In 1923 Vladimir Jabotinsky, leading intellectual of the Zionist movement and
father of the right wing of that movement, wrote:
"Zionist colonization must either stop, or else proceed regardless of the native
population. Which means that it can proceed and develop only under the
protection of a power that is independent of the native population - behind an
IRON WALL, which the native population cannot breach."
From that day these words became the official and unspoken policy of the Zionist
movement and later the state of Israel. Settlements were used from the beginning
to create a Zionist foothold in Palestine.
After 1967 and the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the aim of the
settlement movement became clear - create facts on the ground and make the
creation of a Palestinian state impossible. Thirty nine years of occupation and
the policy started showing results. There are now more than 200 settlements and
outposts scattered throughout the West Bank blocking the geographic possibility
of a contiguous Palestinian territory.
The Iron Wall documentary exposes this phenomenon and follows the timeline,
size, population of the settlements, and its impact on the peace process. This
film also touches on the latest project to make the settlements a permanent fact
on the ground - the wall that Israel is building in the West Bank and its impact
on the Palestinian's peoples.
Settlements and related infrastructures are impacting every aspect of life for
all Palestinians from land confiscation, theft of natural resources,
confiscation of the basic human rights, creation of an apartheid-like system, to
the devastating impact in regards to the future of the region and the prospect
of the peace process.
Palestinians and Israelis began the peace process based on a very simple
principle: land for peace. Settlements destroy that principle and create a land
with no peace.
Reviews
"The best description of the barrier, its routing and impact is shown in the
film The Iron Wall."
- President Jimmy Carter
"The Iron Wall is a highly recommended film for anyone concerned with the quest
for a just and peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - a film
that takes a clear stand while showing genuine empathy for both sides."
-- Hillel Schenker, Co-Editor for Palestine-Israel Journal.
"This is a powerful film exposing one of the most pressing issues of the
Palestinian-Israeli conflict. It is imperative that it gets a wide audience, and
that efforts are mobilized to subvert a catastrophic outcome."
--Jean-Jacques Joris, head of the Swiss Representative Office to the Palestinian
Authority
I cant believe so much is happening and no one knows. This is totally unfair to the palestanian totally unfair. I wonder what UN are doing? This is toally cruelty My Lord save the people from the oppressors.
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