1913: Seeds of Conflict
Documentaries are a unique form of relating to a greater audience the story or meaning behind a larger historical event. As with all forms of media, it poses problems when looking at an event as the film can only tell over some of the accepted research and viewpoints that have been discussed amongst historical scholars. Further, the director's vision may result in him purposely excluding information that opposes the story he is trying to convey to his audience. In 1913: Seeds of Conflict, the filmmaker Ben Loeterman attempts to look at the current conflict in modern day Israel and Palestine in lights of events in the past.
While the conflict in the region seems to be ongoing and seemingly inevitable, Loeterman created this …show more content…
As a result of the spreading of the idea amongst more Jews in Europe, a number of migrations (Aliyah) into Palestine occurred. With the intrusion of non-Ottomans into the area, conflicts began to arise. Notably, the representative of Jerusalem in Istanbul, Ruhi al-Khalidid realized the potential of these newcomers and warned the Sultan that they would inevitably disturb the carefully cultivated peace in the land. This statement, as we know, became true quite quickly. The reasoning behind it is seen to be two-fold. First, Ottoman Jews were seen as being more easily incorporated into the greater culture of Palestine, as it was merely a location under Ottoman control rather than being an independent land. However, the foreign Jews from Europe and the East were unaccustomed to the Ottoman way of life and tended to stay on the edges of society or alternatively, ignore it completely. Second, the well-known Zionist tagline for their claim of Palestine, “a land without a people for the people without a land”, completely ignored the Arabs who had been living upon this supposedly ‘people-less
Documentaries are a unique form of relating to a greater audience the story or meaning behind a larger historical event. As with all forms of media, it poses problems when looking at an event as the film can only tell over some of the accepted research and viewpoints that have been discussed amongst historical scholars. Further, the director's vision may result in him purposely excluding information that opposes the story he is trying to convey to his audience. In 1913: Seeds of Conflict, the filmmaker Ben Loeterman attempts to look at the current conflict in modern day Israel and Palestine in lights of events in the past.
While the conflict in the region seems to be ongoing and seemingly inevitable, Loeterman created this …show more content…
As a result of the spreading of the idea amongst more Jews in Europe, a number of migrations (Aliyah) into Palestine occurred. With the intrusion of non-Ottomans into the area, conflicts began to arise. Notably, the representative of Jerusalem in Istanbul, Ruhi al-Khalidid realized the potential of these newcomers and warned the Sultan that they would inevitably disturb the carefully cultivated peace in the land. This statement, as we know, became true quite quickly. The reasoning behind it is seen to be two-fold. First, Ottoman Jews were seen as being more easily incorporated into the greater culture of Palestine, as it was merely a location under Ottoman control rather than being an independent land. However, the foreign Jews from Europe and the East were unaccustomed to the Ottoman way of life and tended to stay on the edges of society or alternatively, ignore it completely. Second, the well-known Zionist tagline for their claim of Palestine, “a land without a people for the people without a land”, completely ignored the Arabs who had been living upon this supposedly ‘people-less