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May 7, 2021

At the Movies: ‘Human Factor' documentary gets personal about Mideast peace

By JOCELYN NOVECK
AP National Writer

Ready for a documentary about three decades of agonizing fits and starts of the Mideast peace process, from the perspective of U.S. negotiators? You're probably thinking that doesn't sound too enticing right about now.

But there's a reason “The Human Factor,” by Israeli filmmaker Dror Moreh, escapes what would seem a likely fate of being interesting only to policy wonks and those with a direct stake in the issue, and it has something to do with the title. It's a reference to a line from Dennis Ross, the best-known negotiator of the bunch.


 
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