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Palestine Is Still The Issue

Type: Feature
Released: 2002
Length: 53 min.
Directed by: Anthony Stark

Synopsis:

In this in-depth documentary, journalist and film maker John Pilger talks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through a series of interviews with Palestinian and Israeli adults and children, Pilger tells the story of how in 1948 and then again in 1967, almost a million Palestinians were forced to leave their land. Pilger visits the families of suicide bombers and those of their victims as well as refugee camps where children dream of death. Pilger tries to find out why Palestinians, after having the United Nations' promise to return, were still controlled by Israel and forced to live like refugees in their own land.

Awards

The Chris Award, Columbus International Film & Video Festival.
Best of Category, Vermont International Film Festival.
Certificate of Merit, Chicago International Television Awards.
Mountaintop Film Festival, Vermont.

Synopsis:

In this in-depth documentary, journalist and film maker John Pilger talks about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Through a series of interviews with Palestinian and Israeli adults and children, Pilger tells the story of how in 1948 and then again in 1967, almost a million Palestinians were forced to leave their land. Pilger visits the families of suicide bombers and those of their victims as well as refugee camps where children dream of death. Pilger tries to find out why Palestinians, after having the United Nations' promise to return, were still controlled by Israel and forced to live like refugees in their own land.

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