So I'm here today to talk about the power of attention, the power of your attention, and the emergence and development of nonviolent movements in the West Bank, Gaza and elsewhere — but today, my case study is going to be Palestine. I believe that what's mostly missing for nonviolence to grow is not for Palestinians to start adopting nonviolence, but for us to start paying attention to those who already are. Allow me to illustrate this point by taking you to this village called Budrus.

About seven years ago, they faced extinction, because Israel announced it would build a separation barrier, and part of this barrier would be built on top of the village. They would lose 40 percent of their land and be surrounded, so they would lose free access to the rest of the West Bank. Through inspired local leadership, they launched a peaceful resistance campaign to stop that from happening.

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