[76] Bahia Anawi lost her job as a paediatric speech pathologist in Texas schools after refusing to make the pledge because she is a Palestinian American. Witness History. The BBC repeatedly stressed the word [Israeli]. The documentary presents an unbiassed view on Israeli-Palestinian conflict which is still ongoing in Middle East. He listened to dozens of hours of recorded interviews. 3 min read. 2023 BBC. [77]Le Figaro said it was "magnificently filmed and masterfully acted perfectly balanced great television", and gave it a maximum rating of four stars out of four. Series 1. Kosminsky was particularly struck by the house demolitions carried out by the British, and with what other parallels might exist with the present. Paul tells Erin that Mohammed's family is now in Gaza, which is an unreachable war-zone. Some were forced to dig graves for themselves before getting shot. Copyright 2023 NPR. An old man agrees to let them drive him, and they identify what had been Mohammed's house. He tells Bacha he wasnt paying attention. But, Ofcom said: "Just because some individual Jewish and Israeli characters were portrayed in a negative light does not mean the programme was, or was intended to be, antisemitic Just as there were Jewish/Israeli characters that could be seen in a negative light, so there were British and Palestinian characters that could also be seen in a negative light. Watching all of this from the sidelines with a grin on his face is Bart Hester, the Republican majority leader in the Arkansas state senate and primary sponsor of the legislation that sailed through his chamber without a single dissenting vote. It tells the story of Gaza past and present, showing rare archival footage that explains the history never acknowledged by mass media. MOHAMMAD: Until one day, Schwarz was working on a completely different documentary when he came across the story of Tantura and a 20-year-old research paper by an Israeli grad student named Teddy Katz. Accuracy and availability may vary. Paul takes her through a checkpoint into the Occupied Territories. They are confined in the room of a bedridden old woman, who tells Erin she learned English from the British. [10], Tranter passed the letter to Kosminsky, who initially put it to one side. Through powerful and profoundly moving family stories, this series gets to the heart of what happened to people on both sides of the conflict as the Middle East was reshaped. Audio, 9 minutesWitness History, Mordechai Chertoff was the editor on the Palestine Post when it was bombed in 1948, Israel to speed up gun applications after attacks, Israel arrests 42 after deadly synagogue shooting, Israel hits Gaza sites after militants fire rockets, Nine Palestinians killed in Israeli raid in Jenin, Gaza's only all-girl boxing club finds a home. Later at the club, Clough teases him that Clara is seeking a passport from marrying him. According to Kosminsky they also looked at Morocco, Cyprus, Southern Spain and Tunisia, and could have recreated the 1940s sequences there; but nowhere else would have replicated the "buildings, range of cultures or topography" of modern-day Israel. The film-makers considered and rejected a number of options, including live-action and CGI, before reluctantly deciding to fall back on black-and-white library footage from the Imperial War Museum in London, only to come to the view that the resulting sequence had more artistic and moral power than anything they might have been able to create.[43]. Len is facing prison, and has let down everyone who trusted him, wishing he could return the key to Mohammed. According to Reuters, the tree was only 10 metres from the mosque. [1] There is an explosion outside. [34] Everything else was shot on location in and around Jerusalem, Haifa, Tel Aviv, Jaffa, Caesarea, Acre, Givat Brenner, Ein Hod, Peqi'in, Ramla and Beit Jimal[35] in a 68-day schedule involving 180 different locations. I doubt there was any question. Jenin, Jenin. The trouble was, it is virtually unknown for a British TV crew to shoot in Israel. NPR's Linah Mohammad reports. Black September, a Palestinian group, broke into the Olympic village in Munich in September 1972 dressed in tracksuits and armed with Kalashnikovs and took 11 Israeli athletes hostage.. "[27], The early scene of the flat in Leeds was created in an Israeli studio. SCHWARZ: I focused on the Hebrew tapes of the soldiers that were there. Alan Leveritt, centre, in an Arkansas Times meeting. For himself, he says all he has to look forward to is a long prison term and a dishonourable discharge. However, an IDF soldier takes away the box. This is just some random content to show the different layouts possible, Realscreen is a trademark of Brunico Communications Ltd. Site copyright 1997-2023. VideoIsabel Oakeshott: Why I leaked minister's messages, How 10% of Nigerian registered voters delivered victory, Sake brewers toast big rise in global sales, The Indian-American CEO who wants to be US president, Blackpink lead top stars back on the road in Asia, Exploring the rigging claims in Nigeria's elections, 'Wales is in England' gaffe sparks TikToker's trip. [83], A letter of protest to the channel was written by the President of the Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions (CRIF), arguing that "the viewer sees the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, however complex, only as a consequence of violence and cruelty of the Jews, who are represented as so extreme that if any empathy towards them is excluded." The path to peace in Israel-Palestine is through decolonisation Only the formation of a single decolonised state encompassing the entire territory of historical Palestine can put an end to. Len relents and tells her everything, including the name of the spy that he, Robbins and Nash are going to meet. Meanwhile Len has started giving Mohammed's son Hassan tuition in mathematics. [118] In Haifa the episodes were screened on successive Thursdays, from 10 to 21 May. Clara explains that the club's purpose is to generate goodwill for the Jews, and that she is paid to be there. [12][13], Kosminsky says that his overriding aim was to present the experience of the 100,000 British soldiers who served in Palestine,[12][13] "to remind us all of what happened". Sarah Agha, Actor and co-Presenter, says: My Palestinian father was just two years old when his family was displaced from their village near Tiberias in Galilee in 1948. Days pass, and Len is again taken to the "major", who tells Len he was indeed a wartime officer, in the Palestine Jewish Brigade, and