“Eric, it’s Tim’s site. He can do what he likes with it. You can disagree with how he runs it, I s’pose, but it’s not yours to control.”

So friends please note that according to Tim B, this is just Tim N’s opinions and interpretations of anabaptism. He does represent all anabaptist viewpoints.So please don’t paint us all with the same brush.

So there you have it, this is Tim N’s website and he has total control over it - not the church - so Tim B says.

Thanks for the suggestion. The level of polish on any given video has a lot to do with the priorities and time of the CPT project producing it. The At-Tuwani team did a video along the lines of what you describe focused on the issue of electricity in At-Tuwani. Here it is:

Left in the Dark: Israeli Military Denies Electricity to At-Tuwani

As you can see, it got far fewer views then the Israeli Border Police Destroy Palestinian vegetable fields video above (hereafter “Tomato destruction video”). What makes some videos compelling enough to go viral and others not is a bit mysterious. But it doesn’t seem to be polish and newsreel style presentation.

Of course, as you point out, the number of views on Youtube doesn’t necessarily make it better. It’s difficult to know what impact the video has on its viewers. You are correct that the Tomato destruction ideo might not move people without a prior understanding of the conflict to action, whereas Left in the Dark might be more effective in making the case for those with no prior knowledge. On the other hand, the Tomato destruction video did move 110 people on the CPT Facebook cause not only to watch it, but to pass it on to their friends (see here), which is part of what kicked off the viral growth. I guess the question is one of choosing your audience and deciding what impact you hope your video will have on them.

Can you explain more about how you see a rocket from Gaza as related to the ongoing harassment of Palestinians in the West Bank? Are you suggesting that farmers in the Al Bea’a Valley should be collectively punished for the actions of militants in Gaza?

This is the same flawed logic that those firing the rockets are using. They are wrongly claiming that killing civilians in Israel is justified because of actions taken by the Israeli military. It is the same logic that Israeli border police justify their harassment of Palestinians.

Of course, there’s the small matter of the massive military juggernaut that is the Israeli occupation that backs up the actions of the Border police.