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The Law in These Parts
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Israeli filmmaker Ra’anana Alexandrowicz’s



examines the judicial branch of Israeli lawmaking and its consequences in the occupation territories of Gaza and the West Bank of Palestine since the 1967 War; a six day war whose legacy shaped the lives of more than 250,000 Palestinians when Israel occupied the West Bank of Palestine and East Jerusalem. Nearly half a million Jews have illegally settled in the West Bank of Palestine since 1967.






Winner of Best Documentary at Sundance Film Festival, this film amounts to a series of memories and rich historical anecdotes. Nine retired judges share their expertise, ranging from military to Supreme Court justices and lawyers. Alexandrowicz questions the laws imposed by the Israel Defense Forces on the Palestinian civilian population, his subjects framed sitting at a desk on a raised platform while a screen behind them projects images. Symbols of authority and justice foreground horrific individual narratives, mirroring their implied importance in shaping the wider story.
Ra’anan Alexandroricz questions his own cinematic methodology by drawing attention to his editing of the extracts. “I edit film”, and “information” goes “through me”, he states. This parallel with the roles of justices, those who ultimately accept, refute, and interpret laws, are more than

Seemingly small linguistic tricks are brought to light, such as the subtle distinction between Prisoners-of-wars (POWs) and terrorists. The significant consequences of this are shown, as legal rights and even fundamental human rights are drastically altered.


The Law in These Parts lays bare the brutality of Israel’s draconian law system that applies only to the indigenous Palestinians.


The terrible irony is that the Israeli Army and Settlers are illegally occupying the sovereign State of Palestine and these so called “laws” continue to this day.

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