The Iron Wall is a 2006

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 documentary film

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 about the establishment of Israel

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i settlements in the West Bank

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, which, the film argues, is a strategy for permanent occupation of the territory. Produced by the Palestinian Agricultural Relief Committees

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 and Palestinians for Peace and Democracy, it was the "Official Selection" of the Al-Jazeera Television Production Festival.

The Iron Wall follows the timeline of the settlements and examines their effect on the peace process, featuring interviews with noted peace activists and political analysts, both Israeli and Palestinian, including Jeff Halper

Jeff Halper

Jeff Halper is an anthropologist, author, lecturer, political activist, and co-founder and Coordinator of the Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions...

, Akiva Eldar

Akiva Eldar

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 and Hind Khoury

Hind Khoury

Hind Khoury is a Palestinian Christian who was the delegate general of the Palestine Liberation Organization in France, from March 2006 until May 2010.-References:...

. The film also covers the controversial construction of the Israeli West Bank barrier

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The Iron Wall features English, Arabic and Hebrew, and has English subtitles.

External links

• Official site
• Die Eiserne Mauer - Film (The Iron Wall) legal download
• The Iron Wall at Google Video
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