Alternative Views - The Occupation of Lebanon (1982-87)

Included are several episodes taken across different years in the 80s from Alternative Views, a public access TV show in Austin, Texas.

159. INSIDE LEBANON

In an interview and a documentary we get an intimate feel for the
situation in Lebanon from both the Israeli and Palestinian sides.
Israeli citizen and Peace Now activist Ilan Ziv is a
photo-journalist who made a documentary inside Lebanon during the
fighting. He talks with Israeli soldiers as well as Palestinian
refugees. Ziv captures the entire atmosphere and feeling of this
tragic war and provides new insights into the thinking of the
Israelis and the Palestinians.

Recorded August, 1982

556. UNDER SIEGE (PART I)

English surgeon, Dr. Pauline Cutting, and Dutch nurse, Ben Alofs, went
through almost unbelievable times in Lebanon during a siege of their
Palestinian camp, Bourj al-Barajneh, by the Amal militia. For six months
they tried to keep their hospital running despite starvation, disease and
military attacks. People were reduced to eating cats and dogs, and finally
were considering cannibalism before the siege was finally lifted. Cutting
was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. In Part One we show some history
of the area by presenting sections of previous documentaries on the Israeli
invasion of Lebanon and the effects it had on the people. Included is
footage of the massacre at Sabra and Shatilla and of the visciousness of the
Israeli attacks in other areas of Lebanon. Ben Alofs recounts his
experiences in the area at the time.

Interview recorded 1987

557. UNDER SIEGE (PART II)

The final hour is devoted completely to what happened in Bourj al-Barajneh
and what all the people endured.

Interview recorded 1987

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