A protest journal in two chapters, spreading over seven years. I document my life through demonstrations. From the failed social protest of summer 2011 to the weekly demos against the Separation Wall in the village of Ni’lin. The film describes changes in the Israeli society as it descends into depths of racism and hatred, along with the personal price demanded by social activism in general and in the Palestinian village in particular.

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First List (2011-2012)

I and my girlfriend say goodbye to our beloved dog Laika. I document demonstrations in which I take part, and photographing dogs at demos becomes a strange obsession. The social protest breaks out and I continue to photograph dogs at demonstrations. Photographing continues even as the protest slowly dies out. My partner thinks we should adopt a new dog, I think it’s too much of a responsibility. As the protest dies out the disillusionment grows.

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Second List (2014-2017)

The Israeli street becomes more and more racist, violent and hostile. The change can be felt in the verbal and physical violence that human rights activists and leftwing demonstrators are exposed to in summer 2014. It culminates in October 2015 with a number of lynch incidents perpetrated against Palestinians suspected to be terrorists and a refugee from Eritrea (29-year-old Habtom Zarhum) being murdered by a raging mob after a terrorist attack at the central bus station in Beer Sheva.

I find myself regularly demonstrating at the Friday demos in the Palestinian village of Ni’lin in the West Bank. I become friends with Hassan, the regular photographer of the small demos. And with another regular demonstrator, Abu Nasser, who comes to the demos armed with a megaphone, preaching non-violence to the soldiers in Hebrew. Abu Nasser shows perfect familiarity with the news from beyond the Separation Wall. He is aware of the racism, the hatred and the political corruption, all of which serve him as rhetorical tools in his attempts to persuade the soldiers to stop using violence to suppress the small demonstrations.

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screening attended by the filmmaker.

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