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Occupation 101: Voice of the Silenced Majority is a documentary on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, narrated by If Americans Knew founder Alison Weir. It piles up damning allegations against Israel, and the human rights abuses, the genocide, the Israelis are committing in Palestine and Gaza, detailing how horrid life is for the Palestinians under Israeli military rule. Why should you care? Because United States (American) tax dollars are paying the bill for the murder, the genocide, of the Palestinian people. Israel is “empowered by American tax money.” This implicates every American in the horrific crimes being perpetrated against the Palestinian people.

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Occupation 101 questions the nature of Israeli-American relations, the Israeli military occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, and whether Americans should help pay for it. It includes interviews with mostly American and Israeli scholars, religious leaders, humanitarian workers, and NGO’s critical of the injustices, the human rights abuses that stem from Israeli policy in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, and Gaza Strip.

Occupation 101 is a thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and the role of the United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East scholars, historians, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media outlets. Unlike any other film ever produced on the Israeli battle against the Palestinians, Occupation 101 presents a comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and misconceptions. It explains the reality of the situation that is silenced in the mainstream media.”

Alison Weir - If Americans Knew

“Alison Weir (the narrator) is the founder of If Americans Knew. She was a journalist off and on for many years. As a freelance journalist, Weir went on an independent investigation to the flash points in the West Bank and Gaza rarely visited by American journalists. Since returning she has spoken on Capitol Hill, to business leaders, at prestigious Washington D.C. think tanks, and at a multitude of universities.”

Former Congressman Tom Campbell said of Weir:

“Ms. Weir presents a powerful, well documented view of the Middle East today. She is intelligent, careful, and critical. American policy makers would benefit greatly from hearing her first-hand observations and attempting to answer the questions she poses.”

The film won several awards from film festivals.

* Winner of the “Golden Palm” Award (highest honor given by jury) and for “Best Editing” at the 2007 International Beverly Hills Film Festival.
* Winner of the ‘Artivist Award’ for Best Feature Film under the category of Human Rights at the 2006 Artivist Film Festival in Hollywood.
* Winner of the Best Documentary Award (Special Recognition) at the 2007 New Orleans International Human Rights Film Festival.
* Winner of the Best Feature Film Award at the 2006 River’s Edge Film Festival.
* Winner of the Best Documentary Feature Award at 2006 The Dead Center Film Festival.
* Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at 2006 East Lansing Film Festival.
* Winner of the John Michaels Memorial Award at the 2006 Big Muddy Film Festival.

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My son posted this, thoughts after the murder of his unborn child.

but something had changed, or was changing. everything always did, no matter how much he loved what he had. the only redemption would be if all the tumbling and rearrangement were to mean something. but he was aware of no pattern. if there were one great equality, one fine universal balance that he could understand, then he would know that there were others, and that someday the curtain of the world would lift onto a sunny springlike stillness and reveal that nothing - nothing - had been for naught, neither the suffering of all the children that he had seen suffering, nor love that ends in death: nothing.

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Sorry to all of you for not being around lately. I have been depressed. My son’s wife murdered their baby.

I don’t even no where to begin. It makes me sick just to think about it. She reminds me of that horrible killer clown Pennywise, from the Stephen King novel “IT” who murders children.

My son met this young woman who seemed very nice. They dated for a while. They got close. She got pregnant, and they got married.

Approximately six weeks into the pregnancy, she hit herself repeatedly in the stomach until my son’s baby died. However, she didn’t miscarry for another six weeks. The baby stayed inside her dead, unbeknownst to the rest of us.

We saw the bruises on her stomach, and I questioned her about them, and so did my son, as well as a few other people. She said that she didn’t know how they got there. She even went so far as to say that maybe she hit herself in her sleep. She was lying. If she had been jumping around hitting herself like that, it would have woken my son. The evidence of her lies follows.

We found out the baby was dead three months into the pregnancy at her first gynecological exam. She was bleeding and cramping and had to be taken to the emergency room of the local hospital. They did a vaginal ultrasound and came back and told me and a friend of mine, as well as the murderous young woman, that there were no signs of fetal life, no heartbeat, nothing. They said the baby was dead, and recommended her to see a gynecologist, in the morning, for a possible D & C (dilation and and curettage) to clean her out inside.

As they were beginning to unhook her I.V. (intravenous lines for medicine), I told her how sorry I was for her that she lost the baby. She promptly told me that she didn’t carry about losing the baby. That all she cared about was how my son felt about her losing it. She said she never wanted to be pregnant, anyways. A nurse who was unhooking the I.V. looked at her, at me and my friend, and then shook his head in unbelief. I think he couldn’t understand anyone talking that way, be that cold or uncaring. I know thats what I was thinking, too.

On the ride home from the hospital, she told my friend and I, “I murdered my baby.” When I heard that I questioned her. I said, “What did you say? What the hell did you just say?” She said, “I killed my baby.” I said “What the fuck did you just say?” She said, “I guess I killed my baby.” She told us she killed the baby because she couldn’t fit into her jeans anymore. She was unhappy with the weight gain. And she said it so evil, so cold, so matter of fact. It was horrifying.

My son filed for divorce. We are all in a fog. I am sitting here crying now, while my son is out depressed. He is losing his mind, and I think I might be too. It’s awful. God help us.

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