Will Bird (@willwriteandtalk.bsky.social)

Opinion: 'Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced' <span class="field field-title">Opinion: 'Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced'</span> <span class="field field-uid"><a title="View user profile." href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/ethar-shalaby" lang about="https://www.middleeasteye.net/users/ethar-shalaby" typeof="schema:Person" property="schema:name" datatype>Ethar Shalaby</a></span> <span class="field field-created"><time datetime="2025-03-11T18:16:41+00:00" title="11 March 2025 18:16 GMT">Tue, 03/11/2025 - 18:16</time> </span> <div class="field field-field-text"><p>In the whole row over the BBC documentary <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/bbc-slammed-pulling-film-humanised-palestinian-children" target="_blank"><i>Gaza: How to Survive a Warzone</i></a>, not one word was written about what this film told us about the way <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/palestine" target="_blank">Palestinians</a> are surviving a war that has spanned a year and a half.</p> <p>None of the following voices appear to have been heard in the controversy over screening this film.</p> <p>A woman fleeing with an empty water bottle, after another <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/countries/israel" target="_blank">Israeli</a> evacuation order, shouted to no one in particular: “God damn you all. May God curse you [Hamas leader Yahya] Sinwar.”</p> <p>A boy told the camera in a deadpan tone: “We saw people dead in front of us. One had his guts coming out of his stomach. Are we in a safe place?”</p> <p>Zakaria, an 11-year-old hustler scratching a living out of cleaning ambulances at al-Aqsa Hospital, explained how he worked alongside members of the media, doctors and paramedics: “I love being a volunteer. I want to volunteer for an ambulance unit.”</p> <h3>Read more: <a href="https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/israel-can-ban-all-films-it-wants-palestinian-voice-cannot-be-silenced">Israel can ban all the films it wants. The Palestinian voice cannot be silenced</a></h3> </div> https://www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/live-blog-update/opinion-israel-can-ban-all-films-it-wants-palestinian-voice-cannot-be