Endgame: A Future Scenario for Israel (Marije Meerman, VPRO)

A future scenario for The Place of Judgment, the Middle East.
Are we on course to a doom scenario? What are the scenarios for the Near East in the forseeable future? Tension in the Middle East is mounting again, as political decisions in both the United States and Iran are now being taken by neoconservatives. 'Both places have idiots in charge', states colonel Lawrence Wilkerson. And the weapon of mass destruction scenario has been dug up again, this time for Iran. PLans of attack are being made and pre-emptive strikes are being considered. Backlight presents an ominous future view on the Middle East, the Place of Judgment. For 'Endgame', director Marije Meerman has gathered opinions and attitudes from the US, Israel and Iran concerning Israel's near future. Could the possible US withdrawal from Iraq herald the destruction of Israel? And will the pro-Israel stances of the presidential candidates affect their chances? How will any rethinking of American foreign policy impact on the region?
Backlight spoke to: Martin van Creveld (Israeli military historian), Tony Judt (British historian), Brigitte Gabriel (Christian Lebanese emigre), Lawrence Wilkerson (former chief of staff to Colin Powell), Etgar Keret (Israeli writer), Anoush Ehteshami (British-Iranian political scientist) and Richard Perle (American neoconservative). This episode also features Ahmadinejad, pastor John Hagee and Barack Obama in an attempt to illustrate the frontlines of a possible Third World War. Could the increasing tension regarding the escalation of the conflict lead to a self-fulfulling prophesy?

Research: William de Bruijn
Director: Marije Meerman

VPRO Backlight 2007 49'

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• Israel
• lobby
• Iran
• Ahmadinejad
• nuclear
• weapons
• US
• Keret
• Perle
• Wilkerson
• Judt
• Ehteshami
• Meerman
• Creveld
• AIPAC
• Obama

[IronFrozen]

I just can figue out why the USA keep supporting Israel

Israel dont give them anythinf

they just take

and breal the laws and the rules

and the USA gvt must cover their backs

The USA should try to live without supporting Israel, they will be much better

[antiiraqwar]

richard perle, are you having trouble finding the words or are you composing the lie?

[HopeForPeave]

a fact that is true that once the UAS drops down as a civilization [(not through war) but every civilization/ super power has it's end be it an economic end or otherwise] Israel will truly be alone.

God help them come to there common sences and make peace with the Arabic nations and to stop massicuring the poor palastinains or else Israel will build the foundaition to there own demise.

Sadly that Foundaition is already being build

[Shinertheantizionist]

The Jewish holy books are full of evil racism. You obviously know nothing about the jewish holy books. They make the evil shit in the bible seem very very tame in comparrison.

[Shinertheantizionist]

It is really not the lobby. It is the Federal Reserve bankers that keep the jews in power.

[MrSpieldose]

the irony of the Christians is the end time beliefs, they want the Jews in Israel so they can all go to hell when the end times come anyhow... it is really a passive form of Islamic extremism and funny. Round em up!

[MrSpieldose]

the US has such a jacked up nuke supply I bet it has nukes aimed at every big dog city in the world, including Israel. If the US turned on Israel, the only fight would be between which nation in the world gets to bomb Israel first. the US will get sick of them after awhile and if comes down to the US or Israel surviving, the US will be the 1st to drop the 1st nuke... let's get real, the US is the US...

[MrSpieldose]

24:00 she obviously doesn't give a fuck about the US because N Korea wants to wipe the US out more than Iran wants to take out Israel. the Zionist shines through...

[BADDESTOFTHEMALLUKNO]

these people are not nice people, they kill people, at the same time make out as if they are victims, they are good at propaganda. they make up fake advertisements to get donations for isreal, so that if can slowly take more and more land from gaza. unbelievable people. have you jewish zionists forgetten the things God has done for you? and this is how you thank Him

[stophateing]

he said zionism off the map not israel.fucking probaganda

[iknewitalready]

Don't Israel have nuclear weapons?

[klipsch21]

and subsequently americans are living off of the cheap hard labor exploited in the rest of the world