Den här e-postadressen skyddas mot spambots. Du måste tillåta JavaScript för att se den.: 2013-04-25. You may wish to enquire of the BBC as to why this potentially fascinating programme was cancelled and enquire as to the date of rescheduling. The BBC have cancelled to scheduled broadcast of a programme on BBC4 this evening. Even today’s paper lists it as scheduled. But when I tried to programme my recorder about an hour ago, it had disappeared from the schedule. The Radio Times webpage now says This episode is not scheduled for broadcast.
This is the detail of it: Jerusalem: An Archaeological Mystery Story
Duration: 59 minutes
The exile of the Jewish people has played a central role in Christian and Jewish theology for nearly 2,000 years, even being mentioned in Israel's national anthem and its declaration of independence. But what if the exile never actually happened?
This documentary by Ilan Ziv looks at new evidence that suggests the majority of the Jewish people may not have been exiled following the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Travelling from Galilee to Jerusalem and the catacombs of Rome, the film invites us to review and rethink our ideas around the exile, raising important ethical questions about its impact on present-day Middle Eastern issues along the way.
Archaeology is politics in the Middle East. The precarious balance of Muslim, Jewish and Christian holy sites in the ancient heart of Jerusalem is informed as much by what’s below ground as what’s above. Which is why evidence revealed here, suggesting that the Jewish exile from Jerusalem in AD 70 may never have actually happened, has such severe ramifications for relations in the region.
Film-maker Ilan Ziv explores the archaeological challenges to the traditional narrative of the Jewish Diaspora, long buried in the sands of Galilee and beneath the streets of Jerusalem, and asks what this means for both Israelis and Palestinians today.
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Last night BBC4 (the BBC's slightly more highbrow channel) was due to show a documentary on archeology in Jerusalem. It's a fascinating topic, given Jerusalem's rich history, but also a very controversial one, given the fact that Israel is using its illegitimate rule over occupied East Jerusalem to exploit archeology for political ends.
The documentary, by Israeli film-maker Ilan Ziv, probably wasn't gong to deal with much of that. But it was going to raise a very contentious - for Zionist Jews - issue by examining the evidence that "the Jewish exile from Jerusalem in AD 70 may never have actually happened".
This is actually a fairly accepted scholarly position, and one given popular exposure recently by Tel Aviv historian Shlomo Sand. But it does give the lie to Zionist claims that, in creating Israel, Jews were "returning" to the Promised Land. If they were never exiled, how could they be returning? And if they never left, would that not make the Biblical Jews today's Palestinians?
Is the BBC up for that kind of scholarly but challenging approach to Zionist mythology? Of course, not. The programme was pulled at the last minute. (What's more surprising is that it ever got so close to being shown. Obviously BBC4 is a bit of a backwater and those senior editors have not been keeping a tight enough grip.)
On the Radio Time site, there's lots of accusations of censorship. One viewer says she was told by the BBC that "it does not fit editorially" with the History of Archaeology series, and that the BBC "no longer plans to show it as part of the series".
(h/t Media Lens MB)
Jonathan Cook is an award-winning British journalist based in Nazareth, Israel, since 2001. He is the author of three books on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Blood and Religion (2006), Israel and the Clash of Civilisations (2008), and Disappearing Palestine (2008).
His reports and commentaries have appeared in major newspapers, including the Guardian, Observer, New Statesman, International Herald Tribune and Le Monde diplomatique. He has also been a senior consultant with the International Crisis Group.
Maureen Jack This link lets you download the programme for a fee: http://www.youtube.com/movie/exile-a-myth-unearthed.
Om den här filmen
- Genrer:
- Dokumentär
- Språk:
- Engelska
- Textning:
- Engelska
- Speltid:
- 1:37:20
- Partnerklassificering:
- INGET BETYG
- Utgiven:
- 29 jan 2013
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- Ilan Ziv
Exile - A Myth Unearthed
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Trailer för Exile - A Myth Unearthed
Exile looks at new evidence that suggests the majority of the Jewish people may not have been exiled following the fall of Jerusalem in 70 AD. Travelling from Galilee to Jerusalem and the catacombs of Rome, the film asks us to rethink our ideas about an event that has played a critical role in the Christian and Jewish traditions.
