Israel's "Mr. Television" aired an excerpt from his controversial new documentary on Jewish settlers in the Palestinian territories on Sept. 29 in the Golding Auditorium. Chaim Yavin, a co-founder and anchorman for Channel One News in Israel for the last 30 years, found himself in an even brighter spotlight this summer when Land of the Settlers: The Work of a Worried Journalist aired in Israel just prior to the Gaza Strip disengagement. Currently, no settlers legally reside in Gaza.

He described the documentary before the viewing as "a personal diary of wandering in the land of the settlers," some of whom he said have demanded his resignation since the film's premiere.

The five-hour series has created "big noise" in Israel and worldwide, Yavin said, referring to interviews he has given in Japan, Greece, Denmark and Britain.

In the 30-minute excerpt made for American audiences, Yavin shows violence in the territories and the injustices incurred by the Palestinian people as a result of the presence of the settlers.

In a shot of Palestinians waiting in line at checkpoints to gain entry into Israel, Yavin narrates, "I don't see [these people] as a security problem."

An Israeli mother whose son was killed by a suicide bomber tells Yavin in an interview, "The wall [built between Israel and the territories] is a necessity. People need to understand that ... without a wall, there will only be more parents like [me]."

Yavin recognizes why the checkpoints and other physical barriers between the territories and Israel are in place.

"I think of the injustice done to the Palestinians, and of the damage done to Israel," Yavin says in the film, as images of soldiers spraying tear gas and beating Palestinian protesters fill the screen.

The principal of a Palestinian elementary school says in the film that the "occupation" is the "source of terrorism." Amid shots of the school's students, Yaniv asks, "Is here growing the next generation of suicide bombers?"

Yaniv concludes the film on a less than hopeful note. "I believe the third intifada is already on its way," he says.

"If we want peace, we have to compromise," Yaniv said, responding to a question after the film. "Not just 'we' the settlers, but 'we' the Israelis and 'we' the Palestinians.

"In the end, we're not going anywhere. A solution will be reached.