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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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As long as I can remember I was active in different aspects of human rights and community activism. But I think the only motivation is the feeling that without our activism, not just as victims but also as equal partners of bringing a solution, this is the only way we can change. All change has to come from the community that is suffering discrimination<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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Unfortunately, I see things are developing in the wrong direction. More and more racism is developing in Israel, and we see more and more fascist and radical right-wing parties on the rise, but this will not prevent us from being active. I think you need to be more creative to try to get more and more alliances on the international level, that we will not be alone.
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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Human Rights relate to your life, to your future, to the content of your life, in the present and in the future. For me human rights are a struggle. We want to reach the good life of the people and to respect their dignity and their future.<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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I have more than hope for the long-term future, but for the short-term future I have no hope, but we try to do our best and continue struggling for a country. In the long term, I have hope for peace.
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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Doing tours for foreigners when they come to visit Qalqilya is not a job to me, it's a kind of struggle against the apartheid wall, against the racism we suffer, to be beside my people and to explain to the foreigners what is going on on the ground.<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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This conflict is the responsibility of the two people, the Palestinian people and the Israeli people. It is better for both of us, to accept each other but the Israeli government must respect us, there should be the rule of law, we should have our independence - a Palestinian state with borders and with freedom like all other states. We can only treat the Israelis in a normal way and we can only accept them when they do not treat us as people of second class or as slaves. As long as they are confiscating our land, as long as they are not treating us like human beings, good relations will be impossible. Only when justice comes can people live together
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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I'm a child of the 60s, so I grew up at a time in history when progressiveness, human rights, justice, love, being a hippy were all in the air. So, in a sense I just continue that. I grew up in the US, I was very active in the anti-Vietnam war movements, in the civil rights movements and I came here with my eyes open, I mean I knew there was an occupation. You know I'm not a story of someone who came with rosy eyes and got disillusioned and went to the left. I came on the left, very critical, and so that's what has always motivated me, social change and politics.<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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My vision is a kind of model like Europe 30 years ago, a kind of a common economic federation of Israel, Palestine, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. Because I think Israel and Palestine are too small, we should have a regional approach. And then like in Europe, there will be much more freedom. If you're a Palestinian and you've been living in Jordan for 60 years, you have a business, you know you might not want to come to live in Palestine but you want to be a Palestinian and even vote in the elections.
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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We live in a state of apartheid in the state of Israel and I believe that the only way to have a sustainable life in this piece of land is by ending apartheid and creating a democratic state where all people enjoy equal rights. I don't prefer one or two states but I support the situation of ending apartheid.<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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Peace will be possible the moment we can establish a democratic situation because the reason for war in this area is colonial violence. The assumption by state officials is that they can bomb and destroy anyone of their neighbours, anyone they want, the Palestinians, the Syrians, the Jordanians, or the Egyptians. Only by overcoming this colonial attitude will we be able to achieve peace.
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  • The core group of protesters, who are there every day, are activists originating from outside Gangjeong or other parts of South Korea. Many of the long-term activists just planned to visit for a few days and ended up staying. <br />
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The fight against the naval base currently mobilizes more than 125 non-governmental organizations across South Korea (ecologists, pacifists, Christians, Buddhists and associations for human rights) and more than a hundred abroad . Although the Gangjeong anti-naval base movement has received attention by most established global media and receive support from global anti-base movements in Okinawa, Japan, Guam, Europe, and the US, the movement has received relatively little mainstream media attention in South Korea. "The protesters who have joined the fight from the mainland are frequently referred to as 'outside forces', communists, pro-North Korea agitators and 'professional' troublemakers in the mainstream media"  an activist explains.
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  • Every day, residents from other towns and villages on the island of Jeju come to give their physical and emotional support or bring food and clothes. Jeju's history is one of a constant struggle against external forces and the islanders are proud of their resistance to oppression and exploitation. The last time Jeju hosted a military base in 1948, 30,000 people were killed, 40,000 houses burnt down and 90,000 people made homeless (with a population of 300,000 at the time), as the government sought to quell an uprising led by a small group of alleged communist insurgents . Only in 2003 did President Roh Moo-Hyun officially apologize, calling the massacre, known as the April 3rd incident, a "violation of human rights by the state." He declared Jeju the "Island of World Peace" but only four years later finalized plans for the naval base on Jeju. "We feel that the April 3rd tragedy is being played out again by the construction of the Navy base in our village" a Gangjeong resident worries .
