[78] What is going on between Israel and the Palestinians? US appeals for peace amid continuing tensions between Israel and Palestine over violence in Jerusalem. Len visits Mohammed and advises him to move somewhere safer, because the British will not protect him, but Mohammed will not leave. According to Reuters, the tree was only 10 metres from the mosque. Arriving at Clara's flat, Len is perturbed to find it apparently deserted. [17] Le Point predicted Kosminsky would receive a "shower of awards[a]nd also gibes". DR Denmark broadcast the series in an early evening slot on the DR2 channel over the Easter weekend 2012, under the translated title Lftet som bandt ("The Promise that bound"). Explosions and gunfire sounded as troops entered the old city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, sparking armed clashes with Palestinian gunmen. Clara invites him home for tea, where her father tries to get him to talk about Stella Maris. Unhooded and in the open, he expects to be shot, but finds he has been released. One historian in particular that Schwarz spoke to, Yoav Gelber, is a professor at the same university that Katz attended. Using guest speakers, this video clip examines the events surrounding the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. New Delhi [India], March 1 (ANI): Responding to the recent BBC docuseries on Prime Minister Narendra Modi, senior Congress leader Salman Khurshid on Tuesday said that restricting the documentary from being shown to the public reflects cowardness. A former soldier wrote to its executive producer Jane Tranter at the BBC,[9] suggesting she should do a film about the forgotten British soldiers who had been in Palestine. Jordahl visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with his Jewish son, and very much wanted to boycott companies complicit in the occupation. The owners protest that they had been forced to harbour "Irgun" members, but they are nevertheless taken away, and the British blow up their house. Mesheq Yagur kibbutz is searched, and Len discovers a substantial arms cache hidden in a room below a children's merry-go-round. He is leaving Palestine as prisoner on a Royal Navy ship. Israeli settlers destroy Palestinian homes in violent rampage | Al Jazeera Newsfeed . I can think of no better example of how we continue to do that than in Peter Kosminsky's recent examination of the Israel/Palestine question in The Promise. How did Israel squander the compassion of the world within a lifetime?" The Promise is a British television serial in four episodes written and directed by Peter Kosminsky, with music by Debbie Wiseman. Boycott, which has been making the film festival rounds and will be available for rental on most major streaming platforms from 1 March, follows three Americans who fought back in the courts after refusing to sign commitments under state laws not to boycott Israel. He says that his generation had been determined that the Jewish people would never again capitulate in the face of genocide, and want to secure land that could alwaya be safe. "1/3 of these 250+ rockets fell inside the Gaza Strip, killing Palestinians," Ofir Gendelman tweeted. [31], Daybreak had initially costed the drama at 8 million, which with some trimming they had been able to pare back to 7 million. We were starting from zero. Though I, too, have found Palestinians to be people of immense charm, I could only laugh in derision at The Promise every time another shot of soft-eyed Palestinians followed another shot of hard-faced Jews. "[12] "It was always going to be necessary for us to faithfully reflect this in our drama,"[18] "I either had to reflect it or abandon the project. That night there is shooting; Erin comforts the girl. and The Observer, where she said it was "the best thing you are likely to see on TV this year, if not this decade. [18] It was also important to make the character contrast with the "endlessly heroic and gentlemanly"[18] Len, so it was intentional that she should be harder to like. Out on armoured patrol a chamberpot is emptied over the soldiers. Twitter labelled the tweet as "manipulated media", adding links to fact-checks confirming the clip was from the Syrian war. [1] There is an explosion outside. There was a short battle between the Israeli troops and villagers. 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. It was awful. Israeli veterans recall horrors of country's victory in six-day war New documentary Censored Voices records ex-soldiers telling of their regrets over brutal 1967 conflict Israeli troops. [104] Mordechai Chertoff was the editor on the Palestine Post when it was bombed in 1948. Searching for the source of the Kol Zion underground broadcasts, Len's men raid some flats; Clough's gun accidentally misfires. [87] The Israeli embassy in Paris made no comment.[88]. 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. TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) In Israel's divisive debate over the government's planned legal overhaul, proponents claim that curtailing the power of judges and courts is good for the country. [33] According to The Guardian: Over the course of a long career Kosminsky has become adept at turning one country into another: "I used the Czech Republic for Bosnia, Kenya for Somalia, Ghana for Liberia, Morocco for Iraq, India for Pakistan and Leeds for Northern Ireland." SAMI EL ALI: (Through interpreter) He said, when the soldier got to me in the line and tried to shoot, the bullet got stuck. But the video is old and the footage is from Syria, not Gaza. [40] Ironically, however, the reliance on film led to a number of scenes having to be re-mounted after fogging went undetected for a week when it was impossible to get daily film rushes back to London because of the air travel disruption caused by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajkull volcano in Iceland. The Holy Land And Us: Our Untold Stories follows actor and writer Sarah Agha and barrister, author and broadcaster Rob Rinder, MBE, along with four families of Jewish and Palestinian heritage, as they explore their personal family stories, and the ways in which they have been defined by events in Palestine and Israel. Hester tells Bacha that he didnt think there was any point in consulting Block. 