{"id":3658,"date":"2018-08-04T01:51:00","date_gmt":"2018-08-03T22:51:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2025-01-28T18:25:18","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T16:25:18","slug":"epalestine-mondoweiss-way-forward-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2018\/08\/epalestine-mondoweiss-way-forward-may\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Broken: A Palestinian Journey Through International Law&#8221; documentary reviewed on Mondoweiss"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mondoweiss, August 3, 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The way forward may be buried in the wall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter\"><a  href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wall1-1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/wall1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3659\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/broken-documentary-israel-wall-ihl-resize-240x300.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5500\" style=\"width:293px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">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, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/broken-the-film.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BROKEN<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/broken-the-film.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BROKEN<\/a>&#8221; takes a direct and factual approach to the story of the Wall. It does not shy away from showing both narratives surrounding the debate but remains grounded in the one that is neutral to the parties, international law. This same legal reference point provides States with a way out of the coming collapse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trailer<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BROKEN Trailer\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QjiM3XDPqZM?feature=oembed\"  allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em><strong>&#8220;International Law is the elephant in the room that States have shied away from to base their actions on. Holding both Israel and Palestine legally accountable, proportionally as dictated by law, has the potential to bring at least common sense in to the conflict, if not a resolution.&#8221; ~ Sam Bahour<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read and comment on article at: <a href=\"https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2018\/08\/forward-buried-wall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mondoweiss.net\/2018\/08\/forward-buried-wall\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Visit the film&#8217;s website at <a href=\"https:\/\/broken-the-film.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/broken-the-film.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, &#8220;BROKEN&#8221;. Watch the trailer and read Sam&#8217;s article on Mondoweiss.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5500,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","iawp_total_views":2,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[926],"tags":[1105,978,153,345,26],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-3658","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentaries","tag-broken-a-palestinian-journey-through-international-law-documentary","tag-international-court-of-justice-icj","tag-international-law","tag-mohammed-alatar","tag-mondoweiss"],"authors":[{"term_id":936,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"sambahour","display_name":"Sam Bahour","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/bca109c333bf6d8ae807746dd512adde46265d37c923f6cd0fc4aab437f8e9aa?s=96&d=mm&r=g","author_category":"1","first_name":"Sam","last_name":"Bahour","user_url":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour","job_title":"","description":"Sam Bahour (\u0633\u0627\u0645 \u0628\u062d\u0648\u0631) resides in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He does business consulting as <a href=\"https:\/\/aim.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Applied Information Management<\/a> (AIM), specializing in business development with a niche focus on the information technology sector and start-ups.\r\n\r\nBahour was instrumental in the establishment of two publicly traded firms: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He is Co-founder &amp; Emeritus Member of <a href=\"http:\/\/a4vpe.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy<\/a> (A4VPE) and until recently served as an independent Director at the Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. and a board member at <a href=\"https:\/\/justvision.org\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Just Vision<\/a>.\r\n\r\nHe writes frequently on Palestinian affairs and has been widely published in leading outlets. He is co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/1994\/10\/homeland-oral-histories-of-palestine-and-palestinians-book-recommended\" rel=\"noopener\">HOMELAND: Oral History of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993), tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SamBahour\" rel=\"noopener\">@SamBahour<\/a>, and blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\/\" rel=\"noopener\">epalestine.ps.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3658"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5603,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3658\/revisions\/5603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3658"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=3658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}