Rave against the occupation
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The rave against the occupation is the name of two political dance parties against Israeli occupation of the West bank and Gaza.
The DJs and the rappers were Jewish and Arab musicians, mostly alternative names.
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[edit] The two raves
The first rave happened while May 2002 in Tel Aviv, near the Kirya, the IDF headquarters, and Tel Aviv Museum, with a crowd of 2000-5000 people, mostly young.
The second rave was near Ariel Sharon's ranch, "Havat Hashikmim" near the city of Sderot in the Negev, while winter of 2003, some days before the elections of January 2003.
[edit] In film
The "Rave Against the Occupation", a dancing party while the most difficult days of Al Aqsa Intifada, were the inspiration for two Israeli movies:
- Noam Kaplan's Blue and White Collar (2004)[1]
- Eytan Fox and Gal Uchovsky's The Bubble (2006)[2]
