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List Price: $29.99 Our Price: $29.99 Features • Color • DVD-Video • Letterboxed • Subtitled • Widescreen • NTSC In Theaters : 2002 DVD Release : 01 October, 2002 |
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| ♥♥♥♥♥ | American Media is Unbalanced |
| "Gaza Strip" and "Promises" should be broadcast regularly on American television to counter the distorted perspective on Middle Eastern affairs presented by the American news media. I show this film to my college classes each semester, and they always ask the same question -- why don't the press and the media ever explain the Palestinian side? The American public is kept in the dark by its media. The only way to find a balanced discussion of international affairs is to seek out alternate sources and independent films like this.
It's interesting to see the anger in some of these reviews from those who can't stand to see a fair representation of both sides. Anything from the Palestinian perspective is "propaganda"! OK, so what is the Israeli-friendly American news? Truth? Let's get real -- our foreign policy is as self-serving and hypocritical as it gets -- if you back us, we support you, no matter what crimes you commit. Our news stations back up the basic worldview of the American government -- no alternative views are permitted on primetime. This is not to say that Hamas and the PLO are innocent, far from it. But to watch "Gaza Strip" is to begin to understand the hopelessness and degradation of the Palestinian people. Look especially at the children, so brilliantly portrayed in this film, growing up in the most degrading conditions. Conditions imposed by Israel and fully supported by the USA. Begin to understand how these abysmal social conditions -- no schools, no social services, no future -- which our government actively helps to sustain, inevitably create suicide bombers and "martyrs". When we understand why ordinary Palestinian people -- who are no different than ordinary American people -- have got good reasons to hate the Jews and resent Americans, perhaps we, the American people will begin to question the monolithic support our government gives to Israel's anti-Palestinian policies. Let us at least have the information that will allow us to have an honest discussion of these crucial issues here in the USA. Our ignorance doesn't keep us safe. Just the opposite. Our ignorance is more dangerous than any jihadist. Remember that the Israeli-Palestinian situation is one of the major reasons that Islamic fundamentalists use to recruit young people for martyrdom. Why aren't Americans given the information that would allow us to make better political decisions and to vote for policies that would really be in the interests of our national security? We need to seek oyut the answers for ourselves. I recommend this film and also "Promises", which gives both Israeli and Palestinian perspectives. |
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