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Israel, State of Siege, 28 minutes, 2009 (Ref: 733) |
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Israeli society felt
threatened and took to the trenches during the Gaza
war, launching devastating attacks on its
Palestinian neighbours with a high toll of civilian
deaths. Why? To try and find some answers we visited
the kibbutzim - Israeli collective farms - located
near the Gaza Strip. For the past 8 years they have
been under attack by the Palestinian militia, making
it difficult for them to imagine coming to peace
with their neighbours across the border. But that
response is not unique to Israelis living in the
south of the country. More than 90% of Israeli Jews
supported the Gaza offensive. In Tel Aviv, the
country’s most modern and cosmopolitan city, many
young people admit to feeling increasingly
threatened. According to some Israeli anti-war
political analysts, this reaction has been stirred
up by politicians and the media, which give little
voice to independent thinkers. One exception is the
weekly political satire TV program "Eretz Nehederet"
(“A Wonderful Country”) that takes Israeli
politicians to task through its sharp humour, but
during the Gaza offensive, also made jokes about the
number of Palestinian victims - victims who today
are no longer willing to even try and understand
Israeli society. |
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