OCCUPATION 101
Voices of The Silenced Majority
Three Different Links:
http://freedocumentaries.org/teatro.php?filmID=208&lan=en&size=big
www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jvXnPG9Xc
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvcH8x1H_Ig&feature=related
This is the best documentary I have seen about the Israeli-Palestinian
conflict. We showed it in our home about three years ago.
www.occupation101.com
Synopsis:
A thought-provoking and powerful documentary film on the current and
historical root causes of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Unlike any other
film ever produced on the conflict ---- 'Occupation 101' presents a
comprehensive analysis of the facts and hidden truths surrounding the never
ending controversy and dispels many of its long-perceived myths and
misconceptions.
The film also details life under Israeli military rule, the role of the
United States in the conflict, and the major obstacles that stand in the way
of a lasting and viable peace. The roots of the conflict are explained
through first-hand on-the-ground experiences from leading Middle East
scholars, peace activists, journalists, religious leaders and humanitarian
workers whose voices have too often been suppressed in American media
outlets.
The film covers a wide range of topics -- which include -- the first wave of
Jewish immigration from Europe in the 1880's, the 1920 tensions, the 1948
war, the 1967 war, the first Intifada of 1987, the Oslo Peace Process,
Settlement expansion, the role of the United States Government, the second
Intifada of 2000, the separation barrier and the Israeli withdrawal from
Gaza, as well as many heart wrenching testimonials from victims of this
tragedy.
Featured Interviews: OCCUPATION 101 features a leading list of some of the
most credible Middle East scholars, historians, peace activists, journalists
and humanitarian workers. www.occupation101.com/interviewees.html
Dr. Albert Aghazarian
Director of Public Relations at Bier Ziet University
<http://www.birzeit.edu/> . He is the most prominent Palestinian Armenian
figure -- Headed press centre during Madrid conference.
Ambassador James Akins
Former (1963-1965) Attache at the US Embassy in Baghdad; Former (1973-1975)
US Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
Rabbi Arik Ascherman
<http://www.rhr.israel.net/profile/arikascherman.shtml>
Executive Director of Rabbis for Human Rights <http://rhr.israel.net/> - an
organization of Israeli rabbis committed to defending the human rights of
all people in Israel and in the territories under Israeli control.
Dr. William Baker
Former Professor of Ancient History and Biblical studies. Founder of
Christians and Muslims for Peace.
Bishop Allen Bartlett, Jr.
<http://www.edow.org/diocese/bishops/bartlett_bio.html>
Assisting Bishop (2001-2004) of the Diocese of Washington
<http://www.edow.org/> . The Episcopal Diocese of Washington comprises 93
Episcopal congregations in the District of Columbia and the Maryland
counties of Montgomery, Prince George's, Charles and Saint Mary's.
Phyllis Bennis <http://www.ips-dc.org/bios.htm>
Fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies <http://www.ips-dc.org/> . An
author, analyst, and activist on Middle East and UN issues. Helped found and
co-chairs the U.S. Campaign to End Israeli Occupation
<http://www.endtheoccupation.org/> .
Peter Boukaert <http://hrw.org/audio/2002/peter/>
Director of Emergencies at Human Rights Watch <http://hrw.org/> -- the
largest human rights organization based in the United States. He has
conducted extensive fact-finding investigations into human rights abuses in
the West Bank (Israeli Occupied Territory).
Sharon Burke <http://www.third-way.com/leadership/sharon_burke>
Former Advocacy Director with Amnesty International
<http://www.amnestyusa.org/index2.html> -- a Nobel Prize-winning grassroots
activist organization with over 1.8 million members worldwide. Amnesty
International undertakes research and action focused on preventing and
ending grave human rights abuses worldwide.
Noam Chomsky <http://www.chomsky.info/>
Institute Professor Emeritus of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. An Author and Analyst of Global Affairs including, US foreign
Policy, and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict. Author of "The fateful
triangle: the United States, Israel, and the Palestinians."
Father Drew Christiansen
<http://www.americamagazine.org/ourstaff.cfm>
Former director of the Office of International Justice and Peace, United
States Catholic Conference (91-98) and served as counselor on international
affairs from (98-04). He traveled to the Holy Land numerous times to
investigate the on-the-ground reality facing the Palestinian Christian
community.
Cindy and Craig Corrie
Parents of late peace activist Rachel Corrie -- who was killed by an Israeli
Bulldozer while protesting the destruction of a Palestinian doctor's home.
Founders of the Rachel Corrie Foundation
<http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/> for Peace and Justice.
Douglas Dicks
<http://www.pcusa.org/missionconnections/profiles/dicksd.htm>
Visitor Outreach program director Catholic Relief Services
<http://www.crs.org/> in Jerusalem. His work brings him in direct contact
with patriarchs and priests as well as with elected government officials,
human rights groups, and prominent members of both Palestinian and Israeli
societies
Richard Falk
Served on the United Nations Human Rights Fact-finding Commission (2001) to
investigate international law violations and human rights abuses in the West
Bank and Gaza. Author and former Professor of International Law at Princeton
University.
Paul Findley
United States Congressman (1961-1983). Founder and Chairman of the Council
for the National Interest <http://www.cnionline.org/> . Author of "They Dare
to Speak Out" and other books.
Thomas Getman
<http://www.humanitarianinfo.org/iasc/content/princip/getman.asp>
He served as director of World Vision's <http://www.wvi.org/wvi/home.htm>
programs in Jerusalem, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip (1997-2001).
