{"id":6668,"date":"2006-01-28T03:38:00","date_gmt":"2006-01-28T01:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/?p=6668"},"modified":"2025-02-26T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-26T14:29:00","slug":"the-diaries-of-yossef-nachmani-documentary-looks-at-the-man-responsible-for-the-first-settlements-in-the-galilee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/2006\/01\/the-diaries-of-yossef-nachmani-documentary-looks-at-the-man-responsible-for-the-first-settlements-in-the-galilee\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani&#8221; documentary looks at the man responsible for settling the Galilee"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XXe8Kk82PBo?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<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\"The sheer historical weight of the material presented raises fascinating questions.\" <\/p><cite>\u2013 Lisa Nesselson, <em>Variety<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"549\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-diaries-of-yossef-nachmani.png\" alt=\"The Diaries of Yossef Nachmani documentary\" class=\"wp-image-6669\" style=\"width:296px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-diaries-of-yossef-nachmani.png 380w, https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/the-diaries-of-yossef-nachmani-208x300.png 208w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 380px) 100vw, 380px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Synopsis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A look into the complex and contradictory personality of Yossef Nachmani, the man largely responsible for the first Zionist settlements in the Galilee. As director of the Jewish National Fund office in the Galilee, Nachmani acquired as much land from Arabs as possible to establish Jewish settlements upon it. The film focuses on events in Tiberius, Nachmani's hometown, a mixed community where Arabs and Jews coexisted harmoniously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nachmani left behind a fascinating series of diaries that shed new light upon events in the Galilee during those years. Through these diaries, the film examines the critical early years of Zionism and the beginning of the Jewish-Arab conflict from his unique perspective. This provocative historical documentary is sure to become a significant document in the ongoing debate about the basic foundation myth of Israel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>\"An impressive visual and historical document. This powerful compilation film... tries to restore this historical account to all of those who would wish to forget it. Using old and nearly lost film footage, and with the help of aging witnesses from both sides of the barricades...and with the incorporation of assessments of the best researchers in the field, Karpel has constructed a flowing film with wise and rich text.\"<\/p><cite>Shlomo Sand, Professor of History at Tel Aviv University and author of <em>Film as History: Imagining and Screening the Twentieth Century<\/em><\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A look into the complex and contradictory personality of Yossef Nachmani, the man largely responsible for the first Zionist settlements in the Galilee.  As director of the Jewish National Fund office in the Galilee, Nachmani acquired as much land from Arabs as possible to establish Jewish settlements upon it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":6669,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[926],"tags":[1085,235,117,1084],"ppma_author":[936],"class_list":["post-6668","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-documentaries","tag-dalia-karpel","tag-galilee","tag-israeli-settlements-settlers-and-settler-colonialism","tag-the-diaries-of-yossef-nachmani-documentary"],"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\/6668","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=6668"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7081,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6668\/revisions\/7081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6668"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6668"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6668"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/epalestine.ps\/sambahour\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=6668"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}