Peace, propaganda, & the promised land : U.S. media & the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

The Media Education Foundation Presents a multi-part documentary on influence over news reporting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Featuring American and British television news clips along with observations of analysts, journalists and political activists, this documentary offers a striking media comparison. Featured interviews include: Seth Ackerman, Reserves Major Stav Adivi, Rabbi Arik Ascherman, Hanan Ashrawi, Noam Chomsky, Robert Fisk, Neve Gordon, Toufic Haddad, Sam Husseini, Hussein Ibish, Robert Jensen, Rabbi Michael Lerner, Karen Pfeifer, Alisa Solomon, and Gila Svirsky. Included with the multi-part documentary are: fourteen short films, ten broadcast news comparisons, a series of map slideshows, additional news clips, footage and interviews.

This documentary contends that the foreign policy interests of American political elites, working in combination with Israeli public relations strategies, exercise a powerful influence over news reporting about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Combines U.S. and British television news footage with observations from analysts, journalists, and political activists. Examines the factors that have distorted the United States' media coverage and, in turn, American public opinion.

Partial contents: [short films]. The matrix of control, on the ground realities / Jeff Halper (54 min.) (2004) -- Birth at the checkpoint / Alia Arasoughly (13 min.) (2003) -- The poetry of listening, Middle Eastern stories / Ian Koebner (15 min.) (2003) -- Other voices from Israel Palestine (8 min.) (2001) -- Bethlehem diaries / Kevin Skvorak (25 min.) (2002) -- Jenin Spring, April 14-17, 2002 (29 min.) (2002) -- Jenin Spring, April 20, 2002 (19 min.) (2002) -- A la muqata's / Kevin Skvorak (21 min.) (2002) -- Jerusalem day / Kevin Skvorak (10 min.) (2002) -- Jewish voices for peace / Amir Terkel & Cecilie Surasky (4 min.) (2004) -- Occupation diary, Ta'ayush in southern Hebron / Rona Even (6 min.) (2002) -- Occupation diary, Ta'ayush in Sulfit / Rona Even (6 min.) (2002) -- Futbol Palestina 2006 [trailer] / Marcelo Piña & Nelson Soza (5 min.) (2004) -- Salt of the Earth, Palestinian Christians in the northern West Bank / Elizabeth & Marthame Sanders (56 min.) (2004)