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The Human Factor review – gripping account of three decades of Middle East peace talks
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In an argument, framing is everything. As
The Human Factor opens, its pre-title card lays out a specific worldview. That the Arab-Israeli conflict had happened, and that the Cold War was over and the U.S. was the sole global superpower, and so was in a position to solve the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.
It s an incredibly hubristic stance, and one that Dror Moreh s diplomacy documentary
The Human Factor painstakingly dissects – within limits. It was undeniably the U.S. that got the ball rolling in the 1980s on convincing Israel that it had to negotiate with the Palestine leadership, and failing to do so would present an existential threat. But Moreh is not here to hand out medals or lay blame.
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Dror Moreh, the director of “The Gatekeepers,” the documentary that featured first-time interviews with former Israeli Shin Bet members, is back with another groundbreaking film.
“The Human Factor,” which Moreh sees as a “companion piece” to “The Gatekeepers,” again goes for the inside players’ approach to gain insights. He delves into the thirty-year trajectory of the backroom negotiators who were on the elusive trail of Middle East peace.