Kosminsky flew to Israel with David Aukin, to visit places that would feature in the story, including the normally closed-off Deir Yassin, accompanied by modern Israeli historians organised by their pre-production partners, an Israeli documentary film company. Read about our approach to external linking. And to this day, no one has an exact number of those killed, with accounts ranging from a few dozen to more than 200. It just flew through, he told the documentary makers. As the Israel-Palestinian conflict has escalated, posts containing misleading or false claims have been widely shared online in recent days. Erin wakes in the night and is almost shot by a sniper bullet. As they fly out Erin starts to read the diary, and becomes fascinated; it opens with Len describing "the worst day of his life so far" the horror of liberating Bergen-Belsen concentration camp. The study analysed nearly 100,000 news headlines about the Israel-Palestinian conflict in the US press over the last five decades from five major publications - the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Los Angeles Times, and the Chicago Tribune - employing Natural Language Processing (NLP) techniques to identify frequently 10,000 Pakistanis came on street to protest against 7 Palestinians who were shot by Israeli forces last week. The War of 1948 is understood in two different ways. But, Ofcom said: "Just because some individual Jewish and Israeli characters were portrayed in a negative light does not mean the programme was, or was intended to be, antisemitic Just as there were Jewish/Israeli characters that could be seen in a negative light, so there were British and Palestinian characters that could also be seen in a negative light. . I had a machine gun with 250 bullets. 363K views 13 years ago A remarkable British documentary about the birth of Israel state which was created at the expense of palestinians who lost their homes and homeland, were driven out from. Erin produces the key, and as soldiers come in she clutches it in her hand. Israel's military launched an offensive against the Palestinian territory of Gaza in the early hours of Friday, using ground forces to attack militant positions following four days of spiralling violence. It's the most serious flare-up since an 11-day conflict in. This story and the dispute over what happened to Palestinians at Israel's founding moment still fuels the Israeli-Palestinian conflict today. In this documentary, witnesses and survivors talk about the 2002 attack by the Israeli army on Palestinian refugee camp Jenin. [47] MOHAMMAD: Survivors and witnesses know where the alleged mass grave is. Paul takes her through a checkpoint into the Occupied Territories. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #3: (Through interpreter) I didn't count. [33] According to The Guardian: Over the course of a long career Kosminsky has become adept at turning one country into another: "I used the Czech Republic for Bosnia, Kenya for Somalia, Ghana for Liberia, Morocco for Iraq, India for Pakistan and Leeds for Northern Ireland." [74], The subscription channel Canal+ aired the drama under the title The Promise: Le Serment over four weeks starting 21 March 2011, in a prime-time Monday evening slot that it tends to use for more serious or historical drama. Eliza takes Erin shopping and clubbing in Tel Aviv, cut short when Erin's epilepsy is triggered by flashing lights in the club. He says that his generation had been determined that the Jewish people would never again capitulate in the face of genocide, and want to secure land that could alwaya be safe. The Nouvel Obs and Le Journal du Dimanche both identified the series as reflecting the viewpoint of the "British pro-Palestinian left", but the latter praised it as "nevertheless a historical fiction useful for understanding an intractable conflict",[79] while the former commended its "epic spirit, rare on television". This is not unusual, she said. Copyright 2023 NPR. In the car Erin admits that she is forbidden to drive because of her epilepsy. This Morning's Top Headlines - Feb. 27 27.02.2023 | NBC 'Early wake-up call': Storm chaser describes severe storms in central US 27.02.2023 | CNN. Why is Israel-Palestinian violence surging? Through powerful and profoundly moving family stories, this series gets to the heart of what happened to people on both sides of the conflict as the Middle East was reshaped. I n 2015, during an escalation of violence in Jerusalem, a just-turned-teenage Palestinian boy and his older cousin were involved in a stabbing that left two young Israelis injured - critically . Len takes Clara home; there is no-one in, so she takes him to bed, asking him to stay longer, but he has to attend a meeting. Then there is Alan Leveritt, editor of the Arkansas Times, an alternative newspaper he founded nearly half a century ago. Len confesses everything