The movie The Gatekeepers is out now and playing at the Angelika Theater in Plano. The Gatekeepers features interviews with all surviving former directors of the Israeli Security Agency, called the Shin Bet. This is an amazing film. You can read a review of the movie from the Boston Globe: Inside the minds of Israel’s gatekeepers By Ty Burr.
You can think of the Israeli Security agency as being like our F.B.I. But Israel is surrounded by people who want to destroy it, so the Shin Bet cannot be like our F.B.I. because our neighbors, Canada and Mexico, are not like Israel's neighbors.
It is an amazing film about the difficulties Israel faces and the challenges the Shin Bet faces in keeping the people of Israel safe. The six former directors of the Shin Bet were remarkably open about the pickle they are in, trying to keep Israel safe.
The Middle-East is a dangerous place, a powder keg, and this movie helps us understand some of the tensions in that part of the world. I highly recommend this movie.
Robert Canright
