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Over 104 minutes, LJ traces the roots of the current occupation back to the 1967 Six-Day War and unpacks the interlocking systems that sustain it: the billions in annual US military financing, the massive lobbying ecosystem led by AIPAC, the rise of religious nationalism and settler leadership within Israel, and the pre-military academies that socialize Israeli youth into a national narrative binding personal identity to state power. The film also takes a sharp look at how Hollywood has romanticized Israel's founding story while framing Palestinian resistance almost exclusively through a lens of terrorism.What makes this worth your time isn't just the history — it's seeing how all these pieces fit together into a single system. The military-industrial complex, the lobbying apparatus, the media narratives, the legal violations documented by human rights organizations — none of it operates in isolation. Understanding the machine is the first step toward dismantling it.https://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/israels-war-machine/