A Visit with ‘The Gatekeepers’

New documentary interviews six former directors of Israeli security service
The Gatekeepers film poster / Facebook

One of 15 films to make the 2013 Academy Awards’ best documentary shortlist is Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh’s The Gatekeepers, which features interviews with six former heads of the Israeli Shin Bet security service, responsible for fighting terror over most of the past 30 years.

Undue Recognition

U.N. poised to recognize Palestinian ‘state’
Mahmoud Abbas / AP

The United Nations is poised to officially recognize the state of Palestine, an unprecedented international endorsement that would enable the Palestinians to legally prosecute Israel for what it claims are war crimes.

Leaked Docs: British Blame Bibi for Peace Talk Delays

Prime Ministers Netanyahu and Cameron / AP

The British government’s foreign affairs department accused Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of expressing false concerns over Palestinian incitement as a means to delay the peace process, according to a confidential document recently leaked to The Commentator, a conservative British news site.