On Sunday, July 7, 2025, I started a weekend vigil on the boardwalk on Venice Beach for Gaza and a free Palestine. Initially, I deployed a GoPro Hero5 camera to record whatever went on—for my own protection. Eventually, I realized that I could use cameras to make videos of the happening around my vigil, and those videos could greatly expand the impact of my vigil.
I now regularly deploy three cameras, including an Insta360 X4 video camera, as well as three additional audio recording devices, and putting more time and attention into producing videos from my experiences on the beach. Below are the thirteen videos I have produced to date.
Public Interest & Support: Why the Zionists hate my Vigil 3/8/26
Too many of the videos I have posted lately highlight confrontations with Zionists who oppose my support for a free Palestine, where as the general public supports what I am doing. This video is to highlight that suppose by looking at a small sample of those who stopped by last Sunday.
Venice Compatriot confronts Zionist A-hole 3/8/26
There were more fireworks around my vigil for a Free Palestine on the Venice Beach boardwalk last Sunday, as a Venice local confronted a Zionist, who really showed his ass—literally. This is the first video I did with my 360 camera in which I incorporated clips from the other two GoPro Hero type cameras, making it a three camera shoot.
Punk Rockers speak out on Israel & Gaza 3/7/26
A couple of punk rocker/rappers expressed their views on Israel & Gaza at my vigil on the Venice Beach boardwalk.
Sitting with Jerry in the Sun 3/1/26
This is my first video made with a VR360 camera. Last Sunday I added an Insta360 X4 to the cameras covering my vigil for a Free Palestine on the boardwalk on Venice Beach. The beauty of this camera is that like the GoPros I've been using, I can set it up for a static shot, and then forget about it, but unlike the GoPros, it records video of everything around it in every direction all at once. This allows me to pan and zoom, and frame the shot in post.
Dealing with the massive, specialized files this camera produces has been its own special challenge, especially since I'm editing in Linux. Using the Insta360 Studio to stitch the two hemisphere streams together to produce a MP4 360 video is pretty much mandatory, and Insta360 only produces that app in two favors, Windows and Mac, with a mobile version for Android. So, I approached the problem from 3 angles: running it in a Windows 10 VM powered by Virtualbox, running it with Wine in a Bottle, and running the mobile app in Waydroid, an Android emulator for Linux. So far I'm only got it completely functional with the Windows VM.
Once Insta360 Studio has produced its MP4 file, I can do everything else in kdenlive, the video editor I've been using since I kissed Adobe Premiere Pro goodbye. Fortunately the newest version of kdenlive now has a full suite of VR360 effects, so look for me using this system to produce some exciting new videos from the vigil.
Discussion with anti-Netanyahu Zionist about Gaza 2/14/26
This discourse with a anti-Netanyahu Zionist begins with her defense of a kid who rode up on his ebike, knocked over my Palestinian flag and stole my Ukrainian flag. We talked to almost 20 minutes as she cycled through all the favorite Zionist excuses for the genocide in Gaza, and I did my best to rebut them. Hopefully, she learned something and will change her views.
Zionist attack my Free Palestine Vigil and try to steal my flag 2/14/26
There were 3 Zionists attacks on my Free Palestine vigil on Saturday. I guess this is the way they celebrates Valentines Day—by spreading hate, and celebrating genocide. Two involved youths on ebikes riding up, knocking things over and then speeding off. On the first of these, my Ukrainian flag was stolen.
This third incident was the most serious. It was a concerted attack by 5 Zionists in there 20's. The lead guy said he wanted to debate me, but he was belligerent, and disrespectful from the beginning, calling me "my boy," even though I'm almost 3 times his age, and knocking one of my cameras loose from its backup power source, as he moved the chair back from its original position. I later realized this was so that facing him, I would be less likely to notice the others who followed behind him were removing my Palestine flag from its tripod, but I did anyway.
It got heated as I took back the flag, and demanded that the young creep who called me boy and then threatened to "beat my ass" get out of the chair. As the situation developed, other people took notice and moved to intervene. Most of these were off-camera, but you can see one couple stop. The woman came over to lend her support, while her friend with the backpack watched. As the Zionists "read the room," they realized this wouldn't work out well for them, so the 5 of them broke off the engagement and headed down the boardwalk, all together this time. As they did, the guy with the backpack waved them on before giving me a thumbs up.
So, how was your Valentines Day? I'll be back on Sunday so we'll see what tomorrow brings.
My Venice Beach Vigil show most people support the Palestinian People 2/15/26
Most of the videos I have posted from my Free Palestine Vigil on Venice Beach have focused on confrontations with Zionist detractors, but I don't want people to lose sight of the fact that the response to my vigil has been overwhelmingly supportive. This video highlights the support I received last Sunday, Feb 15, 2026.
Zionist Propaganda as Regurgitated by a Delusional Idiot on Venice Beach 12/14/25
We have a few homeless delusional idiots on Venice Beach. This is how Zionist propaganda was regurgitated by one that visited my Free Palestine vigil on the boardwalk.
A Conversation with Alberto from Costa Rica about Gaza and other things 12/14/25
A man from Costa Rica stopped by my Free Palestine vigil on the Venice Beach boardwalk last Sunday. We had an interesting conversation about Gaza, Costa Rica, and a few other things.
A Good Conversation about Gaza on Venice Beach - Part 1 12/13/25
I had a very thoughtful conversation with two visitors to Venice Beach about the situation in Gaza, greater Palestine and Israel this on Saturday.This is Part 1 of that conversation.
A Good Conversation about Gaza on Venice Beach - Part 2 12/13/25
This is Part 2. Please excuse the noise. The boardwalk is a very noisy place. I did my best to clean it up in Audacity, and enhance it in Kdenlive.
Probable IDF thug tries to prove me wrong 12/14/25
A lot of people were disappointed that the Holiday Boat Parade in Marina del Rey on Saturday had replaced the traditional fireworks display with a drone show. The fireworks took place on Sunday in front of my Free Palestine vigil on the Venice Beach boardwalk went I confronted a couple of Zionist thugs most likely with the IDF.
Civil Discourse about Palestine on Venice Beach between a young Zionist & a Black revolutionary 11/9/25
Two weeks ago an IDF thug tried to take out my GoPro. This week it delivered this great discussion between a Black revolutionary and a young Zionist from Israel.
Israeli Zionist causes a ruckus on the Venice Beach boardwalk 10/26/25
On October 26, 2025 an Israeli Zionist rode up to my Free Palestine vigil and said "f*ck Palestine" before fleeing on his ebike. He summoned up the courage to try a second pass to do who-knows-what, but was short stopped by a good citizen that happened to be in the right place at the right time.
More, Later
Clay Claiborne
March 13, 2026
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