Series 1. [12] Overwhelmingly, the veterans told a similar story: they had started out "incredibly pro-Jewish"[10] but they had shifted their allegiance and by the end "were feeling a great deal of sympathy for the Arabs". The controversial BBC documentary titled . The video is real, but additional footage from other angles makes it clear that a tree near to the mosque had caught fire, not the mosque itself. BBC Documentary Proves Jesus Was A Buddhist Monk Named Issa. Len's superior Rowntree encourages Len to contact the Jewish underground, suggesting that a crowd at a rally would be a safer place to meet them than Clara's flat. Len's platoon storms a house where one of the King David bombers had been hiding. Jordahl visited Israel and the Palestinian territories with his Jewish son, and very much wanted to boycott companies complicit in the occupation. More Americans understand the actions of the Israeli government, the role of the United States in supporting Israeli policies, and the effects it has on the Palestinian people. "Israel looks like nowhere else: the Bauhaus architecture in Tel Aviv, the physiognomy of its people, who come from all over the world, and most of all the Wall. ago All settler terrorist suspects have been released. 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. Palestine Post bombing. "1/3 of these 250+ rockets fell inside the Gaza Strip, killing Palestinians," Ofir Gendelman tweeted. And not just in Arkansas. . Also features events happened in Jerusalem, Ramallah. 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. 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. [113] Senator Ryan rejected Mr Ebeid's claim that because The Promise was fiction, it was subject to different considerations: "Some of the biggest slanders in history have been works of fiction", he said. Ultimately, it came to this - that the one who buried the people was someone from Zikhron Ya'akov. The girls are verbally abused and then stoned by some Jewish boys, while IDF soldiers watch. The family leaves home and Len drives them to the docks, where the Royal Navy is taking people to Acre. The path to peace in Israel-Palestine is through decolonisation Only the formation of a single decolonised state encompassing the entire territory of historical Palestine can put an end to. Paul and Eliza's father is a former general who criticised the occupation and is now a leading liberal. And to this day, no one has an exact number of those killed, with accounts ranging from a few dozen to more than 200. He explains that the British stood in their way, so they wiped them out. The next morning, they find a woman who is the grand-daughter of Mohammed's cousin. Kenya to investigate 'sex for work' exposed in BBC tea documentary. "Tantura" is a new Israeli documentary challenging Israel's understanding of the war. Some Israeli soldiers who were there deny that any massacre took place or that there was a mass grave in Tantura. [16] Most found it incredibly hard to talk about their experiences. Later, Erin is back in Caesarea, gathering her things. BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > GCSE History. 2023 BBC. Nine Palestinians were killed when troops reportedly encircled buildings amid a storm of gunfire, grenades and tear gas in the packed urban camp. [97] In January 2012 the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) filed a 31-page complaint with the SBS[98] claiming that the series "unrelentingly portrays the entire Jewish presence throughout the country, including modern-day Israel, as an act of usurpation by Jews who, without exception, are aliens, predators and thieves and who enforce their usurpation by brutal, racist policies akin to those inflicted by the Nazis upon the Jewish people", and compared it to the infamous Nazi film Jud Sss. Feb 24, 2023. Kosminsky felt the trait wasn't often shown on screen unless it was a major plot point, so he liked the idea of showing "an eighteen-year-old girl who is trying to live a normal life, despite the fact she occasionally had epileptic fits; and how other people cope with that as well". It's propaganda. Erin and Eliza visit Eliza's grandfather. Two miles away, Robbins and Nash are found dead, hanging from trees. So now theres a growing attempt to shut down that conversation because if you cant win a debate, you just try to not allow the debate to happen in the first place. Jenin, Jenin. 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. A spokesperson for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shared a video on Twitter which he claimed showed Hamas firing rockets at Israel "from populated areas". Overnight ratings for The Promise were 1.8 million for the first episode, followed by 1.2 million, 1.3 million, and 1.2 million for the subsequent episodes. He tells her the army is there to protect the settlers, not to keep the peace. Eliza's father is formally polite; his wife looks very unhappy, and a strained dinner follows. [12][30] Scripts followed quickly, and by mid-2008 Channel 4 announced its backing for the project. A purported British Army major apologises to Len that it has been a ruse, to determine whether Robbins is a spy. