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Repetitive loops of images - sampled from: the 1955 Hollywood film "The Ten Commandments", international TV news broadcasts reporting the summer 2006 war in Lebanon between Israel and Hezbollah, and a tourist video documenting a lively belly dancer - are synced up to a hardcore techno music track, creating an apocalyptic Middle East horror rave party, revealing contradictions and pathologies in human myths and patterns of behavior.
"A true Israeli goes to the army", they've been telling us in an aggressive campaign against draft evasion, which expects us to accept the notion that those who don't go to the army are not as worthy as the rest. This massive campaign was endorsed on billboards, buses and ads on TV.
Thank god for India is a documentary that deals with the generation gap between young Israeli travelers in India and the conformities of society in Israel today . The film also takes a look at the new Israeli subculture that has developed in India as a result of this gap. The film follows 72 year old Amos Mosenzon , who decides to venture to the country he's always dreamed about - India . He asks permission from his 95 year - old mother , who doesn't understand why he has to go to India , of all places , instead of "civilized"countries , like France or Japan . Amos says farewell to his wife and takes off for a journey into the unknown .
UntitledAn empty shopping center in Tel Aviv provides shelter for hundreds of illegal Palestinian workers. On week days, one of Tel Aviv's abandoned shopping malls is home to hundreds of Palestinians, illegal workers in Israel. They live here underground, among the foundations, without light, air or water. In the suffocating stench, their personal belongings are spread out over the floor - trying to maintain some human dignity.
Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs promotional video: “Did you know that there is one place on earth that has it all' It is called Israel, but I call it home. Did you know that Israel has invented a capsule that can travel through the whole body and film the functioning of all of its parts? Curing the world. Did you know that Israel sends hundreds of missions to developing countries? Did you know that Israel is a world leader in agricultural development and fruit cloning? I hope to see you all next year in Israel!”.
Promotional tourism video. Idealized images that entice consumption. What is omitted screams out, like a wound.
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