Origin: Unknown | Documentary | Director: Hanna Musleh | 45 minutes

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In the spider's web

Hanna Musleh 2004 docu 45 min.

'In the Spider's Web' was produced by Ramallahbased Human Rights
organisation, Al Haq, in order to provide a visual overview of collective
punishment as it affects the daily lives of Palestinians in the West Bank
and Gaza Strip. The film tells many stories, but focuses on two in
particular those of a woman in Nablus and another in Hebron. Each of them
talks of the impact that the compounded measures of intimidation (curfews,
closures) and other collective penalties has on their lives. This powerful
film directly confronts the audience with the connections between Israeli
violations of international law, and the social consequences suffered by
many women, some of whom end up blamed for their own plight. More broadly,
Musleh's film highlights the impact that collective punishment has had and
continues to have on an entire civilian population.

Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rSXJRGDiWf0

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