"THEY DO NOT EXIST": PALESTINE

19 essential films first, the rest in year order. March 25 update- No Other Land has won the Oscar for Best Documentary!

Not on Mubi:
Gaza: Doctors Under Attack
Gaza: How to Survive a War Zone
Killing Gaza (Blumenthal, Cohen)
The Settlers (Theroux)
Israel Paralelo – A Farsa Revelada.
The Teacher.
Under Fire.

Detail above of painting by Ismail Shammut

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2 of my poems

several years ago

PALESTINE
The moon is rising past the cedar,
a woman sings from her window again.
How fresh now taste the mint and water,
how bright is the iris...