had then spirited Jews out of the camps onto boats. Despite the horrors of war, this documentary will uncover stories of strength, courage and defiance, and will look for the light as well as the shade in the experiences of both Israeli and Palestinian families., Colette Flight, Executive Producer at Wall to Wall Media, says: Hearing these powerful and moving family stories, which still resonate through the generations, gives a fresh and deeply personal perspective on the human impact of these events. In 1947, the United Nations adopted Resolution 181, known as the Partition Plan, which sought to divide the. The War of 1948 is understood in two different ways. The Australian Jewish Democratic Society stated "We agree with the ECAJ that the Jewish characters portrayed are generally unsympathetic in comparison with the Arab characters. Behind her the man rebukes the woman. This Morning's Top Headlines - Feb. 27 27.02.2023 | NBC 'Early wake-up call': Storm chaser describes severe storms in central US 27.02.2023 | CNN. So we said, no, he told Bacha. The laws are primarily driven by the Israeli government and its allies in the US as a reaction to the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. Her mother wants to throw it away, but she surreptitiously keeps it. He turns down a track to investigate a column of smoke from the village of Deir Yassin. Louis Theroux investigates ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, Hebron and Nablus. When Len regains consciousness, he sees that a wing of the building is destroyed. Mohammed insists that the Arab armies will protect them; but Len tells him that they will come too late: the Jews will arrive by nightfall. although Andrew Anthony in The Observer[46] was more critical and A.A. Gill of The Sunday Times was unimpressed. "[63] On the other hand, Liel Leibovitz, writing for American online Jewish magazine Tablet, took the view that, "contrary to these howls of discontent, the show is a rare and riveting example of telling Israel's story on screen with accuracy, sensitivity, and courage". "The Holy Land And Us: Our Untold Stories" is a documentary that will air this spring on BBC Two and iPlayer. Noel Thompson looks at the history of the Arab Israeli conflict, examining the key events and personalities on both sides of the conflict and tracing the issues of the country. Len visits Mohammed and advises him to move somewhere safer, because the British will not protect him, but Mohammed will not leave. The serial was shown by SBS in a Sunday evening slot from 27 November to 18 December 2011. Using guest speakers, this video clip discusses the first Palestinian mass uprising in 1987, and how it became a turning point in the conflict. Out on armoured patrol a chamberpot is emptied over the soldiers. In May 1949, Israel was admitted to the UN and its grip over 78 percent of historic Palestine was consolidated. [57], A press attach at the Israeli embassy in London, however, condemned the drama to The Jewish Chronicle as the worst example of anti-Israel propaganda he had seen on television, saying it "created a new category of hostility towards Israel". Six decades before Norway helped the CIA destroy the Nord Stream gas pipelines, it gave the agency heavily-armed boats that it used to target North Vietnam, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh . Israeli police said in a statement that it was the result of fireworks thrown by Palestinian worshippers. [104] In response, the ECAJ said that it stood by its position, but would not be appealing. Schwarz went through all of Katz's findings about Tantura. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Through interpreter) Some guys took flamethrowers and ran after people and incinerated them. Since the start of this year, theres been 30 new bills that have been introduced. This footage is actually video of fighting in Syria, A viral video reportedly from Jordan is being passed off as a 'fake funeral' in Gaza, Misleading tweets claimed that al-Aqsa mosque was on fire, A tree at the mosque was set on fire - some people thought the mosque itself was ablaze, Footage of these suspected "dummy" missiles is not from Hamas-controlled territory, Video of rocket fire is from Syria, not Gaza, Viral tweets by 'Israeli forces' are fake, A video does not show a 'fake funeral' in Gaza, Video does not show al-Aqsa mosque on fire, Old footage does not show missiles on a street in Gaza, Isabel Oakeshott: Why I leaked minister's messages. A BBC documentary discussing whether Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be charged with war crimes has made front page news in Israel. Some pro-Palestinian users shared a video which they claimed showed al-Aqsa mosque in East Jerusalem on fire, accusing Israel of "letting the al-Aqsa Mosque burn". Erin goes to see Omar, but he too refuses to help. He went house to house to every soldier from the Alexandroni Brigade who was still alive at the time and spoke to them. Explosions and gunfire sounded as troops entered the old city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, sparking armed clashes with Palestinian gunmen. A child can also be heard speaking in the video. [120], In May 2012 it was announced that the series would be a featured offering on the internet television service Hulu from 11 August, and it has been available on demand from Hulu. Paul replies that she should tell Erin about some of the 'animals' who blew up the King David Hotel, including her own father. Afterward, it went up to something closer to 100, 110. And as the case went on, he faced pressure even from family, and he retracted his claims and then reasserted them later. Later, Len beats him, and he admits to having told her everything just as he told Clara about Robbins and Nash. KATZ: (Through interpreter) There was a very big killing of Palestinians. "Depictionsinclude Jewish children stoning Arab children, blood-thirsty soldiers, conniving double-agents and members of an extremely wealthy, cosmopolitan family. In a new documentary, film-maker Julia Bacha explores the rise of laws punishing Israel boycotts and the ramifications they might have in the future. At the base, the servant alerts Len that Alec Hyman, one of his men who is Jewish, is being given a "regimental bath" in retributionhe is being viciously scrubbed. Using guest speakers, this video clip discusses the origins of the two-state solution in the Arab-Israeli conflict, through the British Peel Commission of 1937 and the White Paper of 1939. 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