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Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land ------------------------------------- The U.S. Media & the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This pivotal documentary exposes how the foreign policy interests of American political elites--oil, and a need to have a secure military base in the region, among others--work in combination with Israeli public relations strategies to exercise a powerful influence over how news from the region is reported. Through the voices of scholars, media critics, peace activists, religious figures, and Middle East experts, Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land carefully analyzes and explains how--through the use of language, framing and context--the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza remains hidden in the news media, and Israeli colonization of the occupied terrorities appears to be a defensive move rather than an offensive one. The documentary also explores the ways that U.S. journalists, for reasons ranging from intimidation to a lack of thorough investigation, have become complicit in carrying out Israel's PR campaign. At its core, the documentary raises questions about the ethics and role of journalism, and the relationship between media and politics. Interviewees include Seth Ackerman, Mjr. Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Neve Gordon, Toufic Haddad, Sam Husseini, Hussein Ibish, Robert Jensen, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Karen Pfeifer, Alisa Solomon, and Gila Svirsky. Sections: Intro | American Media: Occupied Territory | Hidden Occupation | Invisible Colonization | Violence in a Vacuum | Defining Who Is Newsworthy | Myth of U.S. Neutrality | Myth of the Generous Offer | Marginalized Voices | Is Peace Possible? Film Festivals Official Selection, 2008 One World Berlin Film Festival Official Selection, 2008 PSBT International Film Festival and Forum Official Selection, 2008 Adelaide Festival of Arts Official Selection, 2004 Seattle Arab & Iranian Film Festival Official Selection, 2004 Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival Official Selection, 2004 Tempo Documentary Film Festival Praise for the Film "I cannot recommend this documentary too highly. It should be required viewing for every student, for every taxpayer who is subsidizing the Israeli military machine, for every citizen in the United States." - Robert McChesney | University of Illinois "Painstakingly stripping away the myths and inaccuracies regularly passed off as truth by the U.S. media, this film not only reveals the motivations and methods of those responsible for skewing the picture, but also manages to present the most concise and accurate account of the history and implications of the Israeli/Palestinian conflict and the role that the U.S. has played in the continuation of that conflict that I have seen... This is a very important piece of work that challenges the viewer to think twice before accepting a version of the world that owes more to the special interests of a powerful elite than to any notion of freedom of the press." - Donna Baillie | Director, Women in Black and Secret Hebron: The School Run "Extraordinarily powerful and courageous." - Bo Smith | Boston Museum of Fine Arts "...hands down one of the best films I've seen on American media and the Palestinian-Israeli conflict." - Laila Al Qatami | American Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee "...enormously intelligent and effective...very well edited and presented." - Paul Beckett | Palestine-Israel Peace and Justice Alliance "...essential viewing for all who care about human rights, for all American taxpayers, and especially for journalists and editors." - Mazin Quemsiyeh, M.D. | Al-Awda Right of Return Coalition "A really clear presentation of the problems of media and Middle East conflict. A superlative film." - Gila Svirsky | Coalition of Women for Just Peace, Israel "Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land is the best, least biased presentation we have of all the issues involved. A must-see documentary." - Chalmers Johnson | Author, Sorrows of Empire "I'm just blown away by the sheer scope of it, the depth, the clear analysis." - Amir Terkel | Filmmaker, Other Voices from Israel and Palestine "While I have always understood that the war here is over words and images, as much as it is over land and bones there, the film really enlightened me about the complexity and profundity of this form of colonization of the mind...[it] will clearly be pivotal in this movement and a priceless educational tool." - Cecilie Surasky | Jewish Voice for Peace Run Time: 79 minutes ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Additional information on September 11th, NWO and the great threat to you can be found at www infowars com or www.prisonplanet.tv -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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 lkobescak (2009-01-14)

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annalator (2009-01-16)

wow. you really gathered some kickass documentaries there.
already opened about 6000 tabs with torrents.
it's good we at least have the internet where we can say what we think.
wil try to seed as much as possible
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 starinar (2009-01-17)

Must see!

Tnx Ikobescak

sandy1baba (2009-01-23)

A truely informative docu exposing the zionists' propaganda of painting all the Muslims as inherently evil,thus necessitating a perpetual conflict with them out of compulsion.

hotch23 (2009-04-03)

Fantastic Documentary - it's meant to be a 2 disc set though, including plenty of independent short films, maps and further references! If anyone got this second part & could up it I'd be truly grateful!

timp74 (2009-05-17)

Good documentary. I'm British, but I lived in the US for a couple of years. I've experienced the lack of presence of independent and critical press there and the ignorance it causes. Not that in the UK the press is perfect and we're all enlightened... Anyway, this documentary draws comparisons between US/UK coverage which is interesting. It expresses views mostly from people in the US, including Jews. Norm Chomsky being one. Who make there points very clearly. Well worth watching if you ever wondered why violence in the Israeli seems to have so much momentum.

 lkobescak (2009-07-19)

Wow, we must have come along way. At least here we can objectively criticize Isreal's policies and international meddling without the knee jerk reaction of immediately being called racists.

RoaR3000 (2010-01-19)

lkobescak...
I guess,thanks to your seemingly greater anonymity compared to Ognir,the people commenting here seem to have actually WATCHED and payed attention...Have you scene the difference between comments left for his posting of this video VS your post?!...what a joke...!...thanx for the upload man,one of the best movies ive ever scene...

beerijuana (2010-06-03)

This is a great documentary, I'm hoping it's not a fake file, I already have one, if it's the real deal, kudos and thanks for uploading it.