– by Yahav Zohar – 2/4/2023 After weeks of widespread protests in opposition to the planned “Judicial Reform”, on March 27th Netanyahu backed down and deferred the legislation, upsetting many members of his coalition. It soon became clear that to keep far right leader Itamar Ben Gvir in his government, Netanyahu had that same night […]
– by Yahav Zohar – 13/11/2022 Last Tuesday Israelis went to the polls for the fifth time in three and a half years, finally yielding what may be a stable government coalition. It is no surprise that this government will again be headed by Netanyahu, but what has been a surprise to many is the rise […]
– by Yahav Zohar – A group of young men walk down a rocky slope. They are wearing white, their sabbath clothes, moving in loose formation towards a shepherd and a grazing herd of sheep, or a farmer tending his olive trees. As they come closer, some of them cover their faces with makeshift masks […]
The tiny villages of the Masafer Yatta region in the South Hebron Hills are only an hour’s drive from Jerusalem or an hour and a half from Tel Aviv, but traveling here one seems to be going back in time. Here, at the edge of the desert, farmers eek out a meager living growing barley […]
– by Yahav Zohar – May 2021 Israel-Palestine is in the news again, there are bombs and rockets lighting up the sky, turning homes to rubble and dramatically toppling towers. Heads turn in our direction and people want to know what’s going on. “Israel is bombing us” say Gazans. “Hamas shot rockets first” say Israelis. […]
– by Yahav Zohar – June 2020 Just as my youth was spent avoiding classrooms and blackboards, so for most of my adult life I have worked deliberately to avoid offices and computer screens, to be out in the air of the world, moving and meeting people. To some, tour guide seemed like a step […]
SEGREGATED CITY – SEGREGATED WORLD – by Yahav Zohar –Yahav’s second film Jerusalem Revealed, part of the Homeland Insecurity series, is now in pre production. Please support his work by participating in our Kickstarter Campaign at this link >__________May 2020Dear friends and supporters,It’s important for me to show you Jerusalem, and not for the reasons you […]
Why Aqsa? – An Update from film director, Yahav Zohar – Yahav’s second film Jerusalem Revealed, part of the Homeland Insecurity series, is now in pre production. Please support his work by participating in our Kickstarter Campaign at this link > Dear friends and supporters, __________ For our next film, we plan to go to Jerusalem and look […]
A letter from film director, Yahav ZoharYahav’s second film Jerusalem Revealed, part of the Homeland Insecurity series, is now in pre production. Please support his work by participating in our Kickstarter Campaign at this link > Dear friends, Thank you for taking an interest in our new project, Homeland Insecurity. The first film in the series, Jaffa […]
2020 March – The film, Jaffa & Tel Aviv Revealed is released. March – Promo page for Jerusalem Revealed. April – Update 1 by Yahav Zohar April – Update 2 by Yahav Zohar April – Landing page created – jerusalem-revealed.com April – Update 3 by Yahav Zohar May – Kickstarter Campaign is launched
Released in March 2020This is the first film in the Homeland Insecurity series. We hope you like it.See below for details of our next film The next film will be about Jerusalem and is currently in development. Yahav will explore the special case of East Jerusalem- perhaps the most contested and complicated place in our […]
– by Yahav Zohar – On 10 September 2019 (a week before the 2nd 2019 Israeli elections) Israeli prime minister Netanyahu announced his plan to annex the Jordan Valley, standing in front of a map incorrectly noting the location of some Israeli settlements and omitting several Palestinian villages. The next day, there was condemnation from […]
