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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.
LEADing EFFORT TO BLOCK ISRAEL FROM USING U.S. AID TO DESTROY PALESTINIAN HOMES
Putting conditions on U.S. aid to Israel has become a controversial topic but it was the norm in Washington just a few decades ago.
SINCE 2015, Rep.
Betty McCollum, D-Minn., has been the leading congressional critic of
Israel’s military detention of Palestinian children, introducing multiple pieces of legislation that would bar Israel from using U.S. military aid to
arrest Palestinian youth.
By targeting Israel’s detention of Palestinian children just one aspect of Israel’s military occupation, but one that involved a highly vulnerable population McCollum was attempting to make her bills appeal to the widest swath of Democrats possible.
Post on 8 April 2021 by Anne Marie Steiger
April 8, 2021
The following was originally published atValdai Discussion Club.
At first sight, Russia and Iran seem to have compatible – or even similar – approaches to the JCPOA and regional security. Moscow’s emphasis on the need for all parties to return to the nuclear deal in its original form and avoid raising new demands at this stage is in line with Tehran’s view that the JCPOA is “concluded and sealed” and cannot be renegotiated. However, the more Russian officials elaborate on their views on regional security, the less attractive they appear to become to the Iranian side, Valdai Club experts Hanna Notte and Hamidreza Azizi write. The article was prepared following the results of the Tenth Middle East Conference of the Valdai Discussion Club and the Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Israel Fast Facts
Here is a look at Israel, which declared independence in 1948. It borders the Mediterranean Sea, Egypt, the Red Sea, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon in the Middle East. Since its founding, Israel has experienced conflict with its neighbors, mainly Arab and Muslim countries, and Palestinians living in Israeli-occupied territories.
About Israel
Population: 8,787,045 (July 2021 est., includes Golan Heights and East Jerusalem)
Median age: 30.4
Ethnic Groups: Jewish 74.4%, Arab 20.9%, other 4.7% (2018 est.)
Religion: Jewish 74.3%, Muslim 17.8%, Christian 1.9%, Druze 1.6%, other 4.4% (2018 est.)
Unemployment: 3.81% (2019 est.)
Israel is a parliamentary democracy comprised of legislative, executive and judicial branches.
Timeline
November 2, 1917 – The British government expresses support for the establishment of a permanent Jewish state in Palestine with a letter called the Balfour Declaration.