Israel: The Long Green Line I ARTE Documentary

WATCH: The Two Palestines https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fK2GLAL7GcY 355 kilometres long, the Green Line that almost mythically separates Israel from the West Bank, has been disputed since Israel's founding. A ceasefire line drawn with a green pencil on a staff map in 1949, it has been the basis of all peace plans for the past thirty years. Supposed to become the border of a future Palestinian state, the green line remains an untraceable border. Since their victory in the Six-Day War in 1967, the Israelis have not stopped pushing it aside and erasing it. They have built dozens of settlements to the east of the line in the West Bank and are more numerous than ever in East Jerusalem East Jerusalem was Palestinian territory until the Six-Day War; today, Israelis and Palestinians live in this part of the Holy City, but in permanent tension between the two peoples. The Green Line does not define the borders of a Palestinian state that is still virtual, but takes the form of very real military roadblocks, which tens of thousands of Palestinians cross every day to go to work in Israel. From Jenin to Jerusalem, ARTE team followed the Green Line to measure the upheavals that have taken place in half a century. A metamorphosis that makes it almost impossible for Israelis and Palestinians to share the territory... 🗓 Available until the 31/01/2024 ARTE Documentary is here to tell you more about what’s going on in the world of culture and current affairs with powerful, refreshing and entertaining docs subtitled in English for our international fans. Discover a whole world on #ARTEdocumentary​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​ 💡 Want more from ARTE? Watch more of our programmes on ARTE.tv: ARTE in English 👉 https://www.arte.tv/en/​​​​​​​​​​ Subscribe to our Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVog... #Palestine #Israel #ARTEdocumentary​​ #currentaffairs #MiddleEast


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