Currently, he is director of humanitarian affairs and international
relations -- and is responsible for diplomatic relations with UN government
member missions in Geneva.
Neta Golan
Israeli peace activist and co-founder of the International Solidarity
Movement <http://www.palsolidarity.org/> . A peace movement committed to
resisting the Israeli occupation of Palestinian land using nonviolent,
direct-action methods and principles.
Jeff Halper
Co-founder of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions
<http://www.icahd.org/eng/> and a Professor of Anthropology at Ben Gurion
University. He has researched and written extensively on Israeli society and
Israel's occupation of Palestinian lands.
Amira Hass
Israeli Journalist living and working in the occupied territories, she
writes for Ha'aretz <http://www.haaretzdaily.com/> -- an Israeli daily
newspaper. She is the author of "Drinking the Sea at Gaza: Days and Nights
in a Land under Siege."
Doug Hostetter <http://www.afsc.org/iraq/d_hostetter_bio.htm>
He worked as an Interfaith Peacebuilder for the Fellowship of Reconciliation
and took part in delegations to Israel/Palestine to learn from Palestinian
and Israeli peace activists and experience directly the situation of
Palestinians living under military occupation.
Kathy Kamphoefner
She worked with the Christian Peacemaker Team in Hebron (West Bank) -- which
embraces the vision of unarmed intervention waged by committed peacemakers
ready to risk injury and death in bold attempts to transform lethal conflict
through nonviolent means.
Adam Keller
Spokesperson of Gush Shalom <http://zope.gush-shalom.org/home/en> -- an
Israeli Peace Group which has played a leading role in determining the moral
and political agenda of the peace forces in Israel, as well as in breaking
the so-called "national consensus" based on misinformation.
Hava Keller
Israeli peace activist and founder of Women's Organization for Political
Prisoners -- established with the objective of helping female political
prisoners who struggle against Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.
She was also a soldier who served during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
Rashid Khalidi
<http://www.sipa.columbia.edu/regional/mei/khalidi.shtml>
Director of the Middle East Institute - School of International and Public
Affairs/Columbia University. Author of "Palestinian Identity: The
Construction of Modern National Consciousness" and "British Policy towards
Syria and Palestine" -- among other books.
Peretz Kidron
Spokesperson of Yush Gvul <http://www.yeshgvul.org/english/> -- an Israeli
peace group campaigning against the occupation by backing soldiers who
refuse duties of a repressive or aggressive nature. He is an Israeli peace
activist, freelance journalist, and author of "Refusenik!: Israel's Soldiers
of Conscience."
Rabbi Michael Lerner
Rabbi of Beyt Tikkun and editor of TIKKUN <http://www.tikkun.org/> magazine
-- A Bimonthly Jewish Critique of Politics, Culture and Society. In 2002, He
founded The Tikkun Community <http://www.tikkun.org/community> which
brought hundreds of people to Washington, D.C. to a Teach-In to Congress on
Middle East Peace.
Rabbi Rebecca Lillian
The spiritual leader of Temple Beth Or in Miami, FL. She was previously
co-chair of the Jewish Peace Forum and, under its auspices, organized Jewish
peace delegations to Israel and the West Bank. She is currently on the
Rabbinic Cabinet of the Jewish Alliance for Justice and Peace
<http://btvshalom.org/> .
Roger Normand
Roger Normand is co-founder and executive director of the Center for
Economic and Social Rights <http://www.cesr.org/> in New York, and has led
recent human rights missions to Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel and Palestine.
Allegra Pacheco
She is an American-born Israeli attorney who works on the front lines and
defends Palestinians in Israeli courts against house demolitions, land
confiscations, torture, and illegal detentions. Her litigation won an
Israeli Supreme Court banning certain torture methods in Israel.
Ilan Pappe
An Israeli-born lecturer from Haifa University. Through his life experiences
and scholarly research he came to challenge the common historical narrative
of his state. He is one of the so called 'New Historians' who in the late
1980s exposed the 1948 ethnic cleansing Israel carried out in Palestine.
Dr. Iyad Sarraj
A prominent Palestinian psychiatrist who has undergone extensive research
about the mental health condition of children living and Gaza. He is the
director of the Gaza Community Mental Health Program <http://www.gcmhp.net/>
.
Yael Stien
Research director of B'Tselem <http://www.btselem.org/English/index.asp> ,
an Israeli human rights group -- established in 1989 by a group of prominent
academics, attorneys, journalists, and Knesset members. It endeavors to
document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights
violations in the Occupied Territories.
Gila Svirsky
An Israeli peace campaigner for more than 15 years, lives in Jerusalem. She
is a founding member of the Coalition of Women for a Just Peace
<http://coalitionofwomen.org/home/english> , a grouping of eight Israeli and
Palestinian women's peace organizations.
Ambassador Edward Walker
His diplomatic career includes positions as US Ambassador to Israel
(1997-1999), the Arab Republic of Egypt (1994-1997), and the United Arab
Emirates (1989-1992). He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for
Near Eastern Affairs under the Clinton administration.
Alison Weir
American freelance journalist who has traveled independently throughout the
West Bank and Gaza Strip. She founded If Americans Knew
<http://www.ifamericansknew.org/index.html> and frequently lectures
throughout the United States to misinformed and uninformed citizens on one
of the most significant issues affecting them today.
In Peace,
Frank Dorrel
Publisher
Addicted To War
P.O. Box 3261
Culver City, CA 90231-3261
310-838-8131
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