Let's try to remember that militants in EVERY nationalist movement in history have been or could have been regarded as terrorist by one side and as freedom-fighters by the other side. Who do you want to name? Maccabees, anti-Nazi guerrillas in Europe, Hamas, Taliban and, yes, early Israeli settlers. And all the anti-colonialist fighters all over Africa, Latin America, Asia and on and on.
Judging by your name, I assume that you are Muslim, and so, naturally, your sympathies are on the side of Palestinians. In the interest of full disclosure, I am a Jew, an American, of Russian dissent, so have emotional allegiances to the other side. Nevertheless, I and many other Jews are speaking out in support of the Palestinian movement. Let's try - as hard as it is - to keep conversations going (yes, conversation, not tanks and not rocks)
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andiam-1
13 years ago
Let's make a distinction here. First, the bomb the boys made was so amateurish it wasn't likely to hurt anyone. More to the point, the term "terrorist" usually applies to people who attack civilian targets. The boys were attacking only military targets. For example, in the Middle East today, we refer to the Iraquis and Afghans who are fighting our soldiers as "insurgents," not "terrorists."
P.S. It was interesting that the Arab characters in the film--though only minor characters--were portrayed as friendly. The boys considered the British--not the Arabs--to be the enemy.
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Benicky
12 years ago
It was about a boy who had the power of change in his grasps and his conflicts.
As an American of Italian descent I have tried my entire adult life to understand and help people when I can only to be told what kind of person I am from one group or another. Nobody knows what is in my heart but me but I am often labeled as others see fit to how it suits them.
When I was younger and studied the middle east issues it was impossible to get an impartial history. To this day texts are contradictory and there is no accurate or truthful representation of the story. If there is somebody else will say it is false information. How can an American who looks for truth, not just what one side or the other know says knows what is right. Regardless of what has happened the below statement sums it up.
These conflicts have been going on forever all over the planet and will continue until we destroy it. It is not only a Jewish, Palestinian problem. Somebody always wants what somebody else has and finds justification anyway they can.
In my small world I choose not to live that way and hate no man.
Peace
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