Preposterous attempt at involving Christians in the acts of terrorism committed by Moslems in Palestine/Israel. There is no way in hell a Christian woman will even consider carrying out a suicide attack against civilians. The entire premise of this film is ridiculous, let alone the fact that the Jenin massacre is not entirely true. Ziad Doueiri did a good job directing the movie, but the story falls short in every imaginable way. Shame!
shareChristian Palestinians have certainly been involved in armed resistance. They are well represented in Fatah, the PFLP & DFLP. Though, as you say, not the suicide bombing.
Israel recognizes no religious differences in their treatment of the Palestinians. The Palestinian themselves, religious or otherwise, have long since seen themselves as one people, and are fairly uniformly hostile to Israel, being uniformly disenfranchised & impoverished by them.
You're either completely ignorant of matters in The Middle East or are REALLY brainwashed by Israeli/Zionist propaganda, aren't you? Israeli massacred innocent unarmed Palestineans to create the state of Israel . Most of the initial victims are Christian. The initial insurgent attacks on Israel were all carried out by Christians, in fact. In fact, The Achille Lauro Affair which involved a Palestinean hijacking was planned and carried out by Christians/Atheist Communists. In fact, after the last round of bombardment Israel carried out in Lebanon, Hezbollah's ranks (which is the primary resistance to Israel) were filled up with majority Christians who were angry over Israeli shelling on their territory.
P.S. There WAS a massacre in Jenin and the entire premise of your post is ridicuous - pathetic!
Just a note, since I think most people don't realize how others view them -- if you use the word "zionist" in a post, most people will immediately roll their eyes and dismiss whatever you are saying.
shareI don't think you know what the word "zionist" means. You do realize the American government is zionist, right? You do realize zionism is the belief that the historic land of Israel should be returned to the Jews, right? You do realize that you yourself are probably a zionist, right?
shareP.S. There WAS a massacre in Jenin and the entire premise of your post is ridicuous - pathetic!
She didn't do it in the name of Christianity though. She did it for the fight to free Palestinians. Amin was a secular Muslim; his whole family were Muslim including his nephew Adel. Siham was working with Adel for quite some time helping with money transfers etc. She got further and further involved and when they decided to do the suicide attack, she volunteered. It wasn't in the name of religion but in their minds a war against the oppression which both Palestinian Muslims and Christians face. If you think Christian Palestinians are treated differently by Israel then think again. The Christians are a minority in Palestine which many people don't seem to realise, but they are there and they also participate in the fight. There have been some prominent Christians in Fatah and Hamas. And suicide attacks are not just some new Muslim weapon, they have been around in various forms for centuries. Suicide bombers were responsible for Tsar Alexander II of Russia, they weren't Muslim and it too wasn't in the name of religion but for political change.
Thinking that Christians can't possibly commit atrocities against civilians defies belief. History proves otherwise. Both the Bible and the Qur'an are very violent books written in violent times which are very different to today's world. Very few people now follow texts exactly, most just follow the vibe and most Christian and Muslims are peaceful people. All religions have their nutters committing horrific crimes to other people, including the normally peaceful Buddist monks.