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. [106] In contrast, Hal Wootten, Emeritus Professor of Law at the University of New South Wales and former president of the Indigenous Law Centre, considered the ECAJ position to be misguided: "There is a striking irony in a Jewish organisation's striving to show that every Jewish character is a demon and every Arab character a saint. Accuracy and availability may vary. Len is driving Mohammed's son Hassan back from a maths exam. MOHAMMAD: So Schwarz went back to the veterans who were still alive and interviewed them on tape. Bahia Anawi lost her job as a paediatric speech pathologist in Texas schools after refusing to make the pledge because she is a Palestinian American. In Sweden it will be shown on channel SVT1 on Wednesday nights at 10pm from 2 May. It is a documentary about the historic Great March Of Return protests, which occurred every week from March 2018 until December 2019, but covers so much more. Erin sits by herself on the roof, overlooked by a military watch-tower. One widely shared tweet claimed to show footage of Palestinian militant group Hamas moving truck-based missiles down a street in Gaza. [109] He accepted that the series conveyed a negative view of Israel and said he would not claim that it tried to be balanced. She is Mohammed's daughter Jawda, with fond memories of Len, but she says her father was angry with him for many years as he failed to bring Hassan back. [4] A message hung around Robbins's neck says he has been executed in reprisal for the "illegal killing" of Avram Klein. Len confesses everything to Rowntree. As of 2006 the project had the working title Palestine and was to be made for the BBC by Carnival Films,[26] best known as makers of the Poirot series for ITV. He is unapologetic, and tells them that his father, mother, sister and brother had all died in German camps. Back in 1947, a crowd is celebrating the UN partition resolution which will create a Jewish state. The editor of the Australians for Palestine website wrote, "Although people had written to SBS commending it for showing "The Promise", [Managing Director] Mr Ebeid received only one supportive letter addressed to him personallyMany more are needed in defence of the series for the hearing. Israeli-Arab conflict is the result of this history. Some Israeli social media influencers shared a video claiming it showed Palestinians faking a funeral ceremony for an individual supposedly killed by Israeli air strikes in Gaza - in order to attract global sympathy. Erin retrieves some trinkets in a box and the photograph album, and gives them to Jawda. Len finds Klein in solitary confinement in Acre, but he is unwilling to appeal, saying that every movement needs its martyrs. The film-makers considered and rejected a number of options, including live-action and CGI, before reluctantly deciding to fall back on black-and-white library footage from the Imperial War Museum in London, only to come to the view that the resulting sequence had more artistic and moral power than anything they might have been able to create.[43]. Erin produces the key, and as soldiers come in she clutches it in her hand. [64], The broadcasting regulator Ofcom received 44 complaints about the series, but concluded in a ten-page report that it did not breach its code of conduct. At the meeting they are ambushed; their Jewish informant is led away, and Len and the two sergeants are abducted. [73] On 10 May 2011, at the One World Media Awards in London, The Promise won Best Drama of 2010/11. Through powerful and profoundly moving family stories, this series gets to the heart of what happened to people on both sides of the conflict as the Middle East was reshaped. Previewing the final episode, The Times said it was "ambitious" and "packs a considerable punch";[55]Time Out chose the programme as its pick of the day, and gave it a four-star recommendation, calling it "brave filmmaking and a brave, entirely successful commission". He went house to house to every soldier from the Alexandroni Brigade who was still alive at the time and spoke to them. "saga au vitriol pour une dsinformation assassine! There is video circulating online showing the IDF standing by, doing nothing, as settler terrorists set a Palestinian home on fire. In 1945 the Jewish plight had the sympathy of most of the world, but "just 60 years later, Israel is isolated, loathed and feared in equal measure by its neighbours, finding little sympathy outside America for its uncompromising view of how to defend its