Origin: Palestine | Documentary | Director: Mohammed Alatar | 52 minutes

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The Iron Wall

Mohammed Atalar 2006 docu 52 min.

In 1923 the prominent Zionist ideologue Vladimir Jabotinsky, wrote that,"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 the state of Israel. Settlements were used from the outset to create a foothold in Palestine.

After 1967 and the occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, the settlement project was revived to create "facts on the ground" and make the creation of a Palestinian state there impossible. There are now over 200 settlements and outposts throughout the West Bank blocking the emergence of a contiguous Palestinian territory. The Iron Wall exposes this phenomenon, following the timeline, size, and
population of the settlements, and their impact on the peace process.

The film also touches on the latest project to entrench the settlements as permanent "facts on the ground".

Full version: https://www.cultureunplugged.com/documentary/watch-online/play/1421/The-Iron-Wall

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