Palestine Is Still the Issue (TV)

Pilger returns to the Occupied Territories of the West Bank and Gaza where he filmed a documentary with the same title in 1977. He believes the basic problems are unchanged: a desperate, destitute people whose homeland is illegally occupied by the world's fourth biggest military power. The majority of the film is dedicated to interviewing Israelis, who give the "usual" reasons for hating Palestinians and the usual justifications for taking Palestinian land. However, the film also takes time to speak with many Palestinians and goes into depth as to explain to western audiences why the Palestinians feel that they have to keep resisting the occupation of the "territories" and fight back against the blockade of the Gaza Strip.