to Rowntree. "[107], Responding, ECAJ Executive Director Peter Wertheim said: "Professor Wootten denies that The Promise makes and invites judgements, but this contention is belied by the strident comments made by other defenders of the series in posted comments on the SBS and other websites, and is as low on the scale of credibility as the stream of non-sequiturs that have been put forward in its defence, including posts asserting that The Promise could not possibly be antisemitic because Kosminsky is Jewish, or because it was filmed in Israel and included Jewish actors, or because it was nominated for a BAFTA award. Some Twitter users spread what they claimed were screenshots of posts from the Israel Defense Forces' (IDF) Twitter account saying: "We just love killing" and "Just bombed some kids". It tells the story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel and Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate. Latin America and Palestine: Latin America is a hub of support for the Palestinian cause. [45] By the second episode Andrew Billen, writing in The Times, was concerned that both Len and Erin were meeting from the Arabs a "little too much kindness for the comfort of all of us hoping that Kosminsky will parcel out recriminations in exactly equal proportions"; but nonetheless applauded the "immersive and emotional" quality of the series. Unhooded and in the open, he expects to be shot, but finds he has been released. It shows the demeaning humiliation at. Critical reaction was positive, with The Australian selecting part one as its pick of the week, calling its character development and performances "compelling", and saying that the series "offers insight into the history of one of the world's most conflicted places". The series is produced and directed by David Vincent. I didn't know what I would find. Israel offered a refuge to Jews across the world but the land remains a place of enduring conflict, and the key to understanding where we are today is to hear the stories from that time, from both sides., Daisy Scalchi, BBC Head of Religion and Ethics, says: Hearing deeply personal accounts of the search for a home and dispossession, Rob and Sarah will let the human stories speak for themselves. Bacha, whose film was funded by the Sundance Institute and a handful of other documentary groups in the US and UK, said Israel regards the BDS movement as a fundamental threat. He also tells Erin that he is a Palestinian Christian. He listened to dozens of hours of recorded interviews. In hospital, Len shows compassion to Avram Klein (a Jewish militant who has been shot after shooting three British policemen),[3] even after an attempt to free him. In normal parlance, human shields are. And he told NPR his uncle was one of those lined up to die. Len is reprimanded; his commander emphasises the danger of Arab insurrection if Jewish immigration is not controlled. Erin meets Eliza's brother Paul, described by Eliza as "crazy", who left the army transformed into a peace activist. "1/3 of these 250+ rockets fell inside the Gaza Strip, killing Palestinians," Ofir Gendelman tweeted. The girls are verbally abused and then stoned by some Jewish boys, while IDF soldiers watch. [97] In January 2012 the Executive Council of Australian Jewry (ECAJ) filed a 31-page complaint with the SBS[98] claiming that the series "unrelentingly portrays the entire Jewish presence throughout the country, including modern-day Israel, as an act of usurpation by Jews who, without exception, are aliens, predators and thieves and who enforce their usurpation by brutal, racist policies akin to those inflicted by the Nazis upon the Jewish people", and compared it to the infamous Nazi film Jud Sss. TREE"). The path to peace in Israel-Palestine is through decolonisation Only the formation of a single decolonised state encompassing the entire territory of historical Palestine can put an end to. But the more we listened, we realized that these veterans did tell him things about how - what happened. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Through interpreter) Some guys took flamethrowers and ran after people and incinerated them. [18] The paratroopers' base at Stella Maris had been a challenge to find, but eventually the monastery at Beit Jimal was used and proved very accommodating. Len's superior Rowntree encourages Len to contact the Jewish underground, suggesting that a crowd at a rally would be a safer place to meet them than Clara's flat. The BBC is not responsible for the content of external sites. 