{"id":6481,"date":"2022-05-30T02:39:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-29T23:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/?p=6481"},"modified":"2025-01-24T03:01:07","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T01:01:07","slug":"h2-the-occupation-lab-documentary-examines-israels-control-of-hebron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2022\/05\/h2-the-occupation-lab-documentary-examines-israels-control-of-hebron\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;H2: The Occupation Lab&#8221; documentary examines Israel&#8217;s control of Hebron"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1418\" height=\"2048\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/H220Poster.jpg\" alt=\"H2: The Occupation Lab poster\" class=\"wp-image-1892\" style=\"width:247px;height:auto\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\"H2\" is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron, the only Palestinian urban area which remains under full Israeli military control, due to the presence of several hundred settlers. Here, along a one-Kilometer road, lies the Cave of the Patriarchs, where Jews and Muslims believe their common father, Abraham, is buried. Here the massacre of 1929, which some see as \"year zero\" of the conflict, took place; here the Jewish settlement movement was born; and a policy of ethnic separation was first tested and implemented. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Through rare archive footage and interviews with Hebron's military commanders, \"H2: The Occupation Lab\" tells the story of a place which is both a microcosm for the entire conflict, and a test lab for methods of control implemented in the West Bank. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>IMDB:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19433900\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt19433900\/<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Medalia Productions page for \"H2\":<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/medaliaproductions.com\/our-films\/h2\/\">https:\/\/medaliaproductions.com\/our-films\/h2\/<\/a><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Official 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=\"H2: The Occupation Lab I Official Trailer I MetFilm Sales\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v9qhpDQGO-4?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<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Q&amp;A with \"H2\" co-director Noam Sheizaf (November 2022)<\/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=\"H2: The Occupation Lab Q+A with Co-Director Noam Sheizaf, moderated by Libby Lenkinski\" width=\"1080\" height=\"608\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EhcpP36xYRM?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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>H2 is the name given to the eastern part of Hebron, the only Palestinian urban area which remains under full Israeli military control, due to the presence of several hundred settlers.  Through rare archive footage and interviews with Hebron&#8217;s military commanders, &#8220;H2: The Occupation Lab&#8221; tells the story of a place which is both a microcosm for the entire conflict, and a test lab for methods of control implemented in the West Bank.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1892,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[926],"tags":[1011,1010,1009,272,1012,1013],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-6481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentaries","tag-cave-of-the-patriarchs","tag-h2","tag-h2-the-occupation-lab","tag-hebron","tag-idit-avrahami","tag-noam-sheizaf"],"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":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Sam Bahour<\/strong> is a Palestinian-American business consultant, writer, and commentator based in Al-Bireh\/Ramallah, Palestine. He is the principal of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aim.ps\/\">Applied Information Management (AIM)<\/a>, a consultancy specializing in business development and startup advisory services.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour played a foundational role in establishing two of Palestine\u2019s publicly traded companies: the Palestine Telecommunications Company (PALTEL) and the Arab Palestinian Shopping Centers (APSC). He co-founded Americans for a Vibrant Palestinian Economy (A4VPE), of which he is now an emeritus member, and served as an independent director on the board of Arab Islamic Bank P.L.C. from 2004 to 2025. He currently serves on the board of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.justvision.org\/\">Just Vision<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mas.ps\">The Palestine Economic Policy Research Institute (MAS)<\/a>.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He frequently gives talks to delegations visiting Palestine on the subjects of Palestine\u2019s political economy, Palestinian Politics 101, and a general orientation to the state of affairs under Israeli military occupation.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prolific writer on Palestinian affairs, Bahour has been published in major international outlets including The New York Times, The Guardian, Haaretz, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, the Los Angeles Times, Al Jazeera America, Le Monde diplomatique, Al-Monitor, +972 Magazine, The Hill, and Arab News. He has appeared as a commentator on NPR, CNN, BBC, and other broadcast media.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Bahour is the co-editor of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Homeland-Oral-Histories-Palestine-Palestinians\/dp\/1566561329\/ref=la_B00HBW71SO_1_1\">Homeland: Oral Histories of Palestine and Palestinians<\/a><\/em> (Olive Branch Press, 1993) and was profiled in the bestselling anthology <em><a href=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2017\/06\/epalestine-kingdom-of-olives-and-ash\/\">Kingdom of Olives and Ash<\/a><\/em>, edited by Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman, in a chapter authored by Chabon titled \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/lithub.com\/the-tallest-man-in-ramallah\/\">The Tallest Man in Ramallah<\/a>.\u201d He holds an Associate\u2019s and Bachelor\u2019s degree in Computer Technology from Youngstown State University, and a Kellogg-Recanati International Executive MBA \u2014 a joint program of the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and the Recanati Business School at Tel Aviv University.<\/p>\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SamBahour\">@SamBahour<\/a>, blogs at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epalestine.ps\">www.epalestine.ps<\/a>, and may be reached at sbahour[AT]gmail[DOT]com.<\/p>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481","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=6481"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6487,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6481\/revisions\/6487"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6481"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}