borders and secure its future. The cinematographer, David Higgs, had been keen to try the new Red One high resolution digital camera. Video, 00:01:10Drone footage shows extent of damage after Jenin raid. He is leaving Palestine as prisoner on a Royal Navy ship. [18], Erin's emotional journey intentionally parallels the 1940s arc, because at the heart of it is her increasing engagement with Len. [81] However, La Croix's reviewer was more hostile, considering that although there was "no doubt that the film ought to be seen", it "cannot be mistaken for a history lesson but a great partisan fiction", marred by bias and an "embarrassing" representation of Jews. Len stumbles, but Clough catches Ziphora, his girlfriend, but lets her go. An Israeli documentary examines what happened to one seaside Palestinian village in the 1948 war. I was always told they were forced to leave, but I know little about the exact circumstances in which they left, so I want to follow in their footsteps and uncover what happened. The BBC devoted 14.25 lines to references to the Israeli military occupation of the Palestinian territories and 10.5 lines to the blockade. In a new documentary, film-maker Julia Bacha explores the rise of laws punishing Israel boycotts and the ramifications they might have in the future. LINAH MOHAMMAD, BYLINE: It was the night of the 22 of May, 1948, when the Alexandroni Brigade's 33rd Battalion of what would become the Israeli military entered Tantura. Louis Theroux investigates ultra-nationalist Jewish settlers in East Jerusalem, Hebron and Nablus. [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. Channel 4 committed 4 million, roughly in line with the channel's hourly rate for prestige drama. But he has already been tipped off and gone. According to Reuters, the tree was only 10 metres from the mosque. Linah Mohammad, NPR News. It was also felt that relying on comparatively simple well-known technology would be sensible operating so far from home. Which is why Bacha said she was not surprised by Ledings admission that he had not read the law he voted for. 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. Searching for the source of the Kol Zion underground broadcasts, Len's men raid some flats; Clough's gun accidentally misfires. From a bus on the way to Hebron she rings Omar and asks if he could meet her there. Greg Ledings smile drops as the films director, Julia Bacha, asks about an Arkansas law requiring contractors doing business with the state to pledge not to boycott Israel. He was Jewish. Read about our approach to external linking. The Promise is a British television serial in four episodes written and directed by Peter Kosminsky, with music by Debbie Wiseman.It tells the story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel and Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate.It premiered on Channel 4 on 6 February 2011. Even if its not going to have an economic impact, it is having a reputational impact and crushing it has been a core goal of the government, she said. The BBC's Sarah Barton, subsequently assisted by Sarah MacFarlane, began making contacts through regimental groups and the Palestine Veterans Association, ultimately conducting detailed interviews with 82 veterans,[11] many of them speaking about things they had never told their wives and families. Video, 00:01:34Gaza's only all-girl boxing club finds a home, Fear of flare-up after deadly Israeli raid in Jenin, Drone footage shows extent of damage after Jenin raid. Kosminsky flew to Israel with David Aukin, to visit places that would feature in the story, including the normally closed-off Deir Yassin, accompanied by modern Israeli historians organised by their pre-production partners, an Israeli documentary film company. ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: The War of 1948 is understood in two different ways. Jeremy. Israel-Palestine: US blocks UN statement for third time in a week Washington, a close ally of Israel, has reportedly blocked UNSC statements that condemned Israel's military response and. "[63] On the other hand, Liel Leibovitz, writing for American online Jewish magazine Tablet, took the view that, "contrary to these howls of discontent, the show is a rare and riveting example of telling Israel's story on screen with accuracy, sensitivity, and courage". That is not the truth. TREE"). She shows Erin a photograph; it is the photograph of Len with Mohammed and his family. [12] These oral accounts were compared with archive material in books and from the Red Cross, the National Archives and the Imperial War Museum, including the weekly military intelligence digests. A Palestinian gunman critically wounded an Israeli man when he opened fire near the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday, hours after Israel . 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