The Invisible Men Page #2

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It's a shame to miss this opportunity.

I'm leaving in a week!

- I'll return when I want.

I even asked Yuval

and he said,

"You can't come back."

I'm a little confused,

I don't know what to do.

I can't live there

for the rest of my life.

Either I go and return

or I don't go at all.

You said you've been here for 8 years

and you're still illegal.

You're wasting your time.

- I've been here for 10 years.

Illegal for 10 years!

Every time they catch you,

you get sent to court

and to jail.

There's no justice.

To hell with them and their government.

I want to leave this place.

Take my advice.

Leave.

You can't live here.

Hello.

- Hello. -Where's the Comfort?

Straight ahead,

to your right.

Way to go!

Nice.

Is there a problem?

Holy sh*t...

A**hole.

Abdu convinced Louie to go with him

to the gay Arab party

that takes place once a month

in Tel Aviv,

each time in a secret location.

I was shocked that it even exists.

It's so close yet it feels

so far away.

I didn't dare to film inside.

So now we say goodbye?

- Yes.

But you must come see me on Friday

because I'm leaving.

Take care.

- Good luck.

OK, bye.

- Bye.

Palestinians can't come to the party,

because they need permits.

But all the Israeli Arabs come.

OK, back to the party.

See you, God willing. Bye.

How did you feel

at the party?

Good.

Yeah, it felt good.

If any of these people's parents

knew they were at this party,

knew that they're gay,

they'd kill them.

Really.

So they have these parties in secret,

once a month.

No one knows about it.

Honestly,

I don't want to go abroad.

I want to live in a country...

that's close...

I want to breathe my culture,

my land.

In short,

this is painful for me.

I really don't want to go abroad.

Ga...

I don't know.

You've got to live

like a human being.

After the party,

I went to meet Abdu

in the apartment where he was hiding.

He was leaving Israel soon

and I wanted to know more about him.

Who's this hottie?

Hassan Hason...

'New...

He's 18, 19. Young.

Fine.

You don't check IDs

before having sex.

Do you know how many gay Palestinians

there are out there?

Look.

But Palestinians

never post pictures

Cute, huh?

Nice.

Iraq? -Iraq.

- Lebanon. -Iran?

Iran.

Wow, Iran has really hot guys.

There are really hot guys in Iran.

I've never seen anything...

Nice.

This is a real turn-on.

This letter says we are handling

Abdallah Rawashda's case,

we are looking for a

third country to give him

asylum as a humanitarian refugee.

I'll start a new life there.

My whole life is in this bag.

This is my Palestinian Passport.

Have you ever seen a Palestinian

Passport? -No. -Take a look.

What happened that night

in Ramallah?

The Palestinian Police

took me from my home.

First they caught my boyfriend.

Then they came to my apartment

at 2 AM.

I was sleeping.

They came in and trashed the house.

They took me to the police station

in Ramallah.

I was detained for 15 hours.

They beat me up every hour

and questioned me all over again.

They put my head in the toilet,

poured water on me,

and asked me:

"Do you work for the Mossad?"

"No," I said.

They said, "But you're gay. How is it

that you don't work for the Mossad?"

I said, "Yes I'm gay,

but I don't work for Mossad!"

They wouldn't listen. They kept beating

me and asking me over and over again.

"You deal with the Mossad! You're gay!

You sold your soul to the Occupation!"

I never disrespected anyone.

This is me. Accept me as I am.

It's their problem.

In order to apply for asylum abroad,

Louie was asked to write down his story.

Thin k about things

that are relevant to your case.

Take your time, we're in no rush.

When I was 8,

I would go to school.

I had a friend the same age,

in the same school.

When we would come home,

after school,

we'd go home,

and play like friends.

And slowly,

he had an older cousin,

and once,

he started to touch me.

Onetime he took my clothes off.

My Pants.

I didn't know what he was doing.

And he raped me.

This is my story,

that's what happened.

And he said if you ever tell your

parents or anyone,

I will kill you.

I was scared.

He started to have sex with me.

He would call me to have sex.

For 2 years.

And then he got married.

From then on,

I loved...l mean, l felt that l'm

93)'-

I've never told anyone this story.

Wow! So many gays!

I can't believe my eyes!

I can't believe my eyes!

Thousands of gays and lesbians.

Walking in Jerusalem!

Do you know what this means?

The holiest city, to all religions

Muslims, Jews, Christians.

This is the holiest city in the world.

What will happen to me if my picture

appears in the paper tomorrow'?

My picture will appear in the

paper tomorrow:

"A gay Palestinian participates

in the Jerusalem Pride Parade."

Oh my god.

If gays ran the Israeli

and Palestinian governments,

all the problems would be solved.

Because they don't care if you are

Muslim or Christian or Jewish.

Or Palestinian or Israeli or American.

"Beast Parade"

Go to the synagogue and pray.

Live and let live.

It's so much fun here.

I have goose bumps all over my body.

I was thinking last night.

If I want to participate in this parade.

But today I decided that

I'm not afraid anymore.

That's my decision.

I'm not afraid.

I'm not afraid anymore.

Are you saying I should go?

Put your faith in God.

There's no other way, darling.

Do you have relatives in Jaffa?

- My cousins live here.

Do they know you're in Tel Aviv?

They caught me once.

They live near here.

On the border

between Jaffa and Tel Aviv.

One of them hit me,

so I zapped him

with a stun gun and ran off.

It was about 5 months ago.

Did he want to beat you up?

- With this stun gun. See?

I always carry it with me.

It knocks you out.

Oh, it's electric.

It's only 22 volts.

Here, I'll show you.

You put it against

someone's stomach...

Don't do that.

- No. -I'm kidding.

You use it on someone...

They get electrocuted?

Yeah. It electrocutes them

and knocks them out.

But it doesn't kill them.

- No.

It's legal.

It even comes with a ashlight.

You do this.

You do this,

and put it against someone's stomach.

'Nam m, w...

Do that again.

Wow,

No, I want one

where you can see the sea!

This one's nice.

How about here?

- Sit down.

Sit, sit.

Look at me.

Just lift your head.

Handsome.

Did you tell your mother

you're leaving?

Yeah.

I told her I want to leave,

that I'm sick and tired of this.

She said,

"Do whatever you want,

"but take care,

don't make trouble.

"Take care of your health."

You know,

the way mothers talk.

Don't you miss them?

You know...

I miss them,

but there's nothing I can do.

I can't go back.

I'm afraid.

Maybe things will calm down

in a few years

Who knows?

They might calm down.

Maybe they'll think it over

and forget the whole thing.

In a few years.

I can only hope for the best.

Only the one who brought us together

can tear us apart

Only the one who brought us together

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