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'Death in Gaza'

For those of you who may have been at our meeting today, you will have heard me advertise the film ‘Death in Gaza’ film being shown by the PAIS department. I think I saw one person who was at the meeting turn up, and I think it was a shame that so many missed such a powerful piece of work.

I knew the film was going to be incredibly hard hitting (simply because of the subject matter) but what I didn’t realise that it was going to be incredibly good.

The film starts by saying it is not about who’s the better in this conflict, and instead tries to highlight the effect this culture of violence is having to the population, especially to the children of Gaza. The film’s director, James Miller, was actually planning to produce a separate project, concentrating on the children of Isreal. Aswell has demonstrating the tragic circumstances of the children it follows, the film also acts as a tribute to the director, who tragically dies during the filming, shot in the neck by Isreali fire as he walks towards a bulldozer saying, “We’re British Journalists”, and waving a white flag.

Ironically, whilst throughout the film Miller highlights the warped nature of the Palestine resistance, where the inability to match Isreali firepower turns every death into a cause for celebration, he himself has his image paraded through the streets of Gaza on a bed of flowers to the cries of “God is Great!”. Yet another martyr to be “celebrated” by the desperate people of the Gaza strip.

: 11 Oct 2006 23:48 |  Tags: Films Isreal Palestine |  Comments (0) |  Close comments |  Report a problem

Palestine Referendum

Writing about web page http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/5067600.stm

The Palestinian authority could well be about to have a non–binding referendum on the subject of whether to recognize Israel. Hamas doesn't like this idea – because they like to be able to pretend that the idea of not accepting the right of Israel to exist is more important to the people than living a healthy and contented life. A two state solution is the only workable option in the circumstance from the point of view of the Palestinians. Hamas are acting like madmen and the whole of the area is suffering because of it.

Unfortunately the referendum is non–binding. There is no possible way that Palestine could hope to achieve the goals it has currently set for itself; Israel is bigger, has a far better army, and has better political allies. We can but hope that it gets through and it forces them to accept what they have to accept

: 10 Jun 2006 22:53 |  Tags: Israel Palestine |  Comments (1) |  Close comments |  Report a problem