Ancient Roots, New Walls
In this powerful scene, a Palestinian resident from Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank recounts the day Israeli forces uprooted ancient olive trees to make way for the separation wall. The story reveals the deep spiritual and historical ties Palestinians have to the land—and the devastation caused by its ongoing erasure. These thousand-year-old olive trees are more than crops; they are living ancestors. This clip is part of “A Red Road to the West Bank”, a documentary exploring the shared experiences of Indigenous resistance in Palestine and on Turtle Island. 🎥 Support the project: amplifierfilms.ca/redroad
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Franklin López
4/4/20251 min read
This clip is part of our forthcoming documentary A Red Road to the West Bank, a film that connects Indigenous resistance from Kanien’kehá:ka territories to Palestine. Our goal is to expose how settler-colonial systems operate across borders—and how communities resist, survive, and fight back together.
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In this powerful scene, a Palestinian resident from Beit Jala in the occupied West Bank recounts the day Israeli forces uprooted ancient olive trees to make way for the separation wall. The story reveals the deep spiritual and historical ties Palestinians have to the land—and the devastation caused by its ongoing erasure. These thousand-year-old olive trees are more than crops; they are living ancestors.
This clip is part of “A Red Road to the West Bank”, a documentary exploring the shared experiences of Indigenous resistance in Palestine and on Turtle Island.
🎥 Support the project: amplifierfilms.ca/redroad

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