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Benjamin Netanyahu Not Happy With Israel's Oscar-Nominated 'Gatekeepers'

JL;DR SUMMARY The Israeli documentary 'The Gatekeepers,' which is nominated for an Oscar, is stirring controversy within Israel, particularly from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, due to its critical portrayal of Israel's policies towards Palestinians. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Benjamin NetanyahuLikud PartyPalestinian ConflictIsraeli PoliticsIsraeli GovernmentShin BetOscar NominatedIsraeli DocumentaryThe GatekeepersSecurity Chiefs

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Israel
"An Oscar-nominated Israeli documentary has brought little joy to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahus government, the focus of the films criticism of Israels policy toward the Palestinians."
Jerusalem, Israel
"Vice Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon said the Shin Bet veterans interviews, in which they discuss episodes such as the agency-ordered killing of two captured Gazan bus hijackers and a plot by Jewish extremists to blow up a major Muslim shrine in Jerusalem, had been edited to serve the Palestinian narrative."
Davos, Graubünden, Switzerland
"Asked about the film during last months World Economic Forum in Davos, Defence Minister Ehud Barak, the lone centrist in Netanyahus outgoing coalition, offered tepid praise for its testament to the fact that in Israel you can talk more freely, perhaps, than in any other place."
Palestinian Territories
"The prime minister sets policy that is good for the State of Israel, not policy that is good for the Oscars."

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