Advocate

Advocate

Since the early 1970s, Jewish-Israeli attorney Lea Tsemel has made a career out of defending Palestinians in Israeli courts: from feminists to fundamentalists, from non-violent demonstrators to armed militants, including suicide bombers. In ADVOCATE, filmmakers Philippe Bellaiche and Rachel Leah Jones deconstruct this controversial figure who will defend anyone who opposes what she describes as an illegal occupation of Palestine. Tsemel is by her own words "non-discriminating" about who she represents: her goal is fair representation within a court system that she believes is rigged against Palestinian prisoners, and she reserves judgment even of those guilty of terrible crimes. But her perspective goes beyond criminal justice as the film outlines, Tsemel has been committed to left-wing advocacy all her life. Tsemel insists that Israeli law is fundamentally flawed when it comes to Palestinian criminals, on the basis that an occupier has no right to tell the occupied how they should resist. ADVOCATE follows Tsemel as she takes on two new cases, and illustrates her decades-long clash with the Israeli establishment. …

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Victoria Bateman

Victoria Bateman

Economist

Hillary Clinton

Hillary Clinton

Former United States Secretary of State

Michael Cohen

Michael Cohen

Canadian actor

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren

United States Senator

Pete Sessions

Pete Sessions

United States Representative

Al Gore

Al Gore

Former Vice President of the United States

Menzies Campbell

Menzies Campbell

Chancellor of the University of St Andrews

José Antonio Primo de Rivera

José Antonio Primo de Rivera

Spanish Politician

Tyler Oakley

Tyler Oakley

American YouTuber

Joanna Lumley

Joanna Lumley

British actress

Camila Batmanghelidjh

Camila Batmanghelidjh

Author

Roseanna Cunningham

Roseanna Cunningham

Politician

Antonio Villaraigosa

Antonio Villaraigosa

Former Mayor of Los Angeles

Gabrielle Union

Gabrielle Union

American actress

Walter Scott

Walter Scott

Former Premier of Saskatchewan

Ophelia Dahl

Ophelia Dahl

American advocate

Lee Iacocca

Lee Iacocca

American executive

Mia Tyler

Mia Tyler

American actress

Patrick J. Kennedy

Patrick J. Kennedy

Former Massachusetts State Senator

Maximilien Robespierre

Maximilien Robespierre

Former President of the French National Convention

Upendra J. Chivukula

Upendra J. Chivukula

Politician

Steven Chu

Steven Chu

Former United States Secretary of Energy

Melody Gardot

Melody Gardot

American singer

Deepak Chopra

Deepak Chopra

Indian-American author

Doris Matsui

Doris Matsui

United States Representative

Luis Gutiérrez

Luis Gutiérrez

Former United States Representative

Elizabeth Kucinich

Elizabeth Kucinich

Advocate

Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie

Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie

Former Lord Advocate of Scottish Government

Lawrence Krauss

Lawrence Krauss

American theoretical physicist

Thomas Cromwell

Thomas Cromwell

Former Lord Privy Seal of the United Kingdom

Mary Pope Osborne

Mary Pope Osborne

American author

Barry McCaffrey

Barry McCaffrey

Officer

Rosemary Radford Ruether

Rosemary Radford Ruether

American scholar

Dorothy Pitman Hughes

Dorothy Pitman Hughes

Advocate

Tavis Smiley

Tavis Smiley

American talk show host

John Walsh

John Walsh

Rugby league

Wendy Burch

Wendy Burch

Advocate

Ehud Olmert

Ehud Olmert

Former Prime Minister of Israel

Bezalel Smotrich

Bezalel Smotrich

Finance Minister of Israel

Brad Rowe

Brad Rowe

American actor

Yadollah Sahabi

Yadollah Sahabi

Former Member of Islamic Consultative Assembly of Iran

Geena Rocero

Geena Rocero

American model

Leana Wen

Leana Wen

Former Commissioner of the Baltimore City Health Department

Robert David Steele

Robert David Steele


Paul M. Fleiss

Paul M. Fleiss

American pediatrician

Webster Hubbell

Webster Hubbell

American author

Margaret I. Cuomo

Margaret I. Cuomo

American radiologist

Matilda Cuomo

Matilda Cuomo

American advocate

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