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. In Nablus Erin hears him addressing a meeting of Combatants for Peace together with Omar, a former member of the al-Aqsa Martyrs' Brigades. "[93], There was a campaign by Palestinian solidarity groups to encourage support for the series. Paul has his ex-comrades throw him a gun, and he shoots into the night, justifying his actions as loyalty. She argues with Paul, who does not understand why this is all so important to her. I regret not knowing more about the issue when I voted. Some Twitter users spread what they claimed were screenshots of posts from the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Twitter account saying: "We just love killing" and "Just bombed some kids". Middle East. However, an IDF soldier takes away the box. As the Israel-Palestinian conflict has escalated, posts containing misleading or false claims have been widely shared online in recent days. But the demand rubbed him the wrong way. ALON SCHWARZ: I grew up in Israel in a Zionist leftist family. MOHAMMAD: So Katz told NPR he decided to explore it further. [33] Ben Gurion Airport stood in for Heathrow,[36] and the bombed rubble of the King David Hotel was filmed against a blue screen in a car park in Petah Tikva. Sarah will learn about the circumstances under which her family fled their . It's propaganda. From a bus on the way to Hebron she rings Omar and asks if he could meet her there. The local Jewish leaders I dont agree with. Available for over a year. Len returns to his men and fills a bag with grenades and ammunition, ordering Alec to take the men to the docks. [45] By the second episode Andrew Billen, writing in The Times, was concerned that both Len and Erin were meeting from the Arabs a "little too much kindness for the comfort of all of us hoping that Kosminsky will parcel out recriminations in exactly equal proportions"; but nonetheless applauded the "immersive and emotional" quality of the series. Bacha, who has made a number of documentaries about Palestinian and Israeli life, said she turned her lens on the US to understand the sudden proliferation of laws to protect a single foreign . I didnt need the locals opinion on this, he said. Jewish fighters are going from house to house, throwing grenades and shooting the occupants. Harriet Sherwood and Ian Black, Jerusalem correspondent and Middle East editor of The Guardian respectively,[52] I had a machine gun with 250 bullets. As Bacha shows in the film, laws to protect Israel provided the template for legislation to curb boycotts of companies over the climate crisis, gun control, factory farming and others issues. In Germany it was shown on ARTE Channel on 20 April (Part 1 and 2) and 27 April (Part 3 and 4). He tells her the army is there to protect the settlers, not to keep the peace. Filming was entirely in Israel, with a predominantly local crew and through the Israeli production company Lama Films; something unusual for a UK television drama production. It went for the kill. 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. The family leaves home and Len drives them to the docks, where the Royal Navy is taking people to Acre. Read about our approach to external linking. [10], Tranter passed the letter to Kosminsky, who initially put it to one side. Foreign critics, including politicians in the US, Britain and Europe, accuse it of singling out Israel. At the airport, Erin surprises her mother with the intensity of her embrace. And somehow, the moment I arrived in Tantura, it became apparent to me very quickly, according to the answers of the people from Tantura, that something very different and very drastic happened relative to the other places. He was surprised to receive a demand to renounce boycotts of Israel if his newspaper wanted advertising from one of the states universities. An IDF officer takes Erin's name and address, while the son is marched away. All the latest content about Israel & the Palestinians from the BBC. The girls are verbally abused and then stoned by some Jewish boys, while IDF soldiers watch. Read about our approach to external linking. MOHAMMAD: Survivors and witnesses know where the alleged mass grave is. [89] Press agency AAP wrote that "Foy shines amid a powerful storyline" and learns "a few harsh truths". Their first job is to round up Jewish refugees coming ashore from a ship, who are taken to a detention centre. MOHAMMAD: Today, descendants of Tantura are scattered across what became Israel, the West Bank, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon. More than 30 states have passed similar laws to punish boycotts of Israel in support of Palestinian rights, inspired by the anti-apartheid campaign in South Africa. [65] Viewers complained that the drama was antisemitic, used upsetting footage of concentration camps, incited racial hatred, was biased against Israel and presented historical inaccuracies. He asks Len to join, but Len is not interested. An old man agrees to let them drive him, and they identify what had been Mohammed's house. "[12] Through the modern story, Kosminsky wanted to show how the past can have consequences for the present, and that having left "chaos, political confusion, bloodshed and war", Britain has a responsibility for what happens today. And he's the one who told me 270 people. Meanwhile, in 2005 Erin is staying with Eliza's well-to-do family, who live in Caesarea in a beach-front villa with a pool. Len digs a dead woman out of the rubble of the King David Hotel. 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. There are rights and truths on each side, that compete with each other. Erin goes to see Omar, but he too refuses to help. Erin is to be questioned at the IDF base when Paul appears, and greets his former colleagues. Tracing the journey of my grandfathers cousin, Moshe Malinicky, I want to understand why he risked so much to reach this land and why he made this choice. But not even a single Palestinian came on street to protest against 89 Pakistanis who died in today's Mosque bombing in Peshawar. There even used to be a historical cemetery in the old village. From the makers of Who Do You Think You Are?, Sarah, Rob and the families taking part share their profoundly personal and often deeply tragic stories. