THE CASE FOR ISRAEL-DEMOCRACYS OUTPOST (2009)

"We made this film as a proactive defense of Israel." While Israel repeatedly demonstrates its commitment to peace, anti-Israel activity continues to rise in the media, on campuses, in the churches and in the international community. Israel's detractors-some with international prominence-blame Israel for the conflict. They deny the fact that Israel has made painful concessions in working toward a two-state solution, which include the 2005 withdrawal from Gaza initiated by former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, and that Israel has expressed readiness to take additional painful measures. They ignore the rise in Gaza of Hamas, which rejects peaceful coexistence. They turn a blind eye to the grave challenges inherent in the Palestinian Authority's unstable governance of the West Bank under Mahmoud Abbas. They rarely acknowledge the ongoing terrorist attacks against Israeli children and other civilians, and they equate that terrorism with Israel's attempts to protect its citizens. For Israel's detractors, there is only one focus for fault: Israel. Clearly, as Harvard Law School Professor Alan Dershowitz states in his seminal work The Case for Israel, "the time has come for a proactive defense of Israel to be offered in the court of public opinion." We produced this documentary to present a vigorous case for Israel-for its basic right to exist, to protect its citizens from terrorism, and to defend its borders from hostile enemies-in a highly accessible multimedia format. Alan Dershowitz has achieved international distinction as one of Israel's most prominent and articulate advocates. He plays a central role in this documentary as adviser and on-camera presence and argues forcefully that real peace in the Middle East can only occur when the Palestinians, Arabs and their allies value the creation of a Palestinian homeland more than they oppose the presence of a Jewish state. Through incisive conversations with key judicial, political and academic leaders, Dershowitz refutes deeply entrenched misperceptions about Israel's history, Jewish claims to a homeland, individual rights under Israel's democratic system of government, the security fence, and military conduct in the face of terrorist attacks. He closes with a formidable warning that the greatest threat to Israel is also the greatest threat to international peace and security: Iran's aggressive nuclear ambitions, driven by a zealous anti-Zionist, anti-democratic mission that is championed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. Unchecked, a nuclear-armed Iran or its terrorist surrogate would imperil targets far beyond Tel Aviv. Making this film was the beginning step. We invite you to join us in going forward to make the case for Israel in the court of public opinion.

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what-we-have (2009-06-21)

I have not seen your video. But I have read this excellent book!
I would like everyone who sees this video to read this book:
"The Case Against Israel" by Counterpunch
ISBN: 1904859461 and 9781904859468
OCLC Number: 255092845 63788236
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/63788236
http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/255092845

munkeyfunk (2009-06-21)

fucking bomb Israel.

what-we-have (2009-06-21)

A message from the oppressed:
http://www.awalls.org/
http://www.freegaza.org/
http://stopthewall.org/
I hope that you don't mind me setting up a little memorial for the people of Gaza in your comments...







There are some excellent documentaries on Pirate Bay about Israel. There are a lot more besides these, of course.
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/4707889
http://thepiratebay.se/torrent/3849125
You may also find a huge amount of information on Google.
http://www.google.com/search?q="john pilger"+israel
http://www.google.com/search?q="john pilger"+gaza


http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/

skamfer (2009-06-21)

I have not seen the video and I'm NOT going to.
Israel is a military dictature state that just do and take what they want and looking for a new fight/war which they are trying to justify.
WARMONGERS

Monteromailnet (2009-06-22)

NO MATTER WHAT-ITS GOES TO THE BASIC FOUNDATION OF WHAT IS TO BE CIVILIZED,WHEN YOU TAKE WHAT IS NOT YOURS NO MATTER THE CASE YOU WILL HAVE TO ANSWER THE RIGHTFULL OWNERS OF THAT WICH YOU HAVE STOLEN.YOUR RELIGION OR CLAIMS ARE NOT LEGIT AND YOU CAN AND WILL NOYT WIN.SUPPORT FOR YOU WILL DIE AND YOU WILL BE SWARMED ON ALL SIDES BY THE PEOPLES OF THAT REGION-AND THE REST OF THE WORLD WILL LOOK WITH PLEASURE AS YOU ARE ALL HUNTED AND DRIVEN INTO THE SEA.

what-we-have (2009-06-23)

In the New York Times newspaper today:
Great oped, re: illegality of Israeli settlements, and Obama's challenge -- in "the paper of record."

banxxx (2009-07-14)

no-one asked the muslims to come to jerusalem in first place they came by force and tyranized the locals with their DICTATURE called islam lets not forget this and now they are playing the victims and blame the west for their predicaments---They should blame their forefathers for having stolen jerusalem and killed many jews xtians..these are facts no fairy tales like all religions.

esabrieva (2009-07-16)

Finally, the truth surfaced. GOD BLESS ISRAEL AND PROTECT THEM FROM the enemy.

danroberto (2010-01-12)

Very interesting and eye-opening movie.
To those who wrote all the bashing comments - just watch it.
It's funny how Israel is the only country in the Middle East where Arabs live in freedom. Check out the Official freedom House Map:

Some people here defend Hamas and extreme Islam in general, where Christians, women and other minorities are oppressed.
Learn the facts!

Dadutta (2010-01-29)

thank you

danroberto (2010-03-30)

Extremely interesting. A real eye opener to people, like me, who are not Palestinians or Israelis. Thank you for the upload!
Sure, it's not objective, but the indisputable facts in this movie are a real food for thoughts. It's amazing to see how countries who stone women to death, hang homosexuals and forbid freedom of speech, press and religious, are criticizing Israel for its human rights record.
I try to learn about what's going on in the world. I read annual Amnesty reports, as well as Freedom House documents. I know that there are many MANY countries in the world that are much MUCH worse than Israel when it comes to human rights, but nobody boycott them in universities etc. The world is unjust.

fruityloop7 (2010-06-14)

getting some weird stats for this
The file is 627meg in size, vuze is telling me i have downloaded 798 meg and that I still have 478meg to download???
Am i downloading more than I need or want??
It only says 1.18 meg has been discarded??

Legiobox (2010-07-16)

So many people here filled with hatred and anger against Israel. So many ppl fall into the muslim propaganda, but so it has to be... not all have brains of their own.

jbjc72 (2012-09-15)

It is not about hate, it is about civil rights. Where did the Jews go when Ferdinand and Isabella retook Spain from the Muslims? Into Muslim-held territory - the Xtians were brutal to Jews. Muslims were not.
The only "dangerous" Muslims are those under attack, and the lunatics brainwashed by Saudi Arabia and then Trained as Bomb Makers by the CIA.
Israel cannot claim to be a "democracy" until it allows all the people in the territories it occupies to vote in elections - not for the "prison-camp mayor" (whose apartment complex will be bombed, killing the children next door "by accident"). If the loss of a Jewish majority is at issue, restoring the green-line boundaries would solve that problem.
Quit playing semantic/legal games and face the fact - Those are the ONLY Two Choices Israel can make.