“I think that whatever we express in terms of the potential truth is above all else about mobilizing ourselves for ourselves. We learn about ourselves as individuals. Identification with Palestine is universal and not restricted to geographic boundaries. It's a question of moral and ethical positions vis-à-vis all the injustices that surround us.” ThinkingIndividualTermMoralPositionTruth IsUniversalInjusticeBoundariesEthicalSurroundPalestineIdentification Author:Elia Suleiman
“I don't think there should be a Palestinian state because I don't believe in states.” ThinkingShouldBelieveStatesDon't BelievePalestinian Author:Elia Suleiman
“I don't particularly have a good memory. I think history is many times just the text written by the victors. I wanted to counter that aspect.” ThinkingWantedMemoriesWrittenAspectGood Memories Author:Elia Suleiman
“Israel, the Israelis, and the rest of the world have been brainwashed. They don't think of pre-1948, they have no idea Palestinians were in Israel, who we were before '48. As if we were born in 1948 according to them. They have no notion that we had a country, houses, rebelled against the Ottomans and the British. They think history in that region started in that moment.” IfsThinkingWorldHas BeensIdeasCountryMomentsHouseBornNotionIsraelBritishNo IdeaRegionsThat MomentPalestinianBrainwashedOttomansCountry Houses Author:Elia Suleiman
“To think that we are disconnected in some way serves the occupation whether it's through indifference or a distancing. It is a colonial approach of making you a subject and them the spectators. That is disturbing and counterproductive. And then suddenly they are surprised or find it alienating that the microcosmic effects of Palestine are happening in the U.S., France, and England, whether it's from the Islamic movements or immigration factors. Keeping a false purity of their countries will harm them eventually.” ThinkingWayCountrySubjectsEffectsMovementApproachHappeningsEnglandHarmImmigrationFactorsFranceIndifferencePurityIslamicOccupationPalestineSpectatorsDisturbingDisconnectedCounterproductiveFrance And England Author:Elia Suleiman
“Palestine is about how we drink the water, whether we are being ecological or not. Palestine is our way of exercising our daily living. That's what's going to solve the problem of Palestine. It's also how we think of ourselves spiritually. This kind of disconnectedness is harmful to the person who is acting that way and is sometimes annoying.” ThinkingWayKindPersonsSometimesProblemWaterActingExerciseDrinkSolveAnnoyingPalestineEcologicalDaily LivingDisconnectedness Author:Elia Suleiman
“It's a false illusion that we wake up thinking of who we are in terms of identity and that we are stuck in the boundaries of who we are nationalistically.” ThinkingTermIdentityIllusionWake UpStuckBoundariesWho We Are Author:Elia Suleiman
“To think of a film from the point of view of a tank barrel is already so inhumanly positioned. This is when film can reveal itself scandalously.” ThinkingFilmViewsPoint Of ViewTanksBarrels Author:Elia Suleiman
“I don't think you can strategize to be poetic and neither can you strategize to be funny. It is not a tool, it is itself - it comes from the moment, from the character, from the background, from the streets.” ThinkingMomentsCharacterStreetsToolsBackgroundsPoetic Author:Elia Suleiman
