Regarding artistic production in the occupied territories, Palestinian poet Marvan Mahul poignantly states, "To write poetry that is not political, I must hear the birds, and to hear them, the warplanes must fall silent."

The film Five Broken Cameras vividly depicts the pervasive Israeli aggression against the Palestinian people. Emat Burnat, a simple farmer from the village of Bil'in, buys his first digital camera to document the childhood of his newborn son. However, his footage soon becomes a chronicle of segregation, senseless violence, and the omnipresence of death. Almost overnight, Emat transforms into a war reporter, with his camera serving as a tool of peaceful resistance—prompting repeated attempts by Israeli forces to destroy it.

The film focuses on the Israeli colonization of the West Bank since the 1990s, illustrating how Palestinian farmers' land has been progressively and violently seized through the construction of illegal settlements and increasing harassment by the army, settlers, and the Israeli state.