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There is something that I don't understand.

Why do they use so much sugar in Nablus?

It's the custom,

Everyone does it.

OK.

Listen, what do you do

when you're not delivering keys at dawn?

What do you do to have fun?

I don't know, nothing.

- What are you saying?

- Do you go to the cafes?

At times, to smoke the nargila.

And besides that,

do you do sports, do you read?

Do you go to the movies?

No, in Nablus there are no movies.

Yeah, I know.

But at some point you went to the movies?

Yes, it's been ten years.

We burned the "Rivoli" cinema.

You burned the cinema?

There were a lot of us.

Sure, but why would you have

done that to the cinema?

Not to the cinema, to Israel.

They would close the way

to the workers of the West Bank.

And we went out into the street

to protest.

We finished in the cinema

and we set it on fire.

Why the cinema?

Why us?

I don't know.

We kept the video.

- Oh, so you do see films.

- At times.

Well, tell me,

which is your favorite "genre"?

Which is my favorite "genre"?

Don't make fun of my "genre".

Oh... what type.

There are action films,

science fiction, documentaries...

- What makes you cry?

- And what bores you?

What bores me?

- Like?

- Like life.

I don't believe you.

I'm sure that your life

is not boring.

Look,

I believe that your life is like

a minimalist Japanese film.

May Allah bless you.

Is it true that you're

Abu Assam's daughter?

They said that he was a hero.

You should be very proud of him.

I would prefer to have him alive

to being proud of him.

Our cause continues to live

today thanks to him.

There are many ways

of staying alive.

It doesn't depend on us.

The occupation shapes

the resistance.

Resistance can take

many forms.

But we should recognize

that we are lacking military force.

There are those who look for other

alternatives.

To accept the defeat

of our grandfathers?

The injustice?

This conversation

is going nowhere.

Are you coming back?

Hopefully.

Good.

Goodbye, night visitor.

Khaled.

Here.

Listen, Khaled,

why does your father limp?

During the first intifada,

they came into the house.

The Israelis let him choose

which leg he wanted to keep.

I would have let them break both of mine

before I would let them humiliate me.

It's incredible

how you much you look like your father.

Come, sit a while

and drink the coffee.

Tell me about it.

How was it?

What's gotten into you this morning?

Was it like the people said?

Forget it.

It's the past.

Allah took pity on him.

Said.

What your father did,

he did it for us.

Yes, but...

The world is changing.

Everything changes except Allah.

Now that's the truth.

Ah...

You don't have a future.

What a fool...

you frightened me.

When will you grow up?

Good day.

Good day, Jamal.

There is coffee.

No thanks, we have to go.

What can we do

if there is no justice or liberty?

There is no remedy except

to fight.

If we accept

that the strong would eat the weak,

we are no better

than animals.

It's unacceptable.

It's better to die

than to be the inferior ones.

He who fights for liberty

gives his life for it.

You will change all of this.

- Hi.

- Hi.

Hi, Jamal.

It's our turn.

In the name of Allah,

the merciful one.

In the holy book, Allah says:

"If they harm you,

they harm my people".

In times like these,

Allah recognizes the believers

and chooses the martyrs.

Allah does not love the unjust.

Allah speaks the truth.

In response to the occupation,

the injustice and the crimes,

and in order to support the resistance,

I have decided to sacrifice myself.

The only thing we can do is to fight.

For Israel, to live

with the Palestinians as equals

inside a democratic system

is equivalent to a suicide.

Neither does it accept the solution

of two states,

even though it is an attitude

to the detriment of the Palestinians.

We are only left with accepting

the occupation or disappearing.

We have forced an end

to the occupation

with political means

and peaceful means

But Israel puts up

more settlements

and throw us out of Jerusalem

and to engage in 'ethnic cleansing'.

It uses its war machine

and its political and economic power

to force us to accept

its conditions

to convert us

to being inferior or to die.

But, as a martyr,

I do not fear death.

Only this way would I come out victorious.

And conquer the threats

of their political and military power.

I want to die as a martyr.

Dear parents,

I ask your forgiveness

for leaving this way,

but soon we will be together again.

Goodbye to you.

There is only one God,

and Mohammed is his prophet.

Allah speaks the truth.

How is it?

You haven't recorded,

something isn't working correctly.

Something happened,

we'll try it again.

In the name of Allah,

the merciful one.

- In the holy book...

- Stop, stop.

It's not working.

- Fix it, you idiot!

- Calm down, Khaled.

Now you can make it better,

you have another chance.

Ready.

In the name of Allah,

the merciful one.

Allah said:
"If they harm you,

they harm my people".

In times like these...

Ma,

before I forget,

there are water filters

in Al Mokhtar.

They are cheaper

than the ones from Kanaze.

Better buy them there.

Is that for the video?

No, but I forgot

to tell it to my mother.

Fine.

In the name of Allah,

the merciful one.

We will continue the fight

until the end.

We only dispose

of our bodies

against the occupation.

Can you hold it?

Pretty good.

Abu Karem.

- Good day.

- Good day.

- Which one is Said and which is Khaled?

- I'm Khaled.

I'm Said.

It's a great honor to meet you

before you leave.

Praise Allah, you have great character.

- Have you eaten well?

- Yes, very well, thank Allah.

- It has been explained to them?

- They're all set.

It is a great honor

that very few achieve.

Allah willing, when you have ascended to heaven,

we will take care of everything

here below.

We will honor your heroism.

Some request?

I hope

that my family

will not suffer reprisals.

I want our photo

to be put up in the plaza.

We are proud of you.

We are united,

we will protect your families.

Let's go.

It is the first important

operation in two years.

It has been carefully planned,

we will surprise everyone.

You were not chosen at random.

We knew that you would be capable

of doing it.

We will always be with you.

We are proud.

So, the legend in person.

These belts are new,

they have a closure mechanism.

When they are activated,

no one can open them.

Only us.

Trying to open them is enough

to make them explode.

If the soldiers find out,

you will be shot.

You must be quicker than they are

and detonate them by pulling

on this cord.

If the moment arrives,

you will kill many soldiers.

If you are noticed,

they will not risk themselves.

If they have the least suspicion,

they will shoot you,

from a safe distance.

You should pull

the cord before.

Do you understand?

On the other side of the barricade

there will be a man named

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