Avatar fuel Islamic Protests
The Making of the West Bank’s ‘Avatar’ Protest
Carl Franzen
(Feb. 12) – The conflict in the Middle East took on an especially cinematic quality Friday, when activists representing a small Palestinian village dressed up like the oppressed aliens from the blockbuster movie “Avatar” before staging a demonstration in front of the Israeli West Bank barrier.
“When people around the world who have watched the film see our demonstration and the conditions that provoked it, they will realize that the situations are identical,” said Mohammed Khatib, one of the leading Palestinian organizers of the protest against the barrier
Source: http://www.aolnews.com/world/article/palestinians-use-avatar-to-protest-west-bank-barrier/19356749
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