3 min read. Posted. At the airport, Erin surprises her mother with the intensity of her embrace. In France, a deal giving Canal + first-run subscription broadcast rights, with free-to-air rights on ARTE a year later, was negotiated by Daybreak's long-standing production contact Georges Campana, bringing in a further 1 million. But as Hassan sets out across open ground, he is hit by a bullet. As she flies home, Erin turns to the last page of Len's diary. The research team contacted newly emerging groups of critical IDF veterans, Breaking the Silence and Combatants for Peace. Video, 00:01:10Drone footage shows extent of damage after Jenin raid. At the base, the servant alerts Len that Alec Hyman, one of his men who is Jewish, is being given a "regimental bath" in retributionhe is being viciously scrubbed. Conflict between Israelis and Palestinians boiled over this week, escalating rapidly into one of the worst rounds of violence between the two sides in the last several years. What is going on between Israel and the Palestinians? Len takes charge, only to find that the sniper is Clough, who has joined the Jewish militants. In May 1949, Israel was admitted to the UN and its grip over 78 percent of historic Palestine was consolidated. And he says Katz's methodology was flawed from the beginning. [16] Part of the Old City in Jerusalem stood in for Nablus in the West Bank,[37] the Hebron-set scenes were filmed in Acre,[10] while Gaza was represented by the Israeli-Arab town of Jisr al-Zarqa. Bacha, who has made a number of documentaries about Palestinian and Israeli life, said she turned her lens on the US to understand the sudden proliferation of laws to protect a single foreign . Sarah will learn about the circumstances under which her family fled their . Accuracy and availability may vary. Palestinian officials say two of the dead were. According to Katz's research, the mass killing happened in two waves. Paul also seems not entirely happy. Other sources of funding were more difficult. MOHAMMAD: So Schwarz went back to the veterans who were still alive and interviewed them on tape. There even used to be a historical cemetery in the old village. The owners protest that they had been forced to harbour "Irgun" members, but they are nevertheless taken away, and the British blow up their house. Filming was entirely in Israel, with a predominantly local crew and through the Israeli production company Lama Films; something unusual for a UK television drama production. [40] Ironically, however, the reliance on film led to a number of scenes having to be re-mounted after fogging went undetected for a week when it was impossible to get daily film rushes back to London because of the air travel disruption caused by the eruption of the Eyjafjallajkull volcano in Iceland. Len's platoon storms a house where one of the King David bombers had been hiding. Clara is in the bath; much of her hair has been torn out, and she has been daubed with oil and feathers. Their first job is to round up Jewish refugees coming ashore from a ship, who are taken to a detention centre. This is what The Promise sets out to explore. For Palestinians the events of this period, which created over 700,000 refugees and resulted in hundreds of towns and villages being destroyed, are known as the Nakba, Arabic for the Catastrophe. He said some Israeli historians have concluded there were, quote, "small war crimes committed but not a massacre." "[27], The early scene of the flat in Leeds was created in an Israeli studio. Later, talking to Clough, he suffers an epileptic fit. She decides to take up her best friend Eliza's offer to spend time in Israel, while she undergoes basic training for her compulsory Israeli military service. Returning to the beach Len finds a straggler, and is about to let her go when they are spotted by a passing patrol. It was commissioned by Daisy Scalchi, BBC Head of Religion and Ethics. This is powerful stuff, distilling enormous difficulties to a deeply personal level",[92] and the newspaper selected the series for its annual television review, writing that it was "gripping it dazzled via a raw and complex portrait of conflict in the Middle East Kosminsky's storytelling was mesmerising. Erin goes to see Omar, but he too refuses to help. He tells her the army is there to protect the settlers, not to keep the peace. Palestine Post bombing. Len gives the bunch to Mohammed, only to be told he has now put Mohammed under an obligation, and Mohammed will be duty-bound to offer him dinner. The fire was subsequently put out and the mosque was not damaged by the blaze. But Len is unconvinced, and he is dragged off to join the others, being held in a hole under a trapdoor, with just enough room for an oxygen cylinder. I regret not knowing more about the issue when I voted. Explosions and gunfire sounded as troops entered the old city of Nablus on Wednesday morning, sparking armed clashes with Palestinian gunmen. She shows Erin a photograph; it is the photograph of Len with Mohammed and his family. Parliament orders an inquiry after dozens of women speak of abuse on British-operated tea farms. The conditions of the imprisonment of Robbins and Nash, and the display and booby-trapping of their bodies, closely correspond to the fate of Sergeant Clifford Martin and Sergeant Mervyn Paice in what became known as, According to Kosminsky, the sequence of the girls being stoned was a "direct reconstruction" from documentary video footage (e.g. [58] The Zionist Federation and the Board of Deputies of British Jews both also lodged letters of complaint. 