In Palestine Is Still the Issue, journalist John Pilger returns to the West Bank, Gaza and Israel to examine why the conflict remained unresolved more than half a century after the mass displacement of Palestinians in 1948.

The film was made during the Second Intifada, at a time of suicide bombings, Israeli military operations, expanding settlements, restrictions on movement and deepening mistrust on both sides. Pilger interviews Palestinians living under occupation as well as Israelis who challenge their government’s policies, including people who had experienced violence personally.

Rather than presenting the conflict as an abstract diplomatic dispute, the documentary focuses heavily on daily life under occupation. Checkpoints, demolished homes, settlements, military control, refugee status and restrictions on movement are used to explore the gap between the language of the peace process and conditions on the ground. Bullfrog Films describes the film as Pilger’s attempt to understand why there had been so little progress towards peace despite decades of negotiations and international attention.

The title deliberately echoes Pilger’s earlier documentary on Palestine. His argument in returning to the same title was that, despite the passage of a generation, the underlying questions of displacement, occupation and Palestinian self-determination remained unresolved.

Itamar Ben-Gvir is the Minister of National Security for the State of Israel, controlling its police, prisons and rules of engagement in Palestinian territories. He has eight criminal convictions and kept a portrait of a mass murderer on his living room wall for twenty-five years. In March 2026 he celebrated a law establishing hanging as the punishment for Palestinians with a bottle of champagne in parliament.

The documentary embeds with the doctors as they work in overwhelmed, resource-depleted facilities—primarily Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis. It depicts the severe physical toll of mass-casualty events, the challenges of operating under siege conditions, and the triage decisions required when treating severely injured civilians and children.