Israel-Palestine: How should crimes be named ?
Has the State of Israel set up an apartheid system in which Palestinians are second-class citizens? The question unleashes a great deal of passion because, for many, any comparison with the word apartheid regime is not only erroneous but also bears the mark of covert antisemitism. Yet the facts are there, documented by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International, which, in their respective reports, speak of apartheid. At the same time, how can we qualify attacks that target civilians ? The film Blue Box sheds new light on a controversial episode in Israeli history: the acquisition and seizure of Palestinian land by settlers. Ridding myths and language of their conflicting ideological charge allows for the work of truth and may pave the way for dialogue.
Sunday 6 March
17:30
Espace Pitoëff - Théâtre
Followed by the debate Israel-Palestine: How to name the crimes ?
French - English
Co-presented with Amnesty International Switzerland
Speakers
Denis Charbit Professor of Political Science at the Open University of Israel, Zionism specialist
Avraham Burg Former President of the Knesset and political activist
Saleh Higazi
Rania Madi United Nations Legal Advocacy Representative of Badil, the Resource Center for Palestinian Residency and Refugee Rights
Moderated by
Aline Jaccottet Head of the international section, Le Temps
To go further
TRIBUNE "Israël-apartheid : le contre-sens d’une analogie", Libération, 1 août 2021, Denis Charbit
This debat is preceded by the movie:
Compétition - Grand ReportageFilms en VOD
Blue Box
By Michal Weits
In Israel, everybody knows about the "blue boxes" that were used in the 1950s to raise funds for the purchase of land in Palestine. Joseph Weits, the filmmaker's great-grandfather, is well-known for having planted millions of trees, less for orchestrating the expropriation of Palestinian land. His diaries reveal an uncomfortable truth.
Section Compétition - Grand Reportage & Films en VOD
Original language(s) English
Subtitle(s) French & English
- Director(s)
- Michal Weits
Producers
- Assaf Amir
- Ina Fichman
- Eric Goossens
- Uri Smoly
- Frederik Nicolaï
World sales
- Cinephil
Cinematographer
- Avner Shahaf
- Daniel Kedem
- Daniel Miller
Music
- Benoît Charest
Sound
- Neal Gibbs
Editor
- Doron Djerassi
- Erez Laufer
- Duration
- 82'
- Year
- 2021
- Production country
- Israel, Canada & Belgium
- Status
- Swiss Premiere
