What is your job?
Amin Nablus
How will your work change if there was no occupation?
This is the question?
My job I have a shop
stationery
books
I sell
My problem
under occupation is a big problem
If I want to export anything I must work with the (Israelis)
import
import or export
I must
go through their (Israeli) airport
Through the Israelis
This is one obvious thing
The other one is
you know that we are inside the cities
separated
Here is (area) A and the other side (area) C
and here it is a very big problem
many times I want to go to Jerusalem
and the road is closed
there is a checkpoint
I cannot go anywhere from my city
When was the last time that happened?
The last time
For you
For me?
You see, at this time
Every month, one or two times I find
I find it closed for half an hour or an hour
but before...
So you have to stop at a checkpoint
once or twice a month you are stopped at the checkpoints
and it takes about half an hour an hour to get through
It is not the checkpoint
that's the problem
The problem is we want to live in peace
No, I am trying to understand the issues
So sometimes it will take half an hour an hour to go through
But before
In 2002
All the checkpoints in 2002
if you wanted to go to Ramallah from here (Nablus) to Ramallah
which takes 45 minutes took 6 hours
Yes, during the second intifada
Now it is easier than that time
but you can find the occupation every day,
every where you go from here
to anywhere in the West Bank
This is what is the problem
If the occupation ended
do you think your business would be
Yes, it will be better
we can go everywhere
we can go to Jordan
we can go freely
The people working free
There (will be) no
connection
with the Israeli economy also
How would the end of the occupation change your life?
Um Amir Bethlehem
There would no longer be problems
People outside would be able to come back and take their rights
and their lands
The refugees
I asked, what about you? How would it become better for you?
She said, if people are comfortable, I will be comfortable
and we would get back our rights
What would change in your life if occupation went away?
Other suffer
but thank God, my life is more stable
other people have it much worse
there are homeless and so on
Mohammad Beit Sahour
Life?
Your life
My life would be changed
How?
The salaries are different
The salary is less
Life will be bad
here
Because the people
are the enemy of each other
Are you saying Palestinians are the enemy of each other?
Yes, they don't respect each other
He has a brother that works in this area
so if I am working in this place
the same place
he might prevent me
Because he doesn't want you to work there
For sure
But with the occupation, that doesn't happen as much?
No, no, no. The occupation stands with us
Manar?
You need to clarify because it is not clear
What is he trying to say?
Is he saying it is good to have an occupation?
Sort of
Ok, what's the good? and what's the bad?
The good... In Arabic?
Economically, our economic situation would become better
With the occupation or without?
With the occupation, yes
Without the occupation, there would be a lot of favouritism
Nepotism and favouritism
He is saying
there would be no security
So even under occupation...
There would be no security
Meaning if it was only Palestinians it would be chaos?
Yes
Yes, yes
(from the back) actually, half the Palestinian people
work in Israel
Without Israel, there is no work no jobs
He can be your translator next time
The question is What does she do?
She is a student
Student in what?
Al Najah university
Studying English
Second degree (MA)
I want to improve myself
Yasmeen (20 something woman) Nablus
and go to other countries
The occupation
surrounds people
If there was no occupation how would your life change?
Maybe talk with the other countries
in Palestine, comfortable
my family in Akko and...
You have relatives in Akko? - Yes
How would your life change if the occupation ended?
Ayman Ramallah
He said the occupation will not end
the occupation will stay around us
It will stay around us?
meaning the borders will still be occupied - Yes
and our lives will not change
He said that we don't have the right to go places
We have checkpoints
we have the separation wall
Wisam Hebron
Maybe we could travel more
around the world
Of course the economy will become so much better
than now
Because they tax you now
the occupation (Israel) takes
(he had to answer a customer's questions)
We can apply more for Masters maybe
I just finished my studies
and I didn't work
because there are no jobs
I am still looking for a job
but there are none
In engineering, civil engineering
Yes
The occupation is the reason I didn't find a job yet
Of course
We have also the Palestinian
Palestinian government
it also takes tax
These people take tax and the occupation takes tax
You work here? - Yes
Ramzi Nablus
What would change at the end of the occupation?
What would change with your work if no more occupation?
Of course, tourism will be booming
because we will have... Tourism
because we will have a port
and an airport and we will give people permission to come in easily
and tourists will have the chance to see that
Would things change with you personally?
Yes, same as you
because you don't have occupation
you travel abroad
and you don't have economic problems
I would take my kids and tour the world
Last one
What's the first thing you would do it occupation ended tomorrow?
I would be extremely happy
I won't need a permit or visa I will go anywhere
I will go to the occupied places
and pray there and be happy
I will go to al Aqsa
because I am not allowed to go there
He works in clothing He sells clothing
How will your life change after occupation
Wassim Hebron
Occupation exists everywhere
and it is very difficult to control this
for us Palestinians
The thing that we can do the most is that we can be patient
and we can do what we can
But for occupation to end that is very difficult
because it is mentioned in the Quran
Let's say it ends
How will your life be different?
It depends
When the occupation ends
it depends on who comes or what comes
in it's place
maybe the economy will change
economical situation will change
and it depends on who rules
Maybe the presidents would
would have open communication with us discuss with us
This would only work
if there were a meeting
with the president and the people
and to have elections
So if we all...
If the people and the leaders
sit together and discuss and agree
then better things would happen
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