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Through interpreter) How many do you think you killed this way? [11] "I was determined that their story be told. The son, who is with Hamas, is brandishing a gun and telling Omar, a Fatah member, to go. JEHAN SARHAN: (Through interpreter) It can't be that every time I go to Tantura, I see our graves under their feet in a parking lot. The documentary presents an unbiassed view on Israeli-Palestinian conflict which is still ongoing in Middle East. Realscreen title, tagline and logo are trademarks of, and the events are produced by Brunico Marketing Inc. We understand your decision to use an ad blocker, however realscreen journalism takes time and funding Subscriptions and advertising are both necessary to fund the journalism we bring to you. "[19] The series was led by what had come out of the interviews, what the soldiers had said and felt, and what they had actually experienced,[20] rather than wider historical events with which rank-and-file soldiers had little contact. For the Israelis, the six days of war in June 1967 were a series of stunning victories that doubled the amount of land under their control. And it's the aftermath of the battle that's the subject of the film and the debate. He is able to give Omar a Hebron address for the family, although when Erin asks Omar to take her, he suggests that Paul might be a better guide. By then, corporations had seen the possibilities. School placement system: Students yet to be admitted express worry over delay 26.02.2023 | CitiTV . Len comforts her, but later needs to leave for an appointment. Paul replies that she should tell Erin about some of the 'animals' who blew up the King David Hotel, including her own father. Rob and Sarah are joined by a father and son whose relative was caught up in Israel's War of Independence, as well as a woman whose grandmother survived one of the . If it were that simple, we would have already found a solution. Also features events happened in Jerusalem, Ramallah. For himself, he says all he has to look forward to is a long prison term and a dishonourable discharge. And some of them told him how they killed civilians after the battle ended. Len disciplines soldiers who are abusing his company's Palestinian servant. "The Holy Land And Us: Our Untold Stories" is a documentary that will air this spring on BBC Two and iPlayer. [14] After leaving Palestine nobody had wanted to remember,[11][15] the veterans had been "shunned"; they had "returned home to find the nation that wanted nothing to do with them", with no memorial, and were denied even "the right to march to the Cenotaph in formation". They're taken from a longer documentary about the Israel/Palestine conflict, from 2004. Sami El Ali is part of the film's research team. Erin finds a toolbox, and chains herself and Samira to a pillar. Mohammed commands Hassan to keep the house key safe, because one day they will return. Israel-Palestine: Conflict Intensifies After Palestinian. 1st March 2023, 12:55 GMT+11. According to Kosminsky, it took him eleven months to read all the research, including over 40 books that researchers had prepared for him, while thinking how to distill it into a workable drama. In France, a deal giving Canal + first-run subscription broadcast rights, with free-to-air rights on ARTE a year later, was negotiated by Daybreak's long-standing production contact Georges Campana, bringing in a further 1 million. You have to have that, otherwise you are not writing". On a laptop, she watches news of another suicide bombing. Len confesses everything to Rowntree. 0. After criticism, Mr Gendelman deleted the tweet. Meanwhile Len has started giving Mohammed's son Hassan tuition in mathematics. Read about our approach to external linking. 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. [27] "I don't think we can say the BBC bottled it [However] it seems to have lost its nerve for making challenging drama drama that gets it into political and legal hot water. Like her previous series, Israel and the Arabs: Elusive Peace relies extensively on . [116], The series was screened in April 2012 by the Tel Aviv Cinematheque and the Jerusalem Cinematheque in Israel, and in May 2012 by the Haifa Cinematheque, with five showings in the month for each episode in Tel Aviv, two in Jerusalem, and one in Haifa. At a military checkpoint a liberal Israeli guide is explaining to a group that part of the city has been closed off as a "sterile zone"; he is being barracked by an orthodox settler with a megaphone. Please note, these clips have been edited from the original 2004 broadcast version to remove some scenes young audiences might find disturbing. But, as . Six-Day War, also called June War or Third Arab-Israeli War or Naksah, brief war that took place June 5-10, 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. She decides to take up her best friend Eliza's offer to spend time in Israel, while she undergoes basic training for her compulsory Israeli military service. He is unapologetic, and tells them that his father, mother, sister and brother had all died in German camps. [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. A taxi takes them to a house of a cousin of Mohammed's, where relatives have gathered for the funeral for his daughter, who had been the suicide bomber of the previous night. And to this day, no one has an exact number of those killed, with accounts ranging from a few dozen to more than 200. However, the team were concerned by the potentially limited contrast ratio using digital a serious consideration in strong Mediterranean light and that its potential bulkiness might inhibit Kosminsky's trademark hand-held cameras following the action. The cinematographer, David Higgs, had been keen to try the new Red One high resolution digital camera. 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