{"id":15463,"date":"2013-08-07T20:25:36","date_gmt":"2013-08-07T19:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/?p=15463"},"modified":"2013-08-08T15:21:48","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T14:21:48","slug":"dvd-the-gatekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmdetail.com\/2013\/08\/07\/dvd-the-gatekeepers\/","title":{"rendered":"DVD: The Gatekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"The<\/a><\/p>\n

An absorbing study of Israel’s internal security service Shin Bet<\/a> paints a sombre picture of the nation’s conflict with the Palestinians.<\/p>\n

Combining interviews with six former heads of the secretive organisation, archival footage and animation, it explores their emergence after the Six-Day War in 1967<\/a> and the subsequent occupation of the Palestinian territories<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Structured into seven parts, it is filled with startling revelations ranging from the Bus 300 affair, the internal turmoil following the Oslo Accords<\/a>, the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin<\/a>, the Second Intifada in 2000<\/a> and some piercing reflections of over 40 years of sustained conflict.<\/p>\n

The real coup here is in getting such a range of key individuals to speak so freely about what were probably classified operations.<\/p>\n

Not only does this shed valuable light on the details of particular events, but also paints a surprisingly balanced view of what is a fiercely intractable conflict.<\/p>\n

Right from the beginning we see Israeli military joy at victory in the Six-Day War tempered by the realisation that the occupation of one million Palestinians was never going to have a happy ending, and instead would trigger a seemingly endless cycle of revenge attacks lasting up until the present day.<\/p>\n

As some of the Shin Bet admit, despite the fact that they became a highly effective military force, they could never control the central problem of occupation and the resentment and violence it triggered.<\/p>\n