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“Our American Israel: The Story of an Entangled Alliance” [Recommended]
An essential account of America’s most controversial alliance that reveals how the United States came to see Israel as an extension of itself, and how that strong and divisive partnership plays out in our own time. Our American Israel tells the story of how a Jewish state in the Middle East came to resonate profoundly with a broad range of Americans in the twentieth century. Beginning with debates about Zionism after World War II, Israel’s identity has been entangled with America’s belief in its own exceptional nature. Now, in the twenty-first century, Amy Kaplan challenges the associations underlying this special alliance.
“Broken: A Palestinian Journey Through International Law” documentary reviewed on Mondoweiss
Although much has been written about the Wall, few efforts have sought to dig deeper into why States turned a blind eye to all its illegalities, which were clearly ingredients for a troubling road ahead, as we are now witnessing. Mohammed Alatar has taken this aspect of the Wall head on in a newly released documentary titled, “BROKEN”. Watch the trailer and read Sam’s article on Mondoweiss.
Jadaliyya: Exporting Palestinian Education to Palestinians: Documenting Yet Another Step Forward
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“Wrapped in the Flag of Israel: Mizrahi Single Mothers and Bureaucratic Torture” by Smadar Lavie [Recommended]
In Wrapped in the Flag of Israel, Smadar Lavie analyzes the racial and gender justice protest movements in the State of Israel from the 2003 Single Mothers’ March to the 2014 New Black Panthers and explores the relationships between these movements, violence in Gaza, and the possibility of an Israeli attack on Iran… Weaving together memoir, auto-ethnography, political analysis, and cultural critique, Wrapped in the Flag of Israel presents a model of bureaucracy as divine cosmology that is both lyrical and provocative. Lavie’s focus on the often-minimized Mizraḥi population juxtaposed with the state’s monolithic culture suggests that Israeli bureaucracy is based on a theological notion that inserts the categories of religion, gender, and race into the foundation of citizenship.
“Looted and Hidden” documentary – ABSOLUTELY STUNNING FOOTAGE – A MUST SEE
Can’t figure out those Palestinians? Maybe this short film by Dr. Rona Sela, an Israeli curator, researcher of visual history and culture, and lecturer at Tel Aviv University, can help. Rona found stolen and ‘imprisoned’ photos and film footage in the Israeli military archives. The film features Khadijeh Habashneh and Sabri Jiryis.
Haaretz: How the U.S. State Department Deleted the Occupied Territories (Gerard Horton)
TWIP: Israel at 70: A Darkness unto the Nations (By: Sam Bahour)
CQ researcher – Pro/Con: Is President Trump right to recognize Jerusalem as Israel’s capital?
“From Balfour to Banksy” documentary examines the UK’s historical impact on Palestinians
This film looks at the losers in Palestine a century after Britain’s ‘Balfour Declaration’. And, 50 years after the end of the 1967 war, it records some of the realities of life for millions of contemporary Palestinians who still live in a military zone – who live behind a wall, in limited and stressful conditions, and with seriously compromised human rights.
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