IT DOESN’T MATTER IF JUSTICE IS ON YOUR SIDE. YOU HAVE TO DEPICT YOUR POSITION AS JUST.”
“As Israel continues its slaughter of Palestinians with U.S. backing, the new abridged version of this riveting 2016 film meets the current political moment like nothing else. Watch it to understand why so many Jews, like myself, are saying these words proudly right now: Not in our name.”
— Dave Zirin, The Nation
To help provide context that’s too often been missing in U.S. corporate media since the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks, we’re streaming a newly abridged 49-minute cut of our film The Occupation of the American Mind for free. This new edit places special emphasis on propaganda efforts that have helped conceal Israel’s brutal and illegal decades-long occupation of Palestinian land while dehumanizing Palestinians and vilifying those who speak up for Palestinian human rights as either anti-Semitic or terrorist-sympathizers. Click “Watch the Film” above to stream the new cut.
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When The Occupation of the American Mind has been screened and broadcast on TV around the world, it’s generated intense controversy and provoked the very kinds of organized attacks by right-wing groups that the film itself explores at length.
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Polling shows strong global opposition to Israel’s illegal 50-year occupation of Palestinian land, and mounting outrage over Israel’s ongoing slaughter of unarmed Palestinian civilians who are fighting for their rights. Nevertheless, public sympathy and support for Israel within the US continues to hold strong. The Occupation of the American Mind zeroes in on this critical exception, breaking down the devastatingly effective public relations war that Israel and right-wing pro-Israel advocacy groups have been waging for decades in the US. Narrated by Roger Waters and featuring leading observers of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict, the film explores how the Israeli government, the US government, and the pro-Israel lobby have joined forces, often with very different motives and interests, to shape American media coverage of the conflict in Israel’s favor. The result is a stunning look at how — and why — American media coverage of the conflict regularly minimizes the occupation, vilifies critics of Israeli policy, and dehumanizes the Palestinian people.
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