For an Equitable and Stable Jerusalem with an Agreed Political Future

Jerusalem Moments Short documentary films about Jerusalem.

Sunday, 29th,  January 2012 at 21:00

Ir Amim in collaboration with The Jerusalem Cinematheque – Israel Film Archive

Israeli & Palestinian directors displaydifferent point of view on the complexities of life in Jerusalem in the context of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This year, the project focuses on three young Palestinian leaders working for change in their communities.

67 minutes, Hebrew, English & Arabic
Producer and Artistic Director: Yael Perlov
In the presence of the Filmmakers
Q&A session will be held with the Filmmakers and the movie heroes after screening

Green Dreams
Natasha Dudinski and Irit Eshet
For more than 40 years the Palestinian neighborhoods of East Jerusalem have suffered from continuous institutional neglect and a lack of sufficient investment in infrastructures. Public parks, playgrounds or even a little green in the public spaces are a rare sight in East Jerusalem. Safaa Alayan, 23, of Beit Safafa, decided to wait no longer for the Municipality of Jerusalem and to make the change – with and for her community.

House Arrest
Keren Shayo
Jawad Sayam, 40, is the director of a children’s cultural center and an information center located in the Wadi Hilweh neighborhood, also known as the City of David. The film tells the story of the local leader while he is under house arrest, his fierce attempt to continue fighting for his community and the price he has to pay. Jawad’s story is the story of Silwan, fighting for its identity against settlers’ domination efforts.

Behind the Wall
Murad Nassar
Kafr Aqab is located between the two cities of Jerusalem and Ramallah. Even though it is inside the boundaries of the “united” Jerusalem, it was left on the other side of the separation wall, where some 35,000 residents live in urban chaos. That is the price they have to pay so as not to lose the blue identity cards they carry as residents of Jerusalem. Samih Abu Rumeilah, 37, is working to repair the public sphere and restore the lost order both to the community and to the individual.

Friday 3/2/12  9:30-13:30 English

Friday 10/2/12  9:30-13:30 Hebrew

Friday 24/2  9:30-13:30 Hebrew

In advance of this hearing, and apparently in an effort to render it irrelevant, the ministerial committee for legislation adopted a draft bill, allowing the sweeping privatization of all of the national parks and their transfer to private organizations. The draft law

  passed a preliminary reading in the Knesset by a large majority on July 27 – just days before the summer break.  

As part of the government decisions regarding “Emergency Plan to Accelerate Building of Housing,” a special committee was formed to advance building plans that would then be implemented by the Building and Housing Ministry.  Among the plans to be advanced are 4 Israeli building plans in East Jerusalem, which would add more than 4,000 new housing units.  Ir Amim calls urgently upon the government to remove these plans from the special committee, because of their highly sensitive nature.

For some 40 years East Jerusalem has used a curriculum that is in keeping with the heritage, identity and culture of its tens of thousands of children. Ir Amim has recently learned that attempts are currently underway to change the textbooks in East Jerusalem, leading to further destabilization of the fragile situation there. For more, read Ir Amim's letter to Prime Minister Netanyahu.

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