2023 marks 75 years since the State of Israel was founded. A young girl Samira pulls her in, miming that it is not safe. The meeting, at the King David Hotel in Jerusalem, is a briefing on "Operation Bulldog", the upcoming cordon and search of Tel Aviv. NPR's Linah Mohammad reports. She is told that the Palestinians left in 1948, but some had returned to found a new Ein Hawd in what had been their orchards above the old village. BDSs Palestinian organisers ask who it is they are expected to protest against, using peaceful methods, if not Israel. The series follows the history of the conflict through the mid-late 20th century, focussing on major incidents, pressure points and conflicts. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the nineteenth century. Using guest speakers, this video clip discusses the origins of the two-state solution in the Arab-Israeli conflict, through the British Peel Commission of 1937 and the White Paper of 1939. He thanks Erin for taking him back, even though it had been painful. But we fundamentally disagree that this bias amounts to anti-Semitism in our view The Promise is a worthwhile contribution to the debates about the intractable conflict". But the house is raided by Israeli soldiers. "saga au vitriol pour une dsinformation assassine! The roads are clogged with Arab refugees. A Palestinian gunman critically wounded an Israeli man when he opened fire near the West Bank city of Jericho on Monday, hours after Israel . In an apparent reference to the BBC documentary on Narendra Modi, the Vice President said, "For two decades, the issue was discussed in judicial circles, thoroughly investigated at all levels. Others were lined up against a wall and shot one after another. media fund. Eliza's father is formally polite; his wife looks very unhappy, and a strained dinner follows. "[63] On the other hand, Liel Leibovitz, writing for American online Jewish magazine Tablet, took the view that, "contrary to these howls of discontent, the show is a rare and riveting example of telling Israel's story on screen with accuracy, sensitivity, and courage". Searching for the source of the Kol Zion underground broadcasts, Len's men raid some flats; Clough's gun accidentally misfires. A BBC documentary discussing whether Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon could be charged with war crimes has made front page news in Israel. Clara however follows Len down the stairs and embraces him. [7] He agrees to take her to Gaza. She meets Palestinian schoolgirls walking home from school. Video, 00:00:43, West Bank town set alight after Israelis killed, Drone footage shows extent of damage after Jenin raid. Using guest speakers, this video clip examines the events surrounding the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. perhaps this video, The chain incident was based on the experience of an, DVD Commentary (Peter Kosminsky and Hal Vogel), at 20:10, Macha Sry, Israel-Palestine: to the origins of the conflict, DVD featurette: Behind the Scenes Filming in Israel for 2005, at 00:20, The Blu-ray release includes a 5-minute featurette presented by Paddy Eason of digital effects house. The Brief Global Pitch Guide Introduction. [118] In Haifa the episodes were screened on successive Thursdays, from 10 to 21 May. [105], A further complaint was made to SBS on 1 February 2012 by Stepan Kerkyasharian, Chair of the New South Wales government's Community Relations Commission, noting "concern that the series negatively portrays the WHOLE of the Jewish People. Israel arrests 42 after deadly synagogue shooting. Len returns to his men and fills a bag with grenades and ammunition, ordering Alec to take the men to the docks. Ledings told its a pro-Israel bill, that its just going to protect Israel. He wishes that one day he can return the key to Mohammed, though he is not sure he could face him. Read about our approach to external linking. He turns down a track to investigate a column of smoke from the village of Deir Yassin. Six-Day War, also called June War or Third Arab-Israeli War or Naksah, brief war that took place June 5-10, 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. [44] Consolidated ratings, which include time-shifted and online viewing, generally added about a further 0.5 million. Meanwhile Len has started giving Mohammed's son Hassan tuition in mathematics. The account from which the fake tweets apparently originated shows strong pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel leanings and claims to be writing satire. [11][25] He