Geopolitiek in perspectief: West Bank settlement building freeze lifted

maandag 27 september 2010

West Bank settlement building freeze lifted

Israeli settlers begin to prepare foundations as the settlement freeze is lifted.

Photograph: EPA/Oliver Weiken

Israel's PM Benjamin Netanyahu has urged the Palestinians to continue peace talks despite an end to Israel's ban on West Bank settlement building. In a statement moments after the end of the 10-month partial freeze, he asked Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas to continue seeking a "historic" deal.

Nu we weten dat Israel de bouwstop niet verlengt en het “vredesproces” dus aan een zijden draadje hangt is het tijd om eens te kijken naar de psyche van de Israëliërs. De Nederlandse TV omroep VPRO zond mei dit jaar de indrukwekkende documentaire Defamation uit van de Israëlische filmmaker Yoav Shamir. De documentaire schetst de reactie van de Joden van nu op de wereld om hen heen in New York, Moskou, Gaza en Tel Aviv. Hieronder het eerste deel.

De delen 2 t/m 9 treft u aan op YouTube.

In Defamation, Israeli director Yoav Shamir attacks one of the sacred cows of Israel and of the Jewish people thinking: how it reacts to anti-Semitism, how it looks at the Holocaust, and how young generations are being educated in Israel against the background of these issues.

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