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The recent strike on Gaza by the Israeli military
sent shockwaves among people world-wide. Once
again, one might add. There is hardly any conflict
in the world that triggers more emotion and even empathy
than the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
It's a conflict where religion, politics,
history and ethnicity blend together in an
explosive situation. People in the street are the
biggest sufferers, as those in power fuel the
conflict at the cost of innocent blood, every day.
In this documentary, we try to find an answer
to a significant aspect of this complicated
matter: the fact that the USA seems to back up the
Israeli state in just about everything it does.
After all, it is because of this -as it seems-
unconditional support that the state of Israel can
do what it does.
The documentary was produced by Dutch public
broadcasting company VPRO, and is almost
completely in English. The few Dutch words spoken
are subtitled in the English language.
We'll meet with Richard Perle, a well-known
Neo-con and advisor of George Bush. We'll see
someone who worked on the presentation that Colin
Powell gave to the United Nations which caused the
war in Iraq.
We also see an Amerikan evangelical pastor
explaining how he has millions and millions of
people under his wings who he can, and will,
mobilize any time an American politician votes
against Israel in some or another
resolution.
We see Barack Obama, "presidential
candidate", and George Bush as well as Dick
Cheney as they visit an organization called AIPAC.
This organization is extremely powerful. It seems
like every politician who wants to be(come)
something in American politics, needs the approval
of AIPAC.
We see... The Israel Lobby.
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