The shepherd and the settler

The Documentary Podcast

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, Personal Journals

4.3 • 2.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2020

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Muhammad is a Bedouin shepherd in a remote corner of the West Bank called Rashash. His family has been herding sheep and goats in Rashash for 30 years and in Palestine for generations. But since Israeli settlers recently moved in nearby it has become difficult for Muhammad to graze his flock undisturbed.

When producer Max Freedman visits Rashash, he sees this conflict in action. One settler tries to scatter the sheep by driving towards them in an all-terrain vehicle. Another chases after the flock on horseback. An Israeli activist tries to use his body as a human shield.

After leaving Rashash, Max sets out to understand what he saw there.

Presenter/reporter: Max Freedman Producer: Max Freedman, Ilana Levinson, and Emily Bell Editor: Ilana Levinson

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to the Palestinian Territory of the West Bank and episode 5 of Rule
0:06.4	Breakers at BBC World Service Sundance Institute Collaboration where we invite filmmakers to create audio
0:13.5	documentary about people doing things their own ways. I am Shirin Nasat. We are up
0:19.8	for a fascinating story now as we find out how borders and politics are not designed for
0:25.7	Shepherds and their sheep.
0:30.2	Thank God we had good reign the last few nights.
0:33.0	The rain is the source of our life.
0:35.4	It's how the grass grows, what the sheep eat.
0:38.3	Everything we need.
0:39.3	I'm sitting on a brush-covered hillside with two Israeli activists and a Bedou and
0:45.2	Shepherd named Mohammed.
0:47.2	Mohammed,
0:49.2	Mohammed is in his early 30s, same as me.
0:53.0	He's short and stocky with a warm smile,
0:55.0	wearing ripped jeans and a dark red cap.
0:58.0	Max Hoah Sahf im in America.
1:00.0	The BBC.
1:02.0	That's Aviv Tatarski, an Israeli activist who's my translator for the day.
1:08.0	I've been producing stories about Israel and Palestine for a couple of years now,
1:12.0	but today is my first time reporting on the ground.
1:15.0	I'm in a remote place called Rashash, where Mohammed lives with about 80 members of his extended family.
1:25.0	As we drink from tiny glasses of hot sweet tea brewed with sage,
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