FRONTLINE
http://www.pbs.org/frontline/
- This Week: "Israel's Next War?" (60 min.),
Tuesday, Apr. 05 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings)
- Inside FRONTLINE: A less reported story...
- Live Discussion: Chat with producer Dan Setton this Wed. at 11 am
ET
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+ This week
As Israel's Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pushes forward with his plan to
evacuate Gaza settlements this summer, FRONTLINE this week examines
the extremists who could derail any movement toward peace in the
Middle East.
The threat from radical Palestinian groups is well understood. Israel
has insisted that the Palestinian Authority rein them in. But the
Israeli government may have a reining in challenge of its own. Less
reported in the West is the existence of a small but dangerous group of
Jewish extremists who also may have the power to disrupt the ability of
the two sides to reach and carry out a peace agreement.
Veteran Israeli filmmaker Dan Setton, who previously has made films
about radical Islamists, decided it was time to look at some of his
fellow Israelis. As he told FRONTLINE in an interview to be published on
the program's web site:
"...The issue of Jewish fundamentalists, Jewish extremists, has been on
the agenda in Israel for the past couple of years. During the Intifada
they gained momentum and became vocal. I thought it was important to try
go deep inside their world. Every religion has its extremists, I guess
it was time to deal with my own. I wanted to meet the people that I
only heard about on the news, to visit their homes, to see what they
were about, to hear what they had to say. So I started by visiting
various settlements in the West Bank. ... We spent about a year working on
the film."
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In addition to a revealing portrait of these Israeli extremists, Dan's
film offers a detailed look into how the police investigated and pursued
one particular case that involved a plan to set off a bomb at a
Palestinian girls school.
We invite you to watch "Israel's Next War?"
Tuesday, Apr. 05 at 9pm on PBS (check local listings) and then
visit our web site where you'll find the interview with Setton,
background on militant Jewish radicals, related readings, and the
opportunity to express your opinion about the program, at
http://www.pbs.org/frontline/shows/israel/
Louis Wiley
Executive Editor
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+ Live Online Discussion on Washingtonpost.com ...
Producer Dan Setton will be online this Wednesday, April 6 at
11am ET, to discuss "Israel's Next War?"
For details, see:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/artic...9-2005Apr1.html