Close, Closed, Closure

Close, Closed, Closure is a documentary film by Ram Loevy that aired on Israels ChannelonAugust 2002. The film describes life in the occupied Gaza Strip, three years before Israel unilaterally disengaged from there in 2005. The film employed both Israeli and Palestinian film crews to tell the story behind the intense frustrations of the local population, which erupted in the Second Intifada and the 20082009 Gaza War. At the same time, it also presents the attitudes of two conflicting groups in Israel the rightwing settlers, who express their contempt for the local population and the leftwing peace camp that demanded an Israeli withdrawal. The title derives from the frequent closures of Gaza by the Israeli governmentduring the filming, the border between Israel and Gaza was closed, opened, and closed again.

The family is consistently articulate, even when the mother refuses to speak with Loevy at their last scheduled interview Complaining that the Israeli left has abandoned the people of Gaza, she says Youve all become fanatics, so we no longer believe in peace. Though she knows that Loevy is opposed to occupation she cannot bring herself to ignore his association with the occupiers, saying Im not sure you should be in our house now. I dont know that I can talk to you anymore. Nevertheless, toward the end of film she reconciles with Loevy and even apologizes to him. She has come to look past his identity as an Israeli and an occupier, and see him as a human being.This attitude contrasts sharply with that of a settler and selfdescribed educator, Gideon Bashan, who tells Loevy A rooster, even if he climbs on top of a fence and shouts, Im a human being still remains a rooster. Nevertheless, as one reviewer points out The settlers and Palestinians do share some common ground Each demonizes the other. All see themselves as unique victims. And everyone, of course, has rockheaded faith in divine intervention. ........

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