A very good movie

I actually don’t remember how this movie did end up in my queue. I guess it was because it had received some solid reviews or maybe because it did win the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature. Eventually, to be honest, I don’t think they displayed anything that was really shocking, not in the sense that anything displayed was actually ‘normal’, but in the sense that it was, sadly, not really surprising. The only thing which was surprising to me was that, except for Yuval Abraham, there was not a single other Jew who got actively involved against the senseless inhuman destruction of this Palestinian community. But, the more I thought about it, the more it made sense though. Indeed, from a Westerner point of view, it was just crazy what was happening down there and it’s easy to judge from afar the Jewish people from not doing anything against these atrocities. But, at the end of the day, that’s basically how human beings treat each other. Indeed, the European immigrants did more or less the same to the Indians in the US and the Jews suffered a similar fate during the Nazi terror. Going back to Yuval Abraham, how did he manage to go back to his ‘normal’ life in Israel after experiencing all this personally, after making such connections with the Palestinians? How did he engage with his fellow Jews who actually thought that these actions were justified? By the way, the burgeoning relationship between Yuval and Basel was also really touching and it was so weird that, even though they were geographically close to each other, they actually came from such different worlds. I’m not talking about the religion or culture, I’m talking about the fact that Israel was/is a modern country with all the technological stuff and comfort while Palestine was/is basically a third world country. In this case, the situation was even worse as Israel was actively making sure that Palestine will never achieve any kind of development or in fact any normal way of living. I was also impressed by how the Palestinians kept on going, even if Basel did feel (understandably) depressed, especially his father. Indeed, he had experienced this kind of oppression his whole life, his son was going through a similar experience and his grandchildren will as well and, yet, the guy was always so patient and cheerful. He was really quite inspiring. It was also so sad to see all these children living in such a bleak and hopeless environment. After watching this, you might judge harshly all these young people being lured by terrorist organizations but what choices do they really have? Anyway, to conclude, it was quite heartbreaking to spend some time with these activists and I wish I could say there is a bright future ahead for Palestine but I would be probably lying. 

8/10