1948 – Remember, Remember Not |
Neta Shoshani’s substantive documentary, 1948 – Remember, Remember Not, delves into the tumultuous events that led to the first Arab-Israeli war nearly 80 years ago. Based on personal letters, diaries and file footage, and supplemented by on-camera interviews, it will be screened at the Toronto Jewish Film Festival, which runs from June 4-14.
It is divided into two parts. The first section deals with the fallout from the United Nations’ Palestine partition plan, which was passed by a resounding margin on November 29, 1947. The second segment unfolds against the backdrop of Israel’s Declaration of Independence on May 14, 1948 and the Arab invasion of Israel a day later, which sparked the ensuing War of Independence.
The recollections of Jews and Palestinian Arabs are given almost equal billing in this thoughtful film about a bitter conflict that irretrievably changed the political and military landscape of the Middle East.
While Arabs were extremely disappointed by the Palestine partition scheme, Jews generally regarded it as the........