Film screenings
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Living with walls – a series of films and discussions
Read more: Living with walls – a series of films and discussions5 November – 17 December 2008, Gemak The Hague
In June 2002, the state of Israel decided to erect a wall around itself, calling it a “separation barrier”. The official purpose the state gave for building this barrier was to separate Israel from the West Bank in order to protect its citizens from suicide attacks … -
Witnessed from Within – critical documentaries from Israel
Read more: Witnessed from Within – critical documentaries from Israel14 May – 18 May 2008, De Balie Amsterdam
In May, Israel celebrates sixty years of independence. At the same time, the Palestinians commemorate the Nakba, the flight and expulsion of hundreds of thousands of Palestinians which resulted from the founding of Israel in 1948. Yet Israel seems to be a state in which the Nakba …