Monthly Archives: March 2010

The Banality of Israeli Evil: An Everyday Occupation

Posted on 29 March, 2010 by

An excellent talk by Saree Makdisi based on his book Palestine Inside Out: An Everyday Occupation. As one listens to the stories Makdisi relates of bureaucratic blocks and irrational rules and checkpoints, Hannah Arendt’s famous phrase ‘the banality of evil’ … Continue reading →

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Children of Gaza

Posted on 28 March, 2010 by

A moving, must-see video that first aired on Channel 4 (UK)’s Dispatches on 15 March. BAFTA-winning filmmaker Jezza Neumann follows the lives of three children for over a year. The children are amazing: well-spoken, reflective, resilient, understandably vengeful and fearful, … Continue reading →

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Colonising Al Quds: the Illegal Israelification of Jerusalem

Posted on 27 March, 2010 by

A very good short video from the DC-based Palestine Center that shows how the israeli regime is illegally continuing its colonial expansion in Jerusalem and attempting to cement the Judeaification of the city.

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Fatenah: an animation made in Palestine

Posted on 24 March, 2010 by

This wonderful animation — the first wholly produced in Palestine — tells a very human Palestinian story about a 28 year old woman living in the Gaza Strip. Her life changes when she discovers she has breast cancer. Meanwhile, also … Continue reading →

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