Annemarie Jacir’s “Palestine 36” Links British Occupation To 1936 Arab Revolt

RFI frames Annemarie Jacir’s film “Palestine 36” as a political fresco about the Arab revolt in Palestine, set in 1936 on the eve of World War II, and it says the director points to British responsibility in the current Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

“Hundreds of thousands of people protest for Palestine across Europe”

Anadolu Ajansı

The RFI account links the film’s historical premise to the “Balfour Declaration,” written in 1917 by the United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary, and it says the Palestinians are “brutally expelled from their lands by the newcomers.”

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RFI also says filming for “Palestine 36” was scheduled for October 2023, then was interrupted by the war in Gaza and relocated to Jordan.

In the same RFI piece, the film’s message is described as showing that between 1936 and 2025 “the system has not changed: only the occupier has changed its flag.”

Anadolu Ajansı reports that hundreds of thousands of people protested for Palestine across Europe, with rallies in France, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Austria, and the Netherlands.

The Anadolu Ajansı account says “More than half a million people” marched together for Palestine and against the far right in London, citing the Palestine Solidarity Campaign on X.

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It adds that protesters carried signs reading “Freedom for Palestine,” “Stop bombing Iran,” and “Stop arming Israel,” while denouncing Islamophobia.

Anadolu Ajansı also says the Association France Palestine Solidarité wrote on X that “In each region of France, we are protesting for: the self-determination of the Palestinian people and the right of Palestinian refugees to return;” and it reports thousands gathered in Paris and nearly a thousand demonstrated in Angers.

WAFA reports that in London on July 6, 2026, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Varsen Aghabekian Shahin met the United Kingdom’s Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, Yvette Cooper, during an official visit.

“LONDON, July 6, 2026 (WAFA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Varsen Aghabekian Shahin met on Monday with Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of the United Kingdom, Yvette Cooper, in London as part of an official visit to the United Kingdom”

WAFA Agency

WAFA says Shahin stressed that Britain’s recognition of the State of Palestine should mark the beginning of a clear British policy contributing to ending the Israeli occupation of the occupied Palestinian Territory, with East Jerusalem as its capital.

The WAFA account says Shahin praised British decisions including imposing sanctions on extremist Israeli colonial institutions, resuming support for UNRWA, and facilitating the travel of students and injured people from the Gaza Strip to receive treatment in the United Kingdom.

WAFA also quotes Shahin calling for stronger measures, including the line “there is no good settlement and bad settlement,” and it says she urged comprehensive sanctions on Israel’s colonial settlement system while warning that the Gaza Strip has been subjected to genocide for more than 1,000 days.