The Land is an original, three act play, concerning the past, current and about to be future ( unless something changes quickly ) Israeli/Palestinian conflict. It looks at the catastrophic mistakes of History that have led to the present cycle of violence, through the eyes of two women (Amirah and Tamara) and their families. The first act begins during the Second Intifada and the final act occurs in Gaza during Operation Cast Lead. As this very human drama unfolds, the audience is taken on an often shocking, emotional and provocative journey that climaxes with a surreal but hopeful ending. The setting of The Land is Jerusalem, but the story is about all of us, struggling to co-exist on this fragile planet.





Monday, April 30, 2012

Same As It Ever Was

The Land does not lie fallow. I've been writing a film treatment of the play in hopes of generating some serious interest and getting this story to a wider audience. The situation in the region remains at a stalemate - no surprise to many of us - Marwan Barghouti is still being held prisoner, the Palestinians are denied real leadership and the Right Wing Zionist Government in Israel persists in its apartheid policies. Nothing has changed. Today Ben-Zion Netanyahu, Benjamin Netanyahu's father passed away at 102 years of age. One has to wonder whether the passing of this formidable man who directly informed his son's ideology, will free Bibi from a lifelong gridlock regarding the Palestinian Arabs.
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