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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I grew up as an Israeli Zionist and I feel today that I was brainwashed into being part of a machine in the army and especially in the second Intifada in 2002. I was part of an oppressive and deadly machine against Palestinians. I feel bad about this and I need to work in a different way. I live in a conflict that I want to finish and help to find a solution to, because I want to live here in peace and want my children to grow up here.<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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Politically I think we should have a state or some sort of system that gives freedom to both sides, meaning Israelis and Palestinians. It is important to remember that we do not have to be Palestinians or Israelis, but just people. We need to take into consideration that people are very nationalistic, very religious, to remember both national traumas, the Holocaust on the Jewish side and the Naqba on the Palestinian side. We need total openness in this area, not a state solution that is playing into the hands of the stronger ones, but rather opening up the settlements, give the right of return to the Palestinians, and a right of return for the Jews and build up a model of equality.
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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I am a journalist in the field of culture and art; I believe that the culture and art scene in the '48' area (Israel) is one of the best. We have a really big production of music, theatre, cinema and photography and design, and I believe that this is the medal of the Palestinian society in '48'. Through our bands, our great directors, our singers, we tell our stories as Palestinians. The Palestinians of '48' live in ghettos, and we want to survive. To survive is to keep your identity and your stories and spread them in the world and that is what I do through culture and art. My motivation is to write about these things, to let my people know, to let the Arab world know, to let the whole world know what's really going on in terms of positive and great work despite everything, the occupation, the socio-economic situation.<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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I want a one state solution and the right of return. I think it's the result not the solution. I believe it will not continue like this, the world will not stay as it is, it will change somehow. The one state solution and the right of return for the Palestinian refugees is the only thing I can see. There is a lot of space for everyone here. People can live together here, in a democratic, an unreligious state. Who wants to come, should be able to come. The North of Palestine, here, is closer to Beirut than to Jerusalem. That's what I mean about identity, because who says that a Palestinian from Gaza is not closer to the Egyptians ? So it's about a world without borders, without checkpoints, without passports, without occupation. To move around, to feel free, feel safe and live in peace without borders and checkpoints.
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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My motivation is a strong inner feeling for justice and peace. Not necessarily world peace, but peace within myself, within my people, so we can all live together<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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My vision is that we move on, but think outside of the nation state system, which is very hierarchical. I think we should focus not on monitoring people but rather on brotherhood and sisterhood. There is enough space for everyone. We have enough money, enough water and enough resources for everyone to live perfectly well. I don't have the solution but I think that maybe we should do something more based on fraternity and respect and recognize that everyone has the right to live here.
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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My goal is to give hope to the people in the refugee camp, especially young people and to educate them for a better future and for a better life.<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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It is my dream to see all of our young people have hope for the future. They want to do something and build something. Everyone has its own responsibility. They are the future of the community. My vision is to see society better, with better services, freedom for people and to see better education for all
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  • What is your motivation to work towards peace?<br />
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It is how to be remembered, how to feel that I am doing something that helps everybody else because I believe that everybody is a change maker. The worst nightmare that I have is that one day, my children or your children come and look me in the eyes and say: "What did you do to make a change? What heritage are you leaving us?"<br />
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What is your vision for the future?<br />
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My vision is that people think that they can make a difference and they cannot just sit and criticize without really acting for change. We are not only receivers of services and information; we are in an interactive process to create a change. Little by little we see that people, the civil community, are moving. Civil society is making a change, society is protesting and walking in the streets and can actively criticize the government and what they are doing. I envisage that justice will prevail because if we look at history, kingdoms come and go away, but what remains are the people and a constant request for justice.
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  • Every week, catholic priests and nuns from different dioceses visit Gangjeong to hold masses and to join in the blockade of the entrance gate. A catholic priest explains that he comes down to Jeju during his free days, as the struggle is one of social justice that concerns the whole nation . <br />
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Father Joseph Oh, a catholic priest explains that in the beginning when the villagers were fighting alone against the navy base, the police was much more violent and used to hit people. According to him, the police have used less violence since activists from the mainland have joined in. "They know that the news will spread far beyond Gangjeong if they use excessive force" .
