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    • Holyland
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    • Drunks
  • RANTS
  • HAS CAPITALISM FAILED?
    • Why Elizabeth Warren Could Have Saved Capitalism (published Oct. 1, 2019)
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June 8, 2017  |  In All News, Israel, Palestine, Peter Cohn, West Bank

I Advocate Unilateral Withdrawal

Israel’s victory in the Six Day War was a triumph of soldiering and military technology. Israel still retains vast military superiority over its neighbors, and obviously over the Palestinians. There is a large body of opinion in the Israeli military, and former Israeli military, that Israel’s security no longer depends on holding the West Bank.

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June 5, 2017  |  In Israel, Palestine, Peter Cohn, West Bank

Gorenberg Reflects on 50 Years

In sundry ways, the West Bank isn’t Algeria. Still, Eshkol was mistaken, and Aron’s point holds true for Israel and the occupation. The “loss” of the occupied territories won’t be the end of Israel. Holding on to them might be.

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May 10, 2017  |  In educational streaming, netflix, Peter Cohn

Libraries v. Big Streaming

Libraries vs. Big Streaming – an unfinished tale of copyright and disruption A desperate call appeared on the VideoLib listerv. “13th,” a much-lauded social-issue documentary, nominated for an Oscar, could not be shown in class, to groups, or placed in an archive of important 2016 films. It was showing only on Netflix, where no such […]

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About Peter Cohn

Peter Cohn is a New York-based filmmaker. Cohn’s latest film, Holy Land, takes an unprecedented look at Israelis settlers in the West Bank, and the Palestinians and Israelis who oppose.
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Films that look at the world’s central social and political concerns, based on a vision that is both compassionate and contrarian.
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