Dear Friends,
“Watch this documentary and see Israel” - Gideon Levy, Haaretz columnist
This weekend, I have one simple question and one simple request for all of you.
Here’s my question: have you watched our new documentary, ‘Israel’s Reel Extremism,’ which we released on Thursday?
And here’s my request: if you haven’t seen it, and if you’re not a paid subscriber, can you please sign up as a paid subscriber and watch it today, and then also share it with your friends, colleagues, family members?
We need the biggest, broadest possible audience for this film, which reveals - especially through exclusive interviews with some of the Israeli soldiers behind those shocking social media posts from Gaza - just how far to the right Israeli society has moved in recent years and, especially, in the wake of the Oct. 7th attacks. This was a film proposal from Basement Films that was rejected by major TV networks in both the United States and the UK until, that is, Zeteo decided to take it on.
We also need your financial support - a long-form documentary produced by an Oscar-nominated and Emmy-award winning team which includes a seasoned reporter on the ground securing and conducting interviews in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories is not cheap. It costs a small fortune, in fact.
Zeteo, nevertheless, with your support, is dedicated to producing high-quality content; bringing stories that need to be told and aren’t being told direct to your inbox. We want to commission not just op-eds, streaming shows and podcasts but, yes, award-winning documentaries too.
‘Israel’s Reel Extremism’ has been called “extraordinary” (author Naomi Klein), “a must watch” (Israeli genocide scholar Omer Bartov) and “required viewing” (peace activist Lara Friedman).
So I do hope you’ll watch, appreciate and share this film and I hope you’ll help support us as we continue doing more important journalistic work like this.
For those of you who are already paid subscribers, thank you again, because this film wouldn’t have even been a possibility without you (and if you’re interested, you can upgrade to a Founding Membership to show even greater support for Zeteo).
For those of you who are free subscribers, you’ll be able to watch the first 10 minutes of the film and, if you feel like this 40-minute documentary is worth your time (which we hope it is!), then please consider becoming a paid subscriber to watch the full documentary.
In the meantime, my Zeteo colleagues and I remain deeply grateful for all your support and encouragement. Onwards and upwards!
- Mehdi
