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Palestine Is Still The Issue

John Pilger returns to the Middle East and questions why there has been no progress towards peace.


A printer-friendly version of this page 53 minutes
Directed by Anthony Stark
Produced by Christopher Martin
for Carlton International Media Ltd
Written and Presented by John Pilger





"Candid and powerful statements that it is vital for outsiders to hear." Middle East Studies Association Bulletin
NOTE TO ACTIVIST GROUPS: We are making this video available at a special price of $59 to activist groups. Please order under our Activists' Page. This gives you the right to show the film in public as long as no admission fee is charged. TV rights are NOT available.

In 1977, the award-winning journalist and film-maker, John Pilger, made a documentary called Palestine Is Still The Issue (1977). He told how almost a million Palestinians had been forced off their land in 1948, and again in 1967. In this in-depth documentary, he has returned to the West Bank of the Jordan and Gaza, and to Israel, to ask why the Palestinians, whose right of return was affirmed by the United Nations more than half a century ago, are still caught in a terrible limbo -- refugees in their own land, controlled by Israel in the longest military occupation in modern times.

"The fate and struggle of the Palestinians," says Pilger, "are not just critical to the overdue recognition of their basic human rights, but are also central to whether the region, and the wider world, are plunged into war. Israel is now one of the biggest military powers in the world. While nothing changes, the dangers become greater. This is a film about a nation of people, traumatized, humiliated and yet resilient. In trying to liberate less than a quarter of historic Palestine, they have had no army, no air force, and no powerful friends -- and have fought back with slingshots and now with the terrorism of the suicide bombers."

In a series of extraordinary interviews with both Palestinians and Israelis, John Pilger weaves together the issue of Palestine. He speaks to the families of suicide bombers and their victims; he sees the humiliation of Palestinians imposed on them at myriad checkpoints and with a permit system not dissimilar to apartheid South Africa's infamous pass laws. He goes into the refugee camps and meets children who, he says, "no longer dream like other children, or if they do, it is about death."

Continually asking for the solution, John Pilger says it is time to bring justice, as well as peace, to Palestine.

NOTE TO ACTIVIST GROUPS: We are making this video available at a special price of $59 to activist groups. Please order under our Activists' Page. TV rights are NOT available.



Grade Level: 10-12, College, Adult
US Release Date: 2002     Copyright Date: 2002
DVD ISBN: 1-59458-108-8     VHS ISBN: 1-56029-958-4




Reviews
"[Pilger] allows the viewer to hear candid and powerful statements that it is vital for outsiders to hear. I would advise professors: If you don't have time to show the entire video in your class, at least show your students the first fifteen minutes. The frank comments by both Palestinians and Israelis...will provide the basis for a spirited debate among the students for the remainder of the class period."
Ann Lesch, Villanova University, Middle East Studies Association Bulletin

"Highly recommended for its bold analysis of the Palestine problem...crucial viewing for those interested in challenging their assumptions."
Michael J. Coffta, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, Educational Media Reviews Online

"John Pilger has made a well-informed and engaging documentary against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza. His argument is clear and consistent throughout: the root cause of violence in Israel/Palestine is Israeli colonialism. Israel has dehumanized the Palestinians and subjugated them to the longest occupation in modern times, and the Palestinians have been resisting the occupation and fighting for their freedom and independence. These facts are incontestable, and Pilger presents them very well, mixing interviews, authorial commentary, and historical narration to convey a picture of a whole society degraded and denied its fundamental national and human rights."
Bashir Abu-Manneh, Journal of Palestine Studies


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DVD Features
Scene selection
Extensive 20-page Special Report is included in the DVD-ROM portion of the disc. The report provides vital background information on the history of the conflict from 1897 to the present day. Included are a timeline, sections on the land area, the refugees, the PLO, the occupation, house demolitions, water, the settlements, Jerusalem, the peace process, five detailed maps of different ways that have been suggested to settle the land issue in the West Bank, the Al Aqsa Intifada, victims, the Israeli use of force, assassinations, the siege of the Palestinians, Operation Defensive Shield, the suicide bombings, Israeli conscientious objectors, why there are no international monitors, who supplies the weapons, international law, and hope for the future.
Broad list of websites, a bibliography, and a complete list of references for the statements made in the guide.


Links
John Pilger's web site
Study guide


Awards and Festivals
The Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival
Best of Category, Vermont International Film Festival
Certificate of Merit, Chicago International Television Awards
Mountaintop Film Festival, Vermont
Istanbul International Labor Film Festival

Subjects
Conflict Resolution
History
Human Rights
Humanities
Immigration
International Studies
Islamic Studies
Middle Eastern Studies
Social Justice
War and Peace


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