| WWW,
January 2009 - How can it be that the
USA backs up Israel in just about everything
this state does? The answer is partly given
in the title of this Dutch documentary with
English subtitles.
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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