Sunday, August 08, 2004
Death In Gaza
Palestine 2004
In one word: Disgust
Due to a late running prior session I unfortunately missed the first 20 minutes of this one, so I may have missed some important points. This film shows things from the Palestinian side, a side that seemed only to be on the news when a suicide bomber went off. There are so many strong emotions in this conflict. The Palestinians have been dispossed of their lands and are constantly under threat from Israeli incursions on their land. The Israeli’s on the other hand are under constant threat of random acts of terror. Neither side has the moral high ground in this one. Then again does any side in a conflict really stand on the moral high ground. It is usually a case of one may be less worse. There are some chilling moments in this film, most notably when a Palestinian insurgent, asked about using a young boy in the conflict, basically replies that if the boy dies there are plenty more where he came from. It was hard to walk away from this film not thinking with disgust of the actions of the Israeli government, but also disgust at the depths people will go to have things their way.
Why see it? For an insight into one side of the conflict.
In one word: Disgust
Due to a late running prior session I unfortunately missed the first 20 minutes of this one, so I may have missed some important points. This film shows things from the Palestinian side, a side that seemed only to be on the news when a suicide bomber went off. There are so many strong emotions in this conflict. The Palestinians have been dispossed of their lands and are constantly under threat from Israeli incursions on their land. The Israeli’s on the other hand are under constant threat of random acts of terror. Neither side has the moral high ground in this one. Then again does any side in a conflict really stand on the moral high ground. It is usually a case of one may be less worse. There are some chilling moments in this film, most notably when a Palestinian insurgent, asked about using a young boy in the conflict, basically replies that if the boy dies there are plenty more where he came from. It was hard to walk away from this film not thinking with disgust of the actions of the Israeli government, but also disgust at the depths people will go to have things their way.
Why see it? For an insight into one side of the conflict.
# posted by Dave @ 11:00 
