The world is so fucked up. All kinds of things are happening meanwhile you enjoy your ice cream under the sun form your “first world” city. But one thing is quite clear, some people is moving and doing things to show the others what is going on in places all over the world. This time director’s Alberto Arce & Mohammad Rujailah (the fixer) have created a documentary that will tell a lot. The film can be seen completely online so if you wanna learn more about what is going on at the Gaza Strip go to their website.

The context.

“Gaza Strip has been under siege since June 2007, when Israel declared it an “enemy entity”. A group of international activists organized a siege-breaking movement, the Free Gaza movement. Thanks to their efforts, and despite the Israeli ban on foreign correspondents and humanitarian aid workers to cover and witness operation “Cast Lead” on the ground, a group of international volunteers: self organised members of the International Solidarity Movement were present in Gaza when the bombing started on December, 27th 2009. Together with two international correspondents from Al Jazeera International (Ayman Mohyeldin and Sherine Tadros), they were the only foreigners who managed to write, film and report for several radio stations what was happening inside the besieged Palestinian strip.

Were they journalists? Were they activists? Who cares!. They became witnesses. Being a journalist or being whatsoever depends on how you feel. It is an ethical responsibility that you manage to share with a wider audience what you and those who are around you are going through. It will be the result of your work that will lead you to a professional career as a journalist or not, rather than pre-assumptions and labels. Make them know. Make those who you want to: listen and be aware of what you are aware of. That is a journalist. Having a card, with “press” written on it, or getting a regular salary is not necessary to be a witness with a camera or a pen. Forget about neutrality. Forget about objectivity. We are not Palestinians. We are not Israelis. We are not impartial. We only try to be honest and report what we see and what we know. I am a journalist. If somebody listens, I am a journalist. In Gaza´s case, no “official journalists” were authorized to enter Gaza (apart from those who were already inside) so we became witnesses. With a whole set of responsibilities as regarding to it.”

If you wanna read more about the film click here!

Once again, we have achieved to launch the second city with our new Le Cool 2.0 tool. First it was Dublin and now has been the time for Budapest is on. This time many thanks for Greta & Emre for their help and for making this launch a very special one!

Click here to see the 2.0 website and here to see the first newsletter with the new app.

Good Luck!