I think it's implied here the powerless are the Palestinians. If it's the civilions he should be painting in Jeruzalem as well, there are innocent people killed there too. By painting quotes like that in Gaza he's clearly taking sides..

Do you believe the video to be a political statement or is it more an accompaniment to the work?

Both are political statements.

Bollocks - trying to edit/delete post lol

pretty accurate review of the documentary (not written by me but i agree with most of it)

This documentary "only pretends" to be unbiased. It is still valuable, but should contain at least another hour to include Israeli misconduct that is conspicuously absent here.
For starters, the beginning really glosses over the fact that theft of the land now called Israel was accomplished primarily through Jewish / Zionist terrorism and that several of Israel's first Prime Ministers were wanted terrorists by the British government. There is a segment dealing with this in the first 30 -45 minutes of the documentary, but it is exceptionally thin, especially on relevant facts; and very heavy on "man-on-the-street" accounts of extremely isolated incidents that are of no great significance. The film never addresses the issue of what right did the UN have in the first place in voting on the disposition of Palestinian land, and not the people who were living there. Why didn't they vote to give the Jews a block of land in Germany, or say, Texas. There is some good information on this era in the documentary, but it is overwhelmed by the fluff, lack of balance, and a great deal of time being devoted to personal accounts of events that have no great overall importance.
In the latter sections, there is virtually no mention of Israeli misdeeds during the Oslo period. The documentary never really addresses the issue of settlements except in very brief and superficial terms. The issues surrounding these settlements are astounding & appalling; but no illumination is ever given on this crucial topic. Not once do I remember seeing any mention or coverage of the Israeli policy of "bulldozing" Palestinian homes and buildings. Nor again any mention of how the Israeli's have taken over water rights in the West Bank in an uneven & patently unfair manner. Nor is there any mention of how the Israeli's have created "bypass roads" to make Jews first class inhabitants and herd the Palestinian inhabitants into ever more numerous and smaller concentration camps. Likewise, the Camp David episode was given the traditional pro-Israeli spin only.
Overall, I have to say that this is mostly a Pro-Israeli whitewash, but unfortunately it is the best thing like it that is available and is certainly a very valuable historical primer. If I didn't own, I would certainly buy it again.

LOL.

It was just another upload / change to the Q&A page.

Takes more selfies than Kim Kardashian.

I would agree with you if they were selfies of the same person

as i clearly stated above the review was not written by me.

there are worse reviews on the documentary and this reviewer gave it 3 stars (out of 5) and also backed up what he wrote with examples and facts. I have watched the pbs documentary before and i agree with everything the reviewer wrote.

the reviewer also clearly states "Overall, I have to say that this is mostly a Pro-Israeli whitewash, but unfortunately it is the best thing like it that is available and is certainly a very valuable historical primer. If I didn't own, I would certainly buy it again."

so basically it is an American made documentary..... not really neutral or unbiased but overall contains very important information that must be watched as part of wider viewing and reading about this subject.

to take a pbs documentary and digest it all as fact and the beginning and end of your research would be unwise.

maybe you can point out a review by someone who's opinion you respect or meets your reviewing standards, i'll be happy to read it.

Good for you fella, me too.

thank you for feeling sorry for me.

i bow down to your superior knowledge.

any more unbiased PBS documentaries you can recommend??

anything on Iraq, Afghanistan, cuba, south America, corruption or any other American funded wars would be appreciated.

i could have easily have posted a documentary by al jazeera or any other pro palestine media but that doesn't help the cause, helping the cause is people like you pointing to pro israeli media then acting like a kid when i point out that what you posted isn't the a-z definative one stop shop for all your Israel v Palestine info.

In PBS we trust.

In PBS we trust.