the honorable woman

[rich]

Joseph

I highly recommend The Promise made in the UK a few years back. No
illusions about the present occupation and the civil war in the late 40s.
would never be made in this country.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Promise_%282011_TV_serial%29

rich



On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 2:58 PM, Joseph Tracy <brook7 at sover.net> wrote:

> This movie was awful. Saw it months ago. Full of stereotypes and absurdity
> pushed far past the boundaries of any valuable insight into the struggles
> in the region. I mean really. The story line was a load of  melodramatic
> shit and constant betrayal designed to push every emotional button but
> without real sympathy for the people .
>
>  If you want to watch something worthwhile there is a documentary about
> Israeli and Palestinian  parents who have lost children in this conflict
> and are working for peace.  These are real people.
>
> We have young man in our Quaker meeting who is training at Bennington
> College as a crisis mediator/ombudperson who just returned 4 months ago
> from the region. He was very evenhanded in his views of the conflict before
> going and is one of the gentlest and most compassionate people I know. His
> experience and witness of Israeli laws and treatment of Palestinians, while
> attempting to be non-judgmental painted a very dark picture of Israeli
> behavior.  If americans knew this story leavened with the same human
> sympathy with the lives of Palestinians as is extended to Israel, If the
> holocaust and accusations of anti-semitism were not thrown at anyone who
> sees disgraceful behavior in Israeli policies, it is very hard not to
> believe that we would be closer to peace and justice for all parties.
>
> I -
> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?listpynchon-l
>
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