Finally, the US will see the true face of the Israeli people
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Finally, the US will see the true face of the Israeli people Posted on Aug 4 2006 at 2:58pm by I saw this film at a Los Angeles screening last night. I am so thankful to the producer, Moshe Levinson, for formulating the concept of this movie and making it possible. With over 230 hours of footage, the director and editor did a fine job of stringing it all together in a cohesive fashion. This film shows the true face of the Israeli people, so different than what most media portrays. Here is evident the strength, the depth, the love, loyalty and integrity--of both sides, in this case the army and the settlers of Gush Katif, the latter who were compelled out of their homes in Israel's attempt to make peace with the Palestinians; and the army compelled to make it happen. There was no blood shed during this operation. Living and operating in peace IS the Israeli Jewish way; they are not inherently violent people. They are strong, stubborn people, but they are not inherently violent. This is a truth every single American Jew and non-Jew needs to understand, NOW. Israel needs our support NOW. Please, watch this film and allow yourself to be educated. Do not fight the Israeli Jews true to their homeland, support them! 
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RE: Finally, the US will see the true face of the Israeli people Posted on Aug 15 2006 at 1:21pm by I do admire the fact that there was no blood shed during this operation. I am not sure this would have been possible in any country outside Israel today so this is a testament to the unity of the Jewish people. However, i found the hard-line stance and religious obsession the settlers quiet shocking.
The only time i can remember being this shocked was when i saw a documentary on Hezbollah several years ago that depicted the Ashura commemoration which is anniversary fo the prophet’s grandson Ali’s death (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashura) where people were beating themselves senseless - men with blood-soaked bandages wrapped around their heads to staunch the bleeding from self-inflicted wounds and children whipping themselves with miniature floggers. I was absolutely stunned by this and struggled to understand the power of this faith and passion that could lead to this absolute senseless act?
Ironically, i found myself feeling the same way when i saw the settlers demonstrating a similar power and passion to hold onto something that quite frankly did not make much sense to me (or for that matter to the IDF forces).RE: Finally, the US will see the true face of the Israeli people Posted on Aug 15 2006 at 1:24pm by jwallia wrote:
(Aug 15 2006 @ 01:21pm)
As a clarification - its admittedly not fair to compare the act of the Jewish settlers to the self mutilation performed by Hezbollah. However with Hezbollah, It was as if their faith and passion had caused them to lose their sense of individual identity and they had converged into this bleeding representation of a struggling ideology. This was similar to the way in which the settlers had lost their sense of identity and had coagulated into a unified being that represented a idolized version of the biblical land of Israel.
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