Just as I was talking about not being complacent and gaining a clearer understanding of Gaza’s closure, Gisha, the Tel-Aviv based Legal Center for Freedom of Movement, today released an animated film questioning common perceptions about Israel’s disengagement from Gaza and the closure (as in, its not all its cracked up to be). The film is meant to challenge “commonly held belief that Israel no longer exercises control over Gaza and does not bear responsibility for what goes on there – an opinion voiced ever more strongly since the opening of Rafah”. The film also looks at the way in which the ongoing closure policy mainly harms the civilian population of the Gaza Strip.
The film, created by animator Anna Shevchenko, is produced in the style of the “Geva newsreels” that were shown in Israeli movie theaters in the 1950s and 1960s.