Avatar protest at West Bank barrier

[HalfLotus]

Palestinian protesters pose as Na'vi from "Avatar"

JERUSALEM — Palestinian protesters have added a colorful twist to demonstrations against Israel's separation barrier, painting themselves blue and posing as characters from the hit film "Avatar."

The demonstrators also donned long hair and loincloths Friday for the weekly protest against the barrier near the village of Bilin.

They equated their struggle to the intergalactic one portrayed in the film.

Israel says the barrier is needed for its security. Palestinians consider it a land grab.

The protests have become a symbol of opposition. They often end in clashes with Israeli security forces involving stones and tear gas.

The "Avatar" protest comes a day after the Israeli government began rerouting the enclosure to eat up less of the Palestinian village.

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[Theben]

So... what's the conspiracy?

[BeBMan]

Easy....you see the blue guy? And the color of the thumbsup smilies here at poly? See???

[dannubis]

So they still have access to the latest movies ? My conclusion is that the Israelis are doing something wrong...

[Elok]

So, in addition to being stuck in a corral, they look like idiots. Great.

[rah]

It's nice to see that the barriers aren't stopping the flow of drugs in.

[Asher]

So, in addition to being stuck in a corral, they look like idiots. Great.

I actually think it's a pretty clever form of raising awareness and engendering sympathy. There are a lot of parallels.

[Elok]

No, "colorful" protests are just a bad legacy of the sixties. Nobody pays attention to the plight of stupid-looking people. Of course, in this case nobody paid attention to their plight anyway so there was nothing to lose except their dignity.

Also, there are numerous flaws. This being the real world, for example, if they all banded together in a show of plucky resistance Israel would still kick their asses. And Allah wouldn't make the camels come and save them.

[Patroklos]

The Palestinians realize that the Navi worshiped a Gaia type god right? I assume all of these people will be summarily executed via Sharia for impersonating infidels.

[Snotty]

Nobody pays attention to the plight of stupid-looking people.

Thats an impressive contradiction. No one pays attention to them yet here we are talking about them.

[Kidlicious]

Thats an impressive contradiction. No one pays attention to them yet here we are talking about them.

Well said. It appears that you get more attention when you look stupid, than when people take your land away from you.

[Theben]

The Palestinians realize that the Navi worshiped a Gaia type god right? I assume all of these people will be summarily executed via Sharia for impersonating infidels.

To be fair, I only see one guy. And my guess is that's probably the total amount of blue arabs in Gaza.

[HalfLotus]

That would be an incorrect guess.

[Elok]

Thats an impressive contradiction. No one pays attention to them yet here we are talking about them.

Fine. Nobody does anything about the plight of stupid-looking people. 'Kay?

[Kidlicious]

To be fair, I only see one guy. And my guess is that's probably the total amount of blue arabs in Gaza.

We don't know if he's arab, do we? There's westerners over there protesting.