They both dwell on Deir Yassin, admit the horror, but suggest the exceptional nature of the crime. They both only show images of Arab terror. In covering the war itself they both focus almost exclusively on the war in Jerusalem and in particular the Jewish efforts to break the Arab siege. They both ignore the pre-1948 period of colonization and suggest that Israel was founded chiefly as a refuge for the Jewish victims of the Holocaust. They both tell their stories through interviews with Arab and Jewish participants, thus making a show of 'balance.' In treating the rise of Israel, they both begin with the UN partition plan and emphasize Arab intransigence in refusing to accept it.

John Dixon comments on 'The 50 Years war':Ĭonsider the remarkable similarities between this 1972 book and a 1999 documentary, The 50 Years War: Israel and the Arabs, that was widely hailed in the United States as groundbreaking in its objectivity and fairness. His second documentary (together with Percy) was 'The 50 Years War: Israel And The Arabs' (1998), and more recently 'Israel and the Arabs, Elusive Peace' (2006) ( Source). Several of his documentaries have dealt with topics important to the neocons and presented their angle on (1) terrorism (2) Israel-Palestinians (3) the war against Iraq. Lapping is variously described as a neocon, and has been a 'long-time friend' of Richard Perle - they even have neighboring summer houses in Les Baux, Provence (several other neocons also own houses there). In 2002, their company Brook Lapping became part of the Ten Alps group. In 1988 Lapping set up as an independent documentary producer with Norma Percy (she became the director of the company) and Andrew Robinson. Packed with care, shipped promptly.Brian Lapping is a former journalist (started his career working as a journalist on The Guardian and The Financial Times) who moved into documentary making in the 1980s (for Granada TV - UK) he is also a historian. PLEASE ASK IF THERE IS A SPECIFIC QUESTION YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT THE CONDITION OF THIS BOOK. May have page creases, creased spine, bent cover or markings inside.

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Apartheid by Brian Lapping