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The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

The First 54 Years: An Abbreviated Manual for Military Occupation

2021•1h 49m•6.9/10
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6.9/10(8)

An exhaustive explanation of how the military occupation of an invaded territory occurs and its consequences, using as a paradigmatic example the recent history of Israel and the Palestinian territories, the West Bank and the Gaza Strip, from 1967, when the Six-Day War took place, to the present day; an account by filmmaker Avi Mograbi enriched by the testimonies of Israeli army veterans.

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Production

Citizen Jane Productions, ma.ja.de. Fiction, Les Films d'Ici, 24images, ARTE, Avi Mograbi Productions, YLE

Language

HE

Status

Released

Release Date

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Cast

Avital Barak

Self - Narrator (voice)

Avi Mograbi

Avi Mograbi

Self - Host / Interviewer

Dani Vilenski

Self

Shlomo Gazit

Self

Roni Hirschson

Self

Zvi Barel

Self

Yossi Schwartz

Self

Eitan Kalinsky

Self

Arie Beirach Barak

Self

Amiram Goldblum

Self

Micha Leshem

Self

Isahy Menuchin

Self

Udi Ben Se'adia

Self

Avner Magen

Self

Ram Orion

Self

Ofer Schor

Self

Sharon Hagoli

Self

Guy Ben Nur

Self

Ziv Gottesfeld

Self

Haim Weiss

Self

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