Helen Mirren portrays Israel’s first female Prime Minister Golda Meir in Golda (Jasper Wolf)For Golda writer Nicholas Martin, his film — about Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir — could serve as an educational tool for the members of the public who, he feels, don’t necessarily understand the complexities of the country’s history when launching criticism at it.The biopic, directed by Israeli filmmaker Guy Nattiv, stars Helen Mirren as Meir and explores the political figure’s time in office during the Yom Kippur war between Israel and Egypt in October 1973.While it may be focused on only the one period, Martin tells Yahoo UK the film can “help people understand” the region’s history better, particularly in the wake of a recent rise in antisemitism as a result of the ongoing conflict in the Middle East and an increase in antisemitic sentiment online.”There is antisemitism and there is anti-Israeli feeling, and the two crossover,” Martin says when reflecting on the importance of telling a story like Meir’s now.”If the truth is told, I think that a lot of anti-Israeli feeling is antisemitism in disguise.”Golda Meir pictured in Jerusalem in 1976 (Getty Images)”Having been with the story for six or seven years, I’m knowledgeable about the ’70s, the rest of the time frame not so much, but I know enough to know that when people are talking about Israel they usually don’t know what they’re talking about, and they have no sense of the complexity and the nuances of Israel’s history.””If we are ever… Click below to read the full story from Yahoo Movies UK
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