by Ludwig Watzal
The Israeli government’s settlement project, which is de facto a land-grabbing colonial enterprise, has to be “sold” more aggressively to a much wider public. Without the financial support and the complicity of the various US administrations, the success wouldn’t have been so resounding. Every critic of Israel’s encroachment on Palestinian land has also to blame the US government. Just recently, Israel announced the building of 150 Jewish-only new settlements in the occupied Palestinian West Bank that led to international condemnation also by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
Shimon Dotan, an Israeli Award-winning filmmaker, screenwriter, and producer, presented his new documentary, „The Settlers“, at Sundance Film Festival 2016. Currently, he teaches political cinema at NYU School of Journalism and at the New School University in New York City.