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  • Gangjeong, anti-naval base protest
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  • Construction trucks waiting for the police to clear the gate
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  • The construction site
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  • After the hourly police raid
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  • The island of Jeju is known for its unique nature and biodiversity and was visited by more than eight million tourists in 2012. It is part of the New Seven Natural Wonders of the World and is the only place on Earth to receive all three UNESCO designations in natural sciences: UNESCO Biosphere Reserve (2002), UNESCO World Natural Heritage (2007) and UNESCO Geopark (2010) . The sea off Gangjeong in the south of the island is home to rare soft corals and is one of the most important habitats for the endangered indo-pacific bottlenose dolphin.
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  • A catholic priest comforting a protester after the police raid
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  • Every hour about 150- 300 police descend on the gate to clear the way for the construction trucks
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  • Going to work is hard work for staff of the naval base construction site
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  • The entrance to the 50 hectares construction site in the village of Gangjeong is located on a busy main road linking the capital of Jeju to the second biggest city, Seogwipo. On the side of the road, a colorful tent city has been erected with sleeping quarters, a computer tent, a small coffee place, and a lot of banners and artwork. Every hour, about 300 police stationed on a public parking 100 meters away march to the entrance gate. A protester keeping watch gives a signal using a gong and all the protesters (between 20 and 40 on normal days) take position in front of the gate and sit on chairs holding banners or sit on the floor with interlocked arms and feet. It usually takes the police about 20 minutes to clear the way and secure the entry and exit of the trucks.
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  • A protester trying to break through the police blockade
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  • Protesters waiting for their turn to be removed from the entrance t the construction site
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  • At time construction takes place 24 hours a day....during these days, protesters are present outside the gate, blocking it every hour
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  • Gangjeong anti-naval base protest
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  • The naval base project on the self-governing island of Jeju, about 80 kilometers from the mainland, was launched during the Roh Moo-hyun administration (2003-2008) and has since been approved by two successive administrations. The official reasons for the naval base are to allow for better policing of the sea lanes and faster response to any acts of aggression by North Korea. The Seoul government emphasizes that the Jeju Civilian-Military Complex Port will lead to regional development, maximum compensation for residents and investment into various facilities. <br />
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A majority of the 2,000 Gangjeong villagers, who live mainly from agriculture and fisheries, do not accept these arguments as valid. In a referendum held in 2007, 94 percent of the eligible voters opposed the naval base. They fear that its sheer size - once completed, the base will house 8,000 marines, up to 20 destroyers, several submarines and two 150,000-ton luxury cruise liners - will likely lead to the erasure of their community, 450 year history, culture and traditions. <br />
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Along Gangjeong's coastline, where fresh spring water meets the sea, lies a 1.2 kilometer-long lava rock known as Gureombi, which is part of a world heritage site. Its many unique fresh water tidal pools provide habitats for a wealth of animal and plant life and the fresh-water springs underneath the rock provide 70% of the drinking water for the southern half of the Island. Gangjeong is known as the 'village of water' and the Gangjeong stream is what makes the farmland some of the most fertile on the island.
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  • Most policemen and women are very young, some of them doing their compulsory military service. Since 2011, 128.402 police have already served in Gangjeong, with an average of 352 policemen and policewomen per day . The police are rotated every two to three weeks, undoubtedly because the work is hard but also to avoid sympathy for the protesters from developing. Some of the policemen look extremely embarrassed and are quick to point out that they are only doing their job.
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  • Every hour construction trucks enter and exit the base.
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  • protesters getting ready to block the gate
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  • From the time construction of the base was announced, activists, catholic priests and nuns, protestant pastors, law professors, teachers, artists, writers, housewives and students from all around South Korea have joined the villagers in their protest. In order to hinder and delay construction, protesters regularly block the entrance to the construction site with their bodies, chain themselves to anything available, go on hunger strikes, file lawsuits and press for a reconsideration of the project nationwide.
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  • A policeman in civilian clothes harassing protesters with a camera
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  • Sung Sim Jang's (42 - with the shaved hair), from a village 40 minutes from Gangjeong, has taken a break from her work as a taxi driver to support the protest. She was on hunger strike for one month, even refusing to drink for over a week in November 2012.
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