"I spend my days filming dozens of Palestinian groups that use non-violence against Israeli occupation, but most of you have not heard of them," Julia Bacha, a Brazilian-filmmaker, told the audience at Tuesday's session of the TEDGlobal conference in Edinburgh, Scotland.
"Only violence is given front page attention on stories about the Palestinian struggle ... Non-violent struggle is not being covered by mass media."
Bacha showed a trailer for her film, Budrus, which was shot in a West Bank village that had mounted peaceful resistance to the Israeli separation barrier that was capturing Palestinian land and isolating towns and villages.
"What's missing for nonviolence to grow is for us to pay attention to Palestinians that are already adopting non-violence.
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