also writes that what struck him most is a question: "How did we get from there to here?" [12][13], Kosminsky says that his overriding aim was to present the experience of the 100,000 British soldiers who served in Palestine,[12][13] "to remind us all of what happened". Schwarz went through all of Katz's findings about Tantura. EL ALI: It's so hard for Israelis to digest this story because it shakes our ground because we're taught that we're the most moral nation, the most moral army. Julia Bacha with state senator Bart Hester in Arkansas. Read about our approach to external linking. These seven video. [73] On 10 May 2011, at the One World Media Awards in London, The Promise won Best Drama of 2010/11. TEDDY KATZ: (Through interpreter) I started getting interested in the field. Operation Bulldog gets underway. As Samira becomes frantic, Erin suggests that they take her also. 6 February 6 Feb. The Holy Land And Us: Our Untold Stories follows actor and writer Sarah Agha and barrister, author and broadcaster Rob Rinder, MBE, along with four families of Jewish and Palestinian heritage, as they explore their personal family stories, and the ways in which they have been defined by events in Palestine and Israel. BBC World Service - The Documentary Podcast, Israel and Palestine Listen now Israel and Palestine How did the relationship between Israel and Palestine reach its current point? Foreign critics, including politicians in the US, Britain and Europe, accuse it of singling out Israel. Phil Harrison, Pick of the day: The Promise, Muriel Frat, Sense and Sensibility in Palestine. The documentary alights on the testimony of a Palestinian woman who says women were human shields for the protesters, just as the Israeli army claimed. [102] It also made available the full text of the OfCom decision as a contribution to open debate, prior to which only parts had been available[103] because Ofcom had not published it. That night, Len rounds on Clara for having known in advance and trying to protect him. It was also felt that relying on comparatively simple well-known technology would be sensible operating so far from home. and The Observer, where she said it was "the best thing you are likely to see on TV this year, if not this decade. This episode will examine recent attacks on the BBC and lay out how BBC ability to report on Palestine is constrained from multiple Zionist influences. Afterward, it went up to something closer to 100, 110. After Holocaust due to guilty conscience Europe made justice for the Jews by making an injustice for Palestinians. At this stage the treatment ran to 180 pages, with many scenes described in detail. [12][30] Scripts followed quickly, and by mid-2008 Channel 4 announced its backing for the project. The War of 1948 is understood in two different ways. As the presenters and contributors explore how this period of chaos and upheaval impacted their relatives, they discover how their families destinies were changed forever. Kroger's comments were taken up by The Australian,[111] along with an op-ed written by two members of the Australia/Israel and Jewish Affairs Council,[112] and she expanded further in an online piece for News Ltd website The Punch. . [31], Daybreak had initially costed the drama at 8 million, which with some trimming they had been able to pare back to 7 million. The documentary also follows Theroux as he tours the Muslim quarter of Jerusalem with Daniel Luria of the Ateret Cohanim Zionist Movement. I can think of no better example of how we continue to do that than in Peter Kosminsky's recent examination of the Israel/Palestine question in The Promise. Erin slips past into the zone. Later, she is woken by arguing from downstairs. [12][18] The casual relationship Erin has with Eliza, "the way they talk, the way they react, their limited attention span" was very much drawn from his experience of his daughters and their friends,[24] and he felt that the combination of naivety and flinty assertiveness were not atypical of an "eighteen-year-old kid from London", particularly given an emotionally rather unsympathetic upbringing. For Israelis, it's. Despite the broadcasters' prejudiced. "[18] "I would be very sad if someone were to consider the series as partisan. We found the same video posted in March 2020, with reports at the time suggesting that it showed a group of boys in Jordan trying to avoid strict Covid-19 restrictions by pretending to hold a funeral. Israeli police said in a statement that it was the result of fireworks thrown by Palestinian worshippers. [42] A particular challenge was how to realise the events at Bergen-Belsen. The Promise is a British television serial in four episodes written and directed by Peter Kosminsky, with music by Debbie Wiseman. Erin and Eliza visit Eliza's grandfather. - BBC Newsnight BBC News 13.8M subscribers Subscribe 15K 1.6M views 1 year ago. IDF