Starring: Ami Ayalom, Avi Dichter, Yuval Diskin
The Shin Bet, Israel’s secret service, is an extremely secretive
organisation within the Israeli government. So secret that only its highest
officials are known to the general public and there is some secrecy about their
activities. Dror Moreh directs a series of interviews with various heads of the
Shin Bet and the roles they played in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza
and the West Bank.
An issue which has been raging for decades, the
Israeli-Palestinian conflict has proven a very complicated and divisive topic.
Within The Gatekeepers however, there’s really only one perspective. That of
various people connected with Israel’s secret service, the Shin Bet. However,
what may seem like a rather one-sided take on the conflict is actually much
more nuanced and balanced than might be expected. This isn’t a film to take
sides, and it should be commended for that. Instead, it presents a reasoned
account with balanced opinion. The flaw with The Gatekeepers is that despite
the fact that the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has raged so fiercely and for so
long, it is often overlooked outside of the affected area, and the film could’ve
worked towards possibly clarifying certain historical elements. The film also
goes for some moments of over-indulgent CGI sequences. However, the film is an
effective and informative look at a contentious subject.
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