The Occupation of the American Mind
Israel's Public Relations War in the United States
Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world—except the United States. This documentary takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S.
Cast
Roger Waters
Narrator (voice)
Peter Hart
Self - National Coalition Against Censorship
Sut Jhally
Self - Professor, University of Massachusetts
Yousef Munayyer
Self - US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation
Rula Jebreal
Self - Journalist
Mark Crispin Miller
Self - Professor, New York University
Rami Khouri
Self - Columnist, Daily Star, Beirut
Rashid Khalidi
Self - Professor, Columbia University
Phyllis Bennis
Self - Institute for Policy Studies
Max Blumenthal
Self - Journalist
Amira Hass
Self - Columnist, Haaretz, Israel
Noam Chomsky
Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT
Norman Finkelstein
Self - Author, Method and Madness
Henry Siegman
Self - Professor, University of London
Stephen Walt
Self - Author, The Israel Lobby & U.S. Foreign Policy
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Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world—except the United States. This documentary takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S.
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