soldiers take Samira for a human shield when they go to occupy the brother's house. She asks him to join her, but Len turns and leaves. The son, who is with Hamas, is brandishing a gun and telling Omar, a Fatah member, to go. UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Through interpreter) How many do you think you killed this way? [1] And not just in Arkansas. Hassan goes missing in the crowds, and Len promises to go back and find him, persuading Mohammed to get his wife and daughter to safety. The authoritative record of NPRs programming is the audio record. [109] He accepted that the series conveyed a negative view of Israel and said he would not claim that it tried to be balanced. Len stumbles, but Clough catches Ziphora, his girlfriend, but lets her go. I could not be stronger in my opposition to boycotts of any Israeli products. Such a portrayal cannot be justified in ANY context." This time, though, there was no faking it. He is unapologetic, and tells them that his father, mother, sister and brother had all died in German camps. [12] However, he hoped that the audience would be won over as they came to understand the character, and that having the audience make this journey would make more powerful what he saw as her later bravery and single-mindedness. Erin is shocked to read about Len's fit. We were starting from zero. The series was produced by Norma Percy, who had produced The Death of Yugoslavia before. Len agrees to stay and fight, if Hassan will go to the docks. Greg Ledings smile drops as the films director, Julia Bacha, asks about an Arkansas law requiring contractors doing business with the state to pledge not to boycott Israel. [86] The demonstration in front of the Canal+ offices on the night of the first showing was reported to have attracted a few hundred people, with CRIF represented by its vice-president. I was always told they were forced to leave, but I know little about the exact circumstances in which they left, so I want to follow in their footsteps and uncover what happened. [114] The laws are primarily driven by the Israeli government and its allies in the US as a reaction to the Palestinian-led Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement. In particular, it found "that the characterisations in The Promise did not cross the threshold into racism, and in particular that it did not promote, endorse, or reinforce inaccurate, demeaning or discriminatory stereotypes". She is Mohammed's daughter Jawda, with fond memories of Len, but she says her father was angry with him for many years as he failed to bring Hassan back. Out on armoured patrol a chamberpot is emptied over the soldiers. Available for over a year. Salman Khurshid in an interview with ANI said the UK-based . Video, 00:01:34, Gaza's only all-girl boxing club finds a home, Drone footage shows extent of damage after Jenin raid. Bacha, who has made a number of documentaries about Palestinian and Israeli life, said she turned her lens on the US to understand the sudden proliferation of laws to protect a single foreign country from a form of political protest with a long tradition in America. Israeli-Arab conflict is the result of this history. He later confronts Rowntree, but Rowntree is under a direct order that British lives are not to be risked protecting the Arabs. He went house to house to every soldier from the Alexandroni Brigade who was still alive at the time and spoke to them. The life story of Jesus, one of the most famous of people ever said to have lived does have many gaping holes in it as between the ages of 13 and 29 there is no Biblical record of the whereabouts of Jesus in Palestine. At the meeting they are ambushed; their Jewish informant is led away, and Len and the two sergeants are abducted. Were at a crossroads where, over 20 years there was this big shift in the conversation. BBC Teach > Secondary Resources > GCSE History. Clara explains that the club's purpose is to generate goodwill for the Jews, and that she is paid to be there. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. [25] But "It does not help anyone by claiming that good and justice are on one side only. [81] However, La Croix's reviewer was more hostile, considering that although there was "no doubt that the film ought to be seen", it "cannot be mistaken for a history lesson but a great partisan fiction", marred by bias and an "embarrassing" representation of Jews. The cinematographer, David Higgs, had been keen to try the new Red One high resolution digital camera. [119], In the United States a screening of the series was presented at the Jewish Community Center in Manhattan, New York in November and December 2011, with the first part shown as part of the "Other Israel" film festival, and the remainder of the series shown in weekly episodes over the following three weeks.

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