The Occupation of the American Mind

The Occupation of the American Mind

The Occupation of the American Mind

"Israel's Public Relations War in the United States"

8.4/ 10(8 votes)

1h 25m

January 19, 2016

EN

Over the past few years, Israel's ongoing military occupation of Palestinian territory and repeated invasions of the Gaza strip have triggered a fierce backlash against Israeli policies virtually everywhere in the world—except the United States. This documentary takes an eye-opening look at this critical exception, zeroing in on pro-Israel public relations efforts within the U.S.

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Directed byLoretta Alper

Cast (36)

Roger Waters

Roger Waters

Narrator (voice)

Peter Hart

Self - National Coalition Against Censorship

Sut Jhally

Sut Jhally

Self - Professor, University of Massachusetts

Yousef Munayyer

Self - US Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation

Rula Jebreal

Rula Jebreal

Self - Journalist

Mark Crispin Miller

Mark Crispin Miller

Self - Professor, New York University

Rami Khouri

Self - Columnist, Daily Star, Beirut

Rashid Khalidi

Self - Professor, Columbia University

Phyllis Bennis

Self - Institute for Policy Studies

Norman Solomon

Self - Institute for Public Accuracy

Max Blumenthal

Self - Journalist

Amira Hass

Amira Hass

Self - Columnist, Haaretz, Israel

Noam Chomsky

Noam Chomsky

Self - Professor Emeritus, MIT

Norman Finkelstein

Norman Finkelstein

Self - Author, Method and Madness

Henry Siegman

Self - Professor, University of London

Stephen Walt

Self - Author, The Israel Lobby & U.S. Foreign Policy

M.J. Rosenberg

Self - Fmr. AIPAC Staff Writer

Benjamin Netanyahu

Benjamin Netanyahu

Self (archive footage)

Barack Obama

Barack Obama

Self (archive footage)

John Kerry

John Kerry

Self (archive footage)

Donald Trump

Donald Trump

Self (archive footage)

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Self (archive footage)

John Hagee

John Hagee

Self (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan

Ronald Reagan

Self (archive footage)

Ben Shapiro

Ben Shapiro

Self (archive footage)

Bill O'Reilly

Bill O'Reilly

Self (archive footage)

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart

Self (archive footage)

Sean Hannity

Sean Hannity

Self (archive footage)

Rachel Maddow

Rachel Maddow

Self (archive footage)

David Gregory

Self (archive footage)

Jon Snow

Jon Snow

Self (archive footage)

Mike Wallace

Self (archive footage)

Abba Eban

Abba Eban

Self (archive footage)

Bob Simon

Bob Simon

Self (archive footage)

Michael Oren

Self (archive footage)

Marc Lamont Hill

Marc Lamont